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Unstable gas displacement in enhanced oil recovery
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: E. Allen and D.V. Boger
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Gas displacement techniques are now widely used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR), especially for tight reservoirs,
and include carbon dioxide flooding, nitrogen flooding, hydrocarbon flooding, fire flooding and steam flooding.
These methods can result...
The enigmatic sub-surface Tookoonooka Complex in south-west Queenland: its impact origin and implications for hydrocarbon accumulations
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J.D. Gorter, V.A. Gostin and P.S. Plummer
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Since the first regional seismic surveys in the Eromanga Basin of south-west Queensland in the early 1980s, the
Tookoonooka Complex has been recognised as a highly structured buried terrain of late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous age that is about 55 km...
Lateral changes in seismic velocities and their effect on depth prediction
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J. Pinchin and M. Bayly
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Seismic reflection resolution has improved to the point where two-way times may be mapped with a precision of
a few milliseconds, and the greatest error in depth prediction, especially across many of the fields in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, is m...
Hydrocarbon fluid history in relation to diagenesis in the Hutton Sandstone, south-west Queensland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P.J. Eadington, P.J. Hamilton and P. Green
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Stable isotope, fluid inclusion and chemical kinetic studies of diagenetic cements have been used to investigate
the thermal and liquid hydrocarbon history of Hutton Sandstone samples from eight wells in south-west
Queensland.
Fluid inclusion data, t...
Casing design in relation to blowout prevention and well control in the Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: K.B. English
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Regulations under the South Australian Petroleum Act 1940 regarding casing shoe setting depths have been
redrafted. The new Regulations do not alter the preexisting intent with regard to casing design in relation to
well control. The need to redraft ...
Development of the Dullingari Murta Oil Field
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P.A. Robinson and G.F. Butler
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Dullingari Murta Field was discovered in 1979 at Dullingari North-1, seventeen years after Dullingari-1 was
drilled. The two main Murta reservoirs are the 48-5 and 48-6 sands of Cretaceous age. The 48-5 sand was deposited as a shoreline-bar sand ...
GSQ Thargominda-3: a stratigraphic test of a ‘canyon-like’ feature near the Tookoonooka complex, Eromanga Basin, Queenland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: Ian F. Young, L.M. Gunther and O. Dixon
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
GSQ Thargomindah-3, a fully cored stratigraphic bore, was designed to investigate seismic evidence of superimposed post-Westbourne and post-Cadna-owie channelling at a location 25 km south-east of the Tookoonooka Complex (south-west Queensland). It w...
Sand dune development within the Simpson Desert and its effect on statics calculation
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P. G. Senycia
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Early petroleum exploration in the Simpson Desert region was generally limited because of access problems
imposed by the presence of large and extensive sand dunes. Later detailed seismic field studies required the location of traverse lines in a tig...
Surface facilities for South Australian Cooper and Eromanga Basins’ oil fields – changing with the times
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: S. Bruland
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The first oil production from the South Australian Cooper and Eromanga Basins went on stream between
December 1982 and March 1983. This was processed through field facilities at Strzelecki, Dullingati, Merrimelia
and Tirrawarra prior to being pumped ...
The influence of pre-Jurassic tectonic regimes on the structural development of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queensland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: K.L. Hoffmann
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
A structural study, including detailed seismic interpretation, of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queensland, has allowed determination of a sequence of structural events which have been age-correlated with plate tectonics. Widespread extension occurred...
Tirrawarra and Moorari Oil Fields enhanced oil recovery schemes – further developments
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J.S. Rodda and T.G. Paspaliaris
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Tirrawarra and Moorari Oil Fields, discovered in 1970 and 1971 respectively, are located in the South
Australian portion of the Cooper Basin, with the Tirrawarra Field being the largest onshore Permian oil field in
Australia. Primary oil producti...
Applications of new cement technology in the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: B.H. Gray
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
This paper summarises the 'state of the art' of cementing practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, in particular cementing materials and their potential application by engineers involved in the design and execution of cementing operations....
Drilling fluid systems and practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: Tun H. Aung
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Since the first commercial hydrocarbon discovery in the Cooper Basm m December 1963, a variety of drilling fluid
systems have been used. The most economically viable are the three systems currently in operation, namely gellignosulfonate, salt-polymer...
Regional diagenesis – an important influence in porosity development and hydrocarbon accumulations within the Hutton Sandstone, Eromanga Basin
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P.M. Green, P.J. Eadington, P.J. Hamilton and D.C. Carmichael
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The diagenetic history of the Hutton Sandstone in the southern Eromanga Basin in Queensland has been investigated using petrological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope techniques. Three distinct diagenetic zones were recognised according to whether ...
Subsidence history of the Eromanga basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: S. Zhou
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Eromanga Basin, possibly owing its initial formation to deep crustal metamorphism due to crustal heating, was subject to abnormally large subsidence from the Aptian to the Cenomanian, during which time a thick sequence of marine to non-marine sed...
The role of fracture stimulation in the development of the Tirrawarra Field
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: G. B. Salter
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Tirrawarra Field is located in the South Australian sector of the Cooper Basin and produces gas from the
Patchawarra Formation and oil and associated gas from the Tirrawarra Sandstone. This paper addresses the role of fracture stimulation in the ...
The Talundilly anomaly and its implications for hydrocarbon exploration of Eromanga astroblemes
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: I.M. Longley
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
In the Talundilly area of the Eromanga Basin there is a circular area 95 km across with disturbed seismic
character. This disturbance is most readily recognized by the absence of the strong 'C' horizon (top Cadna-owie
Formation) seismic reflector. Th...
Seismic character delineation of fluvial sandbody geometry, upper Toolachee Formation, central Patchawarra Trough, Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: R.J. Taylor and A.D. Thomas
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Within the Late Permian Toolachee Formation of the central Patchawarra Trough a fluvial sandstone complex of
low sinuosity can be traced by mapping a seismic anomaly. The anomaly is characterised by an additional seismic peak developed below the Tool...
Diagenetic alteration of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough and adjacent areas, southern Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J.P. Schulz-Rojahn and S.E. Phillips
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Preliminary results concerning the diagenesis of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough have
identified several authigenic mineral phases. A variety of techniques, namely thin section description, scanning
electron microscopy, X-ray di...
The occurrence and search for Permian oil in the Cooper Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: C.C. Yew and A.A. Mills
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Exploration efforts in PELs 5 and 6 in South Australia and in ATP 259P in Queensland have been directed traditionally towards the search for gas in the Permian Cooper Basin and for oil in the overlying Jurassic Cretaceous Eromanga Basin. These effort...
Petrophysics of oil reservoirs in the Eromanga Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: D.I. Gravestock and E.M. Alexander
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Calculation of water saturation (Sw) in oil reservoirs requires accurate input of porosity, matrix (clay) properties
and formation brine resistivity. Shale volume and cation exchange models have evolved to account for clay volume and conductivity in ...
Aspects of the hydrogeology of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queenland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P.J. Muller
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Eromanga Basin consists essentially of a multilayered aquifer system which contains two distinct groups of
aquifers, namely those in the pre-Wallumbilla Formation units, and those in the Wallumbilla Formation and ounger units. The two groups ref...
Aspects of recent oil discoveries in ATP 299P(2), south-west Queenland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: S. Greaves and E. Surka
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Authority to Prospect (ATP) 299P(2) is located in the south-west Queensland portion of the Eromanga Basin.
Since the initial commercial oil discovery at Tintaburra in 1983, a discovery success rate of 60 per cent has been
achieved by the Operator, Ha...
Application of plunger lift for marginal wells in Patchawarra Central oil fields
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: M. Pyzik
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Patchawarra Central oil fields are located in the South Australian part of the Cooper Basin. Rapid productivity declines in the oil bearing Tirrawarra Sandstone has necessitated the implementation of an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) scheme (miscibl...
Case studies of stratigraphic and fault traps in the Cooper Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: P.J. Stanmore
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Exploration for hydrocarbons in the Permo-Triassic Cooper Basin has led to the discovery of oil and gas in both
structural and structural/stratigraphic traps. However, as the hydrocarbon potential of the Basin has largely been addressed by drilling t...
The development history and status of the Cooper and Basins
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: R.W. Branson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Cooper and Eromanga Basins' status today as Australia's most prospective onshore field has been achieved to a large extent by the commercial and industrial infrastructure established by the Cooper Basin Producers.
The Basins' development had four...
Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J.W. Hunt, R.S. Heath, and P.F. McKenzie
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The Permo-Triassic Cooper Basin is Australia's major onshore hydrocarbon province. Hydrocarbons discovered
in the Basin to date comprise mainly gas (approximately 6 TCF recoverable) although one large oil pool, in the
Tirrawarra Sandstone of the Tirr...
President’s Page
- Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 14
- Authors: Colin Glazebrook
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: March 1989
Notice for Contributors
- Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 14
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: March 1989
Cover Story: Peter Wilson
- Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 14
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: March 1989