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K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H. Zwingmann, P.R. Tingate, N.M. Lemon and P.J. Hamilton
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Petrographic observations of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian sandstones of the Cooper Basin in South Australia indicate illite to be present in abundance. It occurs with different morphologies comprising detrital grains, authigenic grains with p...
Three-Dimensional Gravity Modelling of Sedimentary Basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R. Wood and D. Woodward
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the usefulness of satellite gravity data as a reconnaissance tool for estimating basement structure and sediment thickness in frontier areas with little or no seismic coverage. The solutions are non-unique,...
Miocene Turbidite Reservoir Systems in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: Established Plays and Analogues for Deep-Water Exploration
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.R. King and G.H. Browne
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Two turbidite formations, Moki and Mount Messenger, represent discrete progradational sandy pulses in an otherwise mud-dominated regressive Miocene succession in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The fairways
for these formations overlap, with best de...
Volumetric Calculations Using 3D Seismic Calibrated Against Porosity Logs – Pretty Hill Formation Reservoirs, Onshore Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.J. Boult and J. Donley
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A 3D seismic volume of porosity logs, calibrated to wells, was generated by multi-attribute trace inversion of seismic data over an area containing five producing gas Fields in the Pretty Hill Formation of the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia. Fr...
Distribution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Permian Nowra Sandstone, Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.A. Arditto
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Permian Nowra Sandstone, a widespread nearshore marine sandstone unit, was a common target in the deeper hydrocarbon tests of the southern and central Sydney Basin between 1960 and 1970, but its hydrocarbon potential is now largely overlooked. Th...
Geochemical Comparisons Between Asphaltites on the Southern Australian Margin and Cretaceous Source Rock Analogues
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: C.J. Boreham, A.A. Krassay and J.M. Totterdell
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Evidence for a mid-Cretaceous source for southern Australian asphaltites is presented, based on geochemical and carbon isotopic comparisons of the asphaltites with onshore source rock analogues from the Albian-Cenomanian Blue Whale Superseguence in t...
Petroleum Expulsion From Permian Coal Seams in the Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: L. Kramer, K.R. Arouri and D.M. McKirdy
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This study documents the generation and expulsion of liquid hydrocarbons from coal seams containing Type II/III kerogen in the Patchawarra Formation at Gidgealpa-52, southwest Cooper Basin. Two different drainage scenarios have been compared, one inv...
3D Palaeo-Migration Pathway Analysis: An Example from the Timor Sea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman and G.W. O'Brien
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
To determine the hydrocarbon migration paths into a trap, it is necessary to know the 3D structural architecture of the reservoir horizon(s) and the extent of the source rock horizon(s) at the time(s) of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion. In 3DMov...
Geophysical Definition of the Kapuni Coastal Facies of the Western Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: E. Matthews and C. Lewis
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Coastal sand bodies within the Eocene-Paleocene Kapuni Group are a prime target for exploration in the Taranaki Basin. While regional amplitude mapping can be used to map the major facies belts, more detailed local mapping is needed to identify indiv...
3D Rift Fault Systems of the Western Otway Basin, SE Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: S. Chantraprasert, K.R. McClay and C. Elders
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
2D and 3D seismic data from the western Otway basin, South Australia have been used to analyse the 3D geometries of the Late Jurassic- Early Cretaceous rift fault systems in the central Penola Trough. NW and WNW striking rift fault systems in the cen...
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Australia’s Remote Frontier Areas in Offshore East and South-East Australia- Examples from the Basins of Lord Howe Rise
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: J. Blevin
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
In offshore east and south-east Australia, the remote regions under Australia's marine jurisdiction (AEEZ) include large areas of marginal plateaus and adjacent ocean basins. Evolution of the largest of these plateaus, the Lord Howe Rise (LHR) was in...
Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H.I.M. Struckmeyer, J.M. Totterdell, J.E. Blevin, G.A. Logan, C.J. Boreham, I. Deighton, A.A. Krassay and M.T. Bradshaw
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Ceduna Sub-basin of the Bight Basin is a frontier region containing only one petroleum exploration well. Therefore, our assessment of the distribution of potential source rocks in the area is based on an understanding of the regional sequence str...
CBM – A New Play for the Cooper Basin?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D. Poynton and G. Simon
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Coal bed methane (CBM) is one of the products of coalification - the process by which peat is transformed into coal during progressive burial. The initial product is biogenic gas. Thermogenic gas is produced with increasing pressure and temperature a...
Re-Evaluating Thermal History Models for the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Using Apatite Fission Track and (U-Th)/He Data From Well Sections
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.V. Crowhurst, P.F. Green and P.J.J. Kamp
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Reliable reconstruction of thermal histories in sedimentary basins is a key aspect of reducing exploration risk, e.g. In defining the timing of hydrocarbon generation in source kitchens and identifying tectonic episodes which may have caused disrupti...
The Plate Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australasia Guided by the Stratigraphy of the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: M.S. Norvick, M.A. Smith and M.R. Power
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Stratigraphic changes in eastern Australasia illustrate north to south variations in tectonic evolution. Common themes include TriassicJurassic subduction from the Papuan Fold Belt to New Zealand. Also, Late Barremian-Albian volcanogenic sedimentatio...
New Insights into the Structural Development of the Onshore Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: A.N. Aburas and P.J. Boult
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A refined structural interpretation of the onshore Otway Basin, based on modelling of lateral transfer faults, using 2D seismic acquired in 2000, has identified potential petroleum traps that may have been overlooked.
Gravity images of the central pa...
Fluid Flow Histories and Diagenesis in Permo-Triassic Sediments of the Sydney Basin, SE Australia – Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Constraints
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G-P. Bai, P.J. Hamilton, P.J. Eadington and J.B. Keene
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A petrographic, isotopic and fluid inclusion investigation of sandstones from the Permian Wilton Formation and Triassic Narrabeen Group in the Sydney Basin was undertaken in order to document the fluid flow history of pore waters and hydrocarbons.
F...
Addressing the Oil Migration Risks in the Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: M. Lisk, D. Hall, J. Ostby and M.P. Brincat
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
An investigation of the oil migration risks in the Great Australian Bight has been completed using an integrated approach that combines conventional oil and gas shows with fluid inclusion evaluation techniques. Fluid nclusion 'oil shows' detected by...
Late Cretaceous Rift Volcanics of the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia – New Insights from 3D Seismic
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.J. O'Halloran and E.M. Johnstone
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
While both ancient and modern subaerial basaltic successions have been well studied in the field, the detailed three dimensional subsurface architecture of a basaltic volcanic rift terrain has rarely been directly imaged. Recent 3D seismic data have ...
Structural Evolution and Charge History in the Bass Basin – Preliminary Results
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: A. Cummings, R. Hills and P. Tingate
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Petroleum Potential of New Zealand’s Deepwater Basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: C.I. Uruski and P. Baillie
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone contains at least six large deepwater basins. Structural styles vary from rift basins through strike-slip dominated basins to major accretionary prisms. Source rocks encountered include coal measures, black mar...
Revised Stratigraphy of the Sherbrook Group, Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: A.D. Partridge
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Upper Cretaceous sediments were first discovered along the Southern Margin of Australia in the Otway Basin during the 1950' s, and the principal formations assigned to the Sherbrook Group were first described from early petroleum exploration wells in...
Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Maryborough Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P. Lipski
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Maryborough Basin is a mainly Mesozoic basin that straddles the coastline of southeastern Queensland. The sequence ranges in age from Late Triassic to Early Tertiary. Sequences generally can be correlated across the Surat and Eromanga basins to t...
Anomalous Tectonic Subsidence of the Southern Australian Passive Margin: Response to Cretaceous Dynamic Topography or Differential Lithospheric Stretching?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: B.J. Brown, R.D. M?ller and H.I.M. Struckmeyer
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The southern Australian margin is unique as it is the only known passive margin that formed over and orthogonal to a Mesozoic subducted slab in the mantle. The tectonic subsidence pattern observed along the southern Australian margin primarily reflec...
Down and Out in Gippsland: Using Potential Fields to Look Deeper and Wider for New Hydrocarbons
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D.H. Moore and D. Wong
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Although aeromagnetic interpretations are not usual aids in detailed assessments of hydrocarbon provinces, they can provide insights into the deep structures that often control the distribution of hydrocarbons within
the basin fill. This paper summar...
Can Amplitude Versus Offset Detect Gas in the Shipwreck Trough?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: M. Lennane, R. Weeden and J. Cant
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Shipwreck Trough (Figure 1) in the Victorian offshore Otway Basin is the southern extension of the onshore Port Campbell Embayment and the fairway for the gas fields occurring in the Late Cretaceous Waarre Formation. The Waarre Formation reservoi...
Cook Strait, New Zealand – A New Frontier Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.R. Holdgate and R. Shaw
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Cook Strait lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Understanding the basin geology beneath Cook Strait has been hampered by a lack of modern seismic, as all existing petroleum seismic was shot before 1974. In 1998 NIWA obtained over...
Cenozoic Submarine Canyon Systems in Cool Water Carbonates from the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: A.S. Leach and M.W. Wallace
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Well preserved submarine canyon systems are present in the Oligocene-Miocene cool water carbonates of the Heytesbury Group and the Pliocene-Recent Whalers Bluff Formation of the offshore Otway Basin. From seismic profiles, two morphologically distinc...
A New Palaeogeographic Synthesis for the Bowen, Gunnedah and Sydney Basins of Eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: C.R. Fielding, R. Sliwa, R.J. Holcombe and A.T. Jones
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This paper presents a series of palaeogeographic maps to illustrate the geological history of the Bowen-Gunnedah-Sydney Basin System (BGSBS) through Permian and Lower/Middle Triassic times. The maps are based on a lithostratigraphic framework that co...
Analogue Modelling of Extensional Fault Architectures: Comparisons with Natural Rift Fault Systems
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: K.R. McClay, T. Dooley, R. Gloaguen, P. Whitehouse and S. Khalil
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This paper reviews the 4D development of extensional fault systems in analogue models of rift basins. In orthogonal and oblique analogue models stretching above a zone of ductile deformation at the base of the model produced initially segmented rift ...