Northern Carnarvon Basin

Three areas are in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, offshore north-western Australia.

Maps and shapefiles

Maps show the release areas in bathymetric detail. They also include other permit locations, known petroleum accumulations and wells. Shapefiles show the areas in vector format for geographic information system (GIS) software. Field outlines are from GPinfo, a Petrosys Pty Ltd product. They are accurate as at 29 August 2023.

View the high-resolution release area map for GHG23-3 [2.7MB JPG]

View the high-resolution release area map for GHG23-4 [2.2MB JPG]

View the high-resolution release area map for GHG23-5 [2.1MB JPG]

View the map legend [81KB JPG]

Download shapefiles of all acreage release areas [58KB ZIP]

Block diagrams

Block diagrams show the coordinates of release area boundaries. 

See block diagrams for GHG23-3 [89KB PNG]

See block diagrams for GHG23-4 and GHG23-5 [156KB PNG]

Block listings

Block listings provide graticular block numbers and 1:1,000,000 map sheet references that identify each release area.

See all block listings for this basin [94KB PDF] [34KB DOCX] 

Important information for applicants

You must read the Australian Government gazette notice inviting applications for a release area before submitting your work-bid application.

See key information when planning your bid.

Find out how to file your application. 

Ensure you submit your work-bid application to NOPTA by 4 pm Tuesday 28 November 2023.

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