Title: Potential outlined in Southern Outeniqua basin off S. Africa
Abstract: Exciting frontier areas are available for exploration in the deeper waters off South Africa. One such unexplored area is the Southern Outeniqua basin. Based on modeling of the adjacent Pletmos and Bredasdorp basins, good reservoir and source rocks are prognosed, and large structures have been mapped within this untested basin of some 20,000 sq km, or 4,942,000 acres. The Southern Outeniqua basin is situated off the south coast of South Africa within blocks 11 to 13. This basin consists of the southeastern deepwater extensions of the Bredasdorp basin, Gamtoos/Algoa basins, and Pletmos basins (beyond the 300 m isobath). Exploration results from the shallower water part of the Pletmos basin has provided a sound basis for understanding the regional distribution and quality trends of petroleum source rocks. A recent publication places them in a sequence stratigraphic framework, which provides a key tool for effective prediction and exploration of the adjacent Southern Outeniqua basin.
Publication Year: 1997
Publication Date: 1997-07-21
Language: en
Type: article
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