
%0 Journal Article
%A Maughan, D.M. 
%T The definition and development of the Mackerel field Gippsland Basin
%J Exploration Geophysics
%D 1979/09/01
%V 10
%N 3
%P 184-184
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/EG979184A
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EG979184A 
%X The Mackerel Oil Field located offshore in the Gippsland Basin was discovered in April 1969, with the Mackerel-1 well. The field contains oil in Eocene/Paleocene reservoir sands which lie beneath an unconformity at the top of Latrobe Group. Calcareous shales and mudstones of the Oligocene Lake's Entrance Formation seal the field which is a topographic-erosional feature. By the end of 1973, 235 kms of seismic had been shot in an irregular grid involving seven different surveys and a total of four exploration wells had been drilled to provide data for the initial definition of the field. 
