Onshore petroleum potential of the Northern Territory
The image is of a map of the Northern Territory that has different coloured panels for each
permit area for petroleum exploration. The map details where Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek
and Alice Springs are, as well as outlines the offshore areas of the Principal Northern Territory
Offshore Area, the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands offshore area, the Joint Petroleum
Development Area, and the Eastern Greater Sunrise offshore area.
The map is colour coded and has symbols to highlight the following:
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Onshore exploration permits
o Applications
o Granted
o Retention lease
o NT coastal permit application
Land Status
o Aboriginal land
Geological regions
o Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic Basins
o Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Basins
o Archaean to Palaeozoic Orogens
Producing fields
o Gas field
o Oil and gas field
o Gas pipeline
o Oil pipeline
o Proposed gas pipeline
Undeveloped discoveries
o Gas discovery
o Oil and gas discovery
o Oil discovery
Release Area
o Northern Territory coastal waters (three nautical miles)
The map also identifies the Arafura Basin, the McArthur Basin, the Victoria-Birridudu Basin, the
Beetaloo Basin, the Wiso Basin, the Central Georgina Basin, the Southern Georgina Basin, the
Ngalla Basin, the Amadeus Basin and the Pedirka/Simpson Desert / Eromanga Basin.
For further information please contact:
Minerals and Energy, Department of Resources
Ph: +61 8 8999 5357 or +61 8 8999 7112
Weblink: http://www.minerals.nt.gov.au/petroleum
Department of Business