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Clues to the Structural History of the Rankin Trend from 3-D Seismic Data
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Steve Newman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Rankin Trend is a structurally high area within the north Carnarvon Basin, and marks the north-western edge of the Dampier Sub-basin. It is divided into a number of discrete blocks by a series of northeasttrending faults. These blocks include the...
Petroleum Systems in West Australian Basins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.T. Bradshaw, J. Bradshaw, A.P. Murray, D.J. Needham, L. Spencer, R.E. Summons, J. Wilmot and S. Winn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Five of the seven petroleum supersystems recognised in Australian Phanerozoic basins are represented in the
western half of the continent, and there is also potential for petroleum systems in Proterozoic sequences. The most productive supersystem is ...
An Atlas of Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic Basins of Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: R.M. Hocking, A.J. Mory and I.R. Williams
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Most Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic basins in Western Australia can be classified as Neoproterozoic, Palaeozoic or Mesozoic-Cainozoic, based on the age of their dominant fill and tectonic activity. The Neoproterozoic basins are the Savory, Amadeus an...
Recent WAPET Discoveries near Thevenard Island, Southeast Barrow Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.J. Beacher, M.K. McLerie and N.W. Miller
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
The Structural Foundations of the Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: H.M.J. Stagg and J.B. Colwell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
In 1991-92, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 4500 km of deep-seismic data over the northern Carnarvon Basin on the North West Shelf. These data image basin-forming events down to depths of 10-12 seconds (15-...
Structure of the Offshore Canning Basin: First Impressions from a New Regional Deep-seismic Data Set
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.B. Colwell and H.M.J. Stagg
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
In mid-1993, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 3600 km of high-quality regional deep (16-second record length) seismic reflection data over the offshore Canning Basin. This data-set is linked to the previousl...
Rankin Platform, Western Australia: Structural Development and Exploration Potential
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Alan Stein
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Rankin Platform on Australia's North West Shelf is, and will continue to be, a major source of gas and condensate to expanding markets in Australia and Asia. Based on current figures, recoverable reserves are estimated to be in excess of 25 TCF o...
The Role of Regional Seismic Surveys in the Exploration of the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Ostby and C. Johnston
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Since late 1990 approximately 25 000 km of regional, deep-seismic, well-tie data on the North West Shelf have
been acquired and processed using parameters and techniques which have not previously been routinely applied to data from this region. The r...
The Tanami, Sinbad and Ulidia Fields and the Stag Discovery, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins, WA
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.W. Ballesteros
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Four discoveries have been made since 1990 in blocks operated by Hadson in the Barrow and Dampier subbasins: Tanami and Ulidia in TL/1, Sinbad in TL/5 and Stag in WA-209-P....
The Hydrocarbon Potential of the Onshore Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: B.J. Warris
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
There are four main Palaeozoic sub-basins in the onshore Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia: the Gascoyne (Ordovician-Permian), the Merlinleigh (Ordovician-Permian), the Byro (Permian only) and the Ashburton (Devonian-Permian). The Gascoyne Subbasi...
Structural Framework and Depositional History of the Bedout and Rowley Sub-basins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Paul Lipski
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Bedout and Rowley sub-basins are Mesozoic sub-basins that occupy the central North West Shelf between the Carnarvon and Browse basins. To the southeast, the sub-basins onlap the older Pilbara Shelf, Canning Basin
sequence and Leveque Platform. Th...
Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Depositional System in the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Peter Barber
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
A diminishing prospect-inventory, based on traditional structural targets, has placed increasing emphasis upon
finding commercially-viable stratigraphic traps. This is especially true in the Dampier Sub-basin where recent drilling has identified at l...
Meanders to Fans: A Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, North Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: P.H. Robinson, H.S. Stead, J.B. O'Reilly and N.K. Guppy
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Within the Sahul Syncline eleven depositional sequences have been defined for the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous period. These sequences depict a changing depositional history that reflects the varying accommodation space created by tectonic and e...
The Rivoli Gas Field, Exmouth Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Phillip J. Lawry and Paul A. Carter
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Rivoli gas discovery was made in August 1989 and is located in the Exmouth Gulf, 4.5 km northeast of Bundegi-1. The well intersected a 10.5 m hydrocarbon column consisting mainly of gas but with a very thin oil leg (0.2 m). The Birdrong Sandstone res...
Lower Palaeozoic Facies in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: John D. Gorter, Robert S. Nicoll and Clinton B. Foster
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Lower Palaeozoic sediments in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia have potential for commercial petroleum accumulations. Resampling of cores from exploration wells in the southeastern Carnarvon Basin for conodonts and palynomorphs has resulted i...
Lineament Tectonics: An Approach to Basin Analysis and Exploration
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Catherine I. Elliott
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Australian continent is transected by a network of continental-scale lineaments that can be correlated with aligned local-scale geological, geophysical and geomorphological features. The G3 and GS gravity corridors in northwestern Australia are e...
High Resolution Palynostratigraphy of the Tithonian Angel Formation in the Wanaea and Cossack Oil Fields, Dampier Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.N. Bint and N.G. Marshall
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Detailed palynological analysis of rich dinoflagellate assemblages from the upper Tithonian Angel Formation of the Wanaea - Cossack area has resulted in definition of a high resolution biostratigraphy. Nine dinoflagellate subzones are recognised with...
Sequence stratigraphy of the Flamingo Group, Southern Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: B.E.J. Messent, A.K. Goody, E.Collins and S. Tobias
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Flamingo Group comprises two second-order cycles, the Lower Flamingo cycle and the Upper Flamingo cycle, which are themselves divided into a total of eight third-order sequences on the basis of integrated seismic and well sequence stratigraphy. T...
Nebo Oil Discovery, Beagle Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: D.G. Osborne
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Nebo oil discovery in 1993 is located in the Beagle Sub-basin. Oil was encountered in thin sands within the
upper Calypso Formation of mainly Callovian age. Uncertainty remains regarding the potential reserves of the accumulation....
Triassic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: John D. Gorter
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
A new stratigraphic framework of the Triassic system in the Carnarvon Basin, established using new conodont
biostratigraphy, allows a more precise correlation of sea level events to the global chronostratigraphic schemes
than is available using palyn...
Structural Evolution of the Onshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.J. Mory and R.P. Iasky
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Analysis of fault trends from seismic, and aeromagnetic and gravity images, shows that the onshore northern Perth Basin has a complex tectonic history. Two major phases of tectonism are recognised:
1) extension in a northerly direction in the Permia...
The Reservoir Geology of the Wanaea and Cossack Oil Fields
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Giovanni A.E. di Toro
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The reservoir in the Wanaea and Cossack fields is the Upper Jurassic Angel Formation which was deposited in the eastern Dampier Sub-basin as a sand-dominated submarine fan sequence.
Log-correlation between the Wanaea wells show a good degree of later...
A Salt-related Detachment Model for the Development of the Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: E.P. Woods
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Recent seismic data, in conjunction with wells drilled in basinal settings, has re-established unconformity relationships within the Jurassic section of the Vulcan Sub- basin. The Callovian Unconformity marks the onset
of basin-wide subsidence and s...
Depositional Sequences and Associated Petroleum Systems of the Canning Basin, WA
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.M. Kennard, M.J. Jackson, K.K. Romine, R.D. Shaw and P.N. Southgate
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The concepts of petroleum systems and play element fairways provide an effective means to guide future exploration of the Canning Basin. Analysis of these systems is based on a new structural elements map, refined tectonic and stratigraphic framework...
Flourescence Alteration and Thermal Maturation Modelling of Carnarvon Basin Wells
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: R.W.T. Wilkins, N.J. Russell and M.V. Ellacott
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Fluorescence alteration of multiple macerals (FAMM) is a powerful new CSIRO technique based on fluorescence alteration properties of macerals. FAMM provides equivalent vitrinite reflectance (EVR) data that are internally corrected for reflectance sup...
The Influence of Basement on Faulting within the Perth Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.C. Dentith, A. Long, J. Scott, L.B. Harris and S.A. Wilde
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Tectonostratigraphic (suspect) terranes have beenrecognised within both the Archaean Yilgarn Craton, to the east of the Perth Basin, and in the Pinjarra Orogen which the basin overlies. However, there is evidence that only one of these Archaean bound...
Petroleum Resources of the Western Australian Basins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: S.R. le Poidevin and R.D. Lowden
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
This paper summarises the oil and gas production, the known reserves, and the potential for further discoveries of resources of oil-and gas in the Bonaparte, Browse, Canning, Carnarvon, and Perth basins of Western Australia.
Production during 1993 of...
The Leatherback Discovery, Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.A. Bauer, E.C.D. Hooper, and J. Crowley
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Leatherback-1 was the first well on the eastern flank of the Carnarvon Basin to encounter oil in the Triassic. The well, drilled on a Triassic fault block sealed by Jurassic-Triassic shales, intersected a seven metre oil column at the top of the Mung...
The Good and Bad of Diagenesis – A Review of Sandstone Reservoirs in the North Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.F. Killick and P.H. Robinson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Recent drilling has provided access to previously unknown Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sandstones in the North Bonaparte Basin, enabling refinement of existing depositional and diagenetic models. These sandstones represent a range of deposition...
The Ordovician to Silurian Phase of the Canning Basin, WA: Structure and Sequence Evolution
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.K. Romine, P.N. Southgate, J.M. Kennard and M.J. Jackson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
A chronostratigraphic framework has been constructed for the Ordovician- Silurian phase of the Canning Basin. This integrated tectonic- and sequence-stratigraphic analysis provides an understanding of the shapes of the sub-basins and the effects of a...