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Tectonic Evolution of Cretaceous Rift Basins in South-Eastern Australia and New Zealand: Implications for Exploration Risk Assessment
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R. Sutherland, P. King and R. Wood
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Southeastern Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica were adjacent before Cretaceous rifting led to fragmentation of Gondwana. In many regions, rifting led to a first-order stratigraphic cycle of normal-faulted clastic terrigenous deposits, overlain b...
Visualisation of Fluvial Stratagraphic Trap Opportunities in the Pondrinie 3D Survey, Cooper-Eromanga Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T. Nakanishi and S.C. Lang
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Exploration and development in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin have been predominantly focused on structural traps. However, the future for exploration and field development lies in exploration for stratigraphic traps. Using advanced visualisation techniqu...
Triassic Seals in the Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R. Dragomirescu, J. Kaldi, N. Lemon and E. Alexander
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The seal potential of four lithofacies from the Early - Middle Triassic Nappameni Group and Late Triassic Cuddapan Formation, Cooper Basin is evaluated. Historically, the Nappameni Group has been regarded as a
'regional seal' . This study is a detail...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Sedimentary Basins and Structural Framework of the South Tasman Rise and East Tasman Plateau
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.J. Hill, A.M.G. Moore and N.F. Exon
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The South Tasman Rise (STR) and East Tasman Plateau (ETP) are large submerged continental blocks that abut southern Tasmania and cover an area of -230,000 km2 They are separated from Tasmania by 3,000 m deep saddles underlain by transitional crust, b...
The Structural and Tectonic Evolution of the Gippsland Basin: Results from 2D Section Balancing and 3D Structural Modelling
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: M.R. Power, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman, T. Bernecker and M. Norvick
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin has been Australia's main hydrocarbon producing province since the mid- 1960's, yet many questions remain concerning the basin's evolution. Interpretation and depth conversion of more than 4,000 km of 2D regional seismic, inclndin...
A Marine Source Rock in the Gippsland Basin?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: J.D. Gorter
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
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Conventional wisdom holds that all oils recovered to date in the Gippsland Basin are derived from the thermal maturation of terrestrial organic matter deposited in lower coastal plain strata. However, condensate recovered from Anemone lilA in the sou...
Emperor and Golden Beach Subgroups: The Onset of Late Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T. Bernecker and A.D. Partridge
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Emperor and Golden Beach subgroups, new subdivisions of the lower part of the Latrobe Group in the Gippsland Basin, are interpreted as basin-wide unconformity-bounded depositional systems that record the key break-up events in the basin during it...
An Integrated Structural and Palaeogeographic Investigation of Eocene Erosional Events and Related Hydrocarbon Potential in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: E.M. Johnstone, C.C. Jenkins and M.A. Moore
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This new revised structural/stratigraphic model for the Eocene erosional events in the Central/Eastern Gippsland Basin has delineated the key play elements of trap formation and seal development. Integrated structural and palaeogeographical studies h...
Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H. Volk, S.C. George, M. Lisk, S.D. Killops, M. Ahmed and R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Two case studies from the Blackback (Gippsland Basin) and the McKee oilfields (Taranaki Basin) demonstrate the potential of the Molecular Composition of Inclusions (MCI) technique to provide detailed charge histories of petroleum reservoirs. In Black...
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
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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...
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
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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...
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...
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...
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
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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...
The Sedimentology and Palaeoenvironments of the Late Cretaceous Sherbrook Group in the Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.A. Boyd and S.J. Gallagher
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The first marine incursions that flooded the Otway Basin, southern Australia, during the Late Cretaceous are preserved in the Sherbrook Group. The purpose of this preliminary study is to describe the depositional environments of the sediments of the ...
AFTA-Calibrated 2-D Modelling of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Using Temispack: Preliminary Results from the Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: I.R. Duddy and B. Erout
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Commercial hydrocarbon discoveries in the Otway Basin are currently limited to the Victorian Port Campbell Embayment, both onshore and offshore and the onshore Penola Trough in South Australia. Previous AFTA -based studies have shown that the regiona...
Petroleum Potential of Deepwater Basins Around Tasmania: Insights from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 189
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: N.F. Exon, T.S. White, M.J. Malone, J.P. Kennett and P.J. Hill
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
During ODP Leg 189, the JOIDES Resolution recovered about 4,200 m of continuous core from deep sites in sedimentary basins on continental crust off Tasmania. These four sites, one off west Tasmania, two on the South Tasman Rise (STR), and one on the ...
Otway Basin Rifting to Sea-Floor Spreading – Hydrocarbon Implications
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D. Palmowski, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman and T. Bernecker
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Otway Basin is part of the Southern Ocean Rift System between Australia and Antarctica. Balancing and restoring deep seismic profiles, this paper presents a new look at the tectonic development of the basin and its petroleum implications.
The dev...
New Perspectives on Structural Style and Petroleum Prospectivity, Offshore Eastern Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.C. Geary, A.E. Constantine and I.S.A. Reid
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
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The recognition of syn-depositional NNE to NE trending folds within the Upper Cretaceous syn-rift Sherbrook Group of the eastern Otway Basin, led to the development of a new structural model for application to
seismic interpretation. Earlier recognit...
Geochemistry and Charge History of a Palaeo-Oil Column: Jerboa-1, Eyre Sub-Basin, Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T.E. Ruble, G.A. Logan, J.E. Blevin, H.I.M. Struckmeyer, K. Liu, M. Ahmed, P.J. Eadington and R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A collaborative investigation was undertaken to assess the prospectivity and hydrocarbon charge history of the Eyre Sub-basin at Jerboa-1 in the Great Australian Bight. These results provide the only reliable geochemical information on this newly rec...
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
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...