Browse Basin

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Browse Basin is a major offshore sedimentary basin off northwestern Australia known for its significant natural gas and petroleum resources.

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Browse Basin canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf offshore basin
sedimentary basin
adjacentTo Bonaparte Basin
Canning Basin
basinType Mesozoic–Cenozoic basin
contains Brecknock gas field
surface form: Brecknock South gas field

Brecknock gas field
Browne gas field
Browse LNG development
Calliance gas field
Calliance gas field
surface form: Concerto gas field

Crux gas and condensate field
Ichthys LNG development
Ichthys gas field
LNG export projects
Prelude FLNG development
Prelude gas field
Torosa gas field
country Australia
developmentIncludes floating LNG projects
subsea production systems
distanceFromCoast approximately 200 to 400 kilometres offshore
economicImportance major source of Australian LNG exports
explorationStarted 1960s
geologicalAge Cenozoic
Mesozoic Era
surface form: Mesozoic
hasResourceType condensate
crude oil
natural gas
hydrocarbonSystem gas-dominated
knownFor natural gas resources
petroleum resources
locatedIn Indian Ocean
northwestern Australia
locatedOffshoreFrom Western Australia
majorOperator Inpex Corporation
Shell
Woodside Energy
overlies Palaeozoic basement
partOf North West Shelf province
surface form: North West Shelf
regulatoryJurisdiction Australian Exclusive Economic Zone
surface form: Commonwealth waters of Australia
tectonicSetting passive continental margin
waterDepthRange shallow to deepwater

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Timor Sea hasPart Browse Basin
Bonaparte Basin adjacentTo Browse Basin
Scott Reef nearbyBasin Browse Basin