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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...
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...
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...
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...
Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Neocomian Barrow Delta, Exmouth Plateau, Northwestern Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Malcolm I. Ross and Peter R. Vail
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
During the Berriasian-early Valanginian (early Neocomian), the southern Exmouth Plateau is characterized by a northward-prograding clastic delta system: the Barrow Delta. An integrated sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Barrow Delta based o...
Oil and Gas Accumulations of the Offshore Barrow – Exmouth Sub-basins – Trends in Hydrocarbon Habitat
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.L. Zaunbrecher
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Four main observations can be made concerning the hydrocarbon accumulations discovered to date in the
Barrow and Exmouth sub-basins:
1. most oil accumulations occur in Cretaceous reservoirs, whereas gas accumulations occur in reservoirs of various ag...
Tectonic Framework of Western Australia’s Neoproterozoic to Recent Sedimentary Basins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: P.W. Baillie, C. McA. Powell, Z.X. Li and A.M. Ryall
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The development of Western Australia's sedimentary basins over the past 1000 million years can be related to
an integrated seven-stage tectonic framework. From near the end of the Mesoproterozoic until approximately 700 Ma, Western Australia lay in a...
Mid-Cretaceous Concretionary Carbonate Reservoirs at Barrow Island, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Glynn Ellis, Alan M. Tait and Peter J. Gibson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Carbonate concretions in the mid-Cretaceous Gearle Siltstone and Beedagong Claystone form unusual hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Barrow Island Oil Field in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia. Concretions recovered from cores vary in size, lithol...
Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.E. Blevin, A.E. Stephenson and B.G. West
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Beagle Sub-basin is a complex, Mesozoic wrench basin that is transitional between the outer offshore Canning Basin and the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins of the Carnarvon Basin. Regional mapping of seismic data undertaken by the Bureau of Resource...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Lorraine Mitchelmore and Neville Smith
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The discovery of the West Muiron gas and oil fields in 1992/3 (now renamed the Macedon-Pyrenees fields) was
the culmination of an intensive two-year period of regional geophysical and geological evaluation by the WA-155-P Joint Venture in the Carnarv...
The Maitland Gas Discovery – A Geological/Geophysical Case History
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.H. Sit, P.M. Hillock and N.W.D. Miller
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Maitland gas field lies 29 km northwest of Barrow Island in WA-149-P in the offshore Barrow Sub-basin. Maitland was first recognised on 1985 2-D seismic data as a near Base Tertiary amplitude anomaly. Subsequent
interpretation of 1989 and 1991 2-...
Wandoo Oil Field: A Formation Evaluation Case History
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: E. Delfos
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Wandoo oil discovery in high porosity, unconsolidated, glauconitic sandstones challenged all forms of formation evaluation. The effects of glauconite on wireline logs, both electric and nuclear are difficult to determine because of its complex el...
Deep Reflections on the North West Shelf: Changing Perceptions of Basin Formation
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: AGSO North West Shelf Study Group
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Australian Geological Survey Organisation has recently acquired a unique grid of regional, deep-seismic data across all of the major structural elements of the North West Shelf. Interpretation of a set of 'dip' profiles across the northern Carnar...
Recent Gas Discoveries on the Rankin Trend, North West Shelf, Australia: The Echo/Yodel and North Rankin West Fields
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Larry Tilbury
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Several large gas fields have been discovered along the Rankin Trend on the Northwest Shelf. In recent years a further two significant gas discoveries have been made: the Echo/Yodel and the North Rankin West fields.
The Echo/Yodel Field occurs in Up...
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 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 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...
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....
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...
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...
A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: D.B. Whittam, J.M. Kennard, R.B. Kirk, J.F. Sarg and P.N. Southgate
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Preliminary outcrop studies of the Devonian reef complexes exposed at the northern margin of the Canning Basin have identified six third-order sequences within a second-order, transgressive-regressive sequence. Significant lowstand events that result...
A Carbonate Dilaform, Brooking Springs, Canning Basin, WA
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Brian W. Logan, David J. Frances and Maritsa Economo
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The paper is an account of the nature and genesis of a carbonate dilaform that is embedded in Devonian formations that crop out on Brooking Springs station in the northern Canning Basin. It is a kilometre-scale,
composite structure composed of a 30 k...
Carbonate Breccias and Quartzo-feldspathic Sandstones of the Marginal Slope, Devonian Reef Complex, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Annette D. George, Phillip E. Playford and Christopher McA. Powell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Carbonate breccias and coarse quartzo-feldspathic sandstones are conspicuous lithofacies within the marginal-slope succession of the Devonian Napier Range reef complex in the northern Canning Basin. Rigid application of sequence-stratigraphic models ...
Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Stuart McCracken
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Admiral Bay Fault Zone (ABFZ) was initiated in the earliest Ordovician (Tremodocian) as extensional faults on the northern margin of a half graben, the Willara Sub-basin. Growth of the ABFZ ceased during the late Early Ordovician when thermal sub...