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Northern Houtman Sub-basin in the spotlight

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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The Houtman Sub-basin is the largest depocentre in the offshore Perth Basin and is almost 700 km long and up to 150 km wide. The Houtman Sub-basin and the adjacent part of the Abrolhos Sub-basin have been explored for hydrocarbons since the 1970's. Discovery of oil at Cliff Head in 2001 sparked exploration activity in the early 2000's. This article was originally published in PESA News. To cite: Southby, C., Borissova, I., Owens, R., Bernardel, G., Morris, R. & Totterdell, J., 2015, Northern Houtman Sub-basin in the spotlight. PESA News Magazine, Issue 139, pp. 54-58, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia.

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Title Northern Houtman Sub-basin in the spotlight
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/681bf215-44b1-4cd5-b140-f788b8f25f24
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Northern Houtman Sub-basin in the spotlight". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
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