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 • Source rocks in the basin are oil and gas
prone coals with intervening organic-rich
shales, dominantly in the Pre-MMU.

• Reservoirs are both clastics and carbonates.

Carbonates dominate the centre of the basin.

• Shales associated with the Cycle III/MMU are

the main seals for the pre-MMU plays. Whilst
intra-formational shales, Cycle VI
transgressive shales & facies variations
define the main sealing elements in the Post-
MMU.

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Regional structure is
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subsidence.

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