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The Cretaceous vegetation, and palaeoenvironment of Otway Group sediments

The Cretaceous vegetation, and palaeoenvironment of Otway Group sediments

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J. G. Douglas
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Fossil assemblages (principally plants) in the Early Cretaceous non-marine and later Cretaceous marginal marine sediments of the Otway Basin, south-eastern Australia, are examined. Their usefulness for alaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimate and source roc...

 

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Tags: Cretaceous. Group Otway palaeoenvironment sediments vegetation

A comparison of hydrocarbon plays in the Bass, Gippsland, Otway and Taranaki Basins

A comparison of hydrocarbon plays in the Bass, Gippsland, Otway and Taranaki Basins

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J.K. Davidson and K.C. Morrison
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

A modified version of the Global Basin Classification (Kingston et al., 1983) can be used to identify the geological controls of hydrocarbon plays in, and between, sedimentary basins. The input data are descriptive, requiring minimal interpretation w...

 

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Tags: basin's Bass comparison Gippsland hydrocarbon Otway plays Taranaki

Regional evaluation of the tectonic and thermal history of the Gippsland Region

Regional evaluation of the tectonic and thermal history of the Gippsland Region

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: K.A. Hegarty, I.R. Duddy, P.F. Green, A.J.W. Gleadow, I. Fraser and J.K. Weissel
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The subsidence history at several locations within the Gippsland Basin is reconstructed using biostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic data from onshore and offshore wells. Four distinct Zones which correspond to different patterns of subsidence are i...

 

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Tags: evaluation Gippsland history region Regional tectonic thermal

Recovery of oil from the basal Tertiary Pebble Point Formation at Lindon No. 1 – summary, results and implications

Recovery of oil from the basal Tertiary Pebble Point Formation at Lindon No. 1 – summary, results and implications

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: A. Tabassi and L.K. Davey
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Although oil fluorescence has been reported in the basal Tertiary Pebble Point Formation in two wells in the Port Campbell Embayment of the Otway Basin, no other positive indications had been encountered in this formation prior to drilling Lindon No....

 

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Tags: formation implications Lindon oil Pebble Point recovery results summary Tertiary

Non-petroleum gas accumulations, Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins

Non-petroleum gas accumulations, Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: S. Ozimic
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences of the Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins contain concentrations of non-petroleum gases, principally carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide and helium, ranging in purity from trace to 98.9 per cent. Normally the...

 

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Tags: basin's Bass gas Gippsland Non-petroleum Otway

Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium – Technical Papers

Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium – Technical Papers

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Reference Type: Book
Date Published: December 1986

 

 

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Tags: Australia. exploration oil Papers Second South-Eastern Symposium Technical

Barracouta: history of exploration and development, and geology of the field

Barracouta: history of exploration and development, and geology of the field

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: G.H. Roder and M.W. Sloan
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Barracouta Field represents a bench-mark in Australia's oil and gas industry. The Barracouta 'Top of Latrobe' gas, in Upper Eocene fluvio-deltaic sands, was Australia's first discovered commercial offshore hydrocarbon accumulation. The discovery ...

 

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Tags: development exploration field geology history

Bass Basin geology and petroleum exploration

Bass Basin geology and petroleum exploration

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: G.C. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Bass Basin is an intracratonic rift basin located offshore between Victoria and Tasmania. The tectonosedimentary history is controlled by Otway rifting between Australia and Antarctica and to a lesser extent by Tasman Sea rifting. A Lower Cretace...

 

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Tags: basin Bass exploration geology petroleum

Tertiary stratigraphic palynology of the Murray Basin

Tertiary stratigraphic palynology of the Murray Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: H.A. Martin
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The palynology of the Upper Eocene to Middle Miocene sediments of the Murray Basin fits the accepted scheme of zonation but the scheme does not give sufficient stratigraphic control, especially in thick sections which fall within the one zone. A meth...

 

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Tags: basin Murray palynology. stratigraphic Tertiary

Recent exploration in PEPs 109 and 110, onshore Gippsland Basin

Recent exploration in PEPs 109 and 110, onshore Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: S.R. Greaves
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

 

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Tags: basin exploration Gippsland onshore PEP recent s 109

Detailed airborne magnetic surveys in the Barracouta – Whiting area, Gippsland Basin

Detailed airborne magnetic surveys in the Barracouta – Whiting area, Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: D.H. Tucker, R.J. Henderson, R. Franklin and S. Dennis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Airborne magnetic surveys can now provide much more detailed results due to improved equipment sensitivities and survey procedures. New techniques for the analysis of the results, such as image processing and computer-based routines, can reveal more ...

 

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Tags: basin Detailed Gippsland Magnetic Surveys Whiting

Subsidence and maturation history of the Bass Basin from geohistory calculations

Subsidence and maturation history of the Bass Basin from geohistory calculations

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: P.E. Williamson and C.J. Pigram
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Geohistory analysis of 16 wells from the Bass Basin was carried out as part of BMR's Bass Strait Project. This study was undertaken to investigate the thermal and subsidence history of the basin in relation to its depositional history, structural for...

 

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Tags: basin Bass calculations Geohistory history maturation subsidence

The west Tasmanian margin: an underrated petroleum province?

The west Tasmanian margin: an underrated petroleum province?

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: K. Hinz, J.B. Willcox, M. Whiticar, H.-R. Kudrass, N.F. Exon and D.A. Feary
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Recent multichannel seismic and sampling cruises of the West German research vessel Sonne have enabled us to reassess the petroleum potential of the west Tasmanian margin. The seismic stratigraphy is directly related to that of Otway Basin, and is da...

 

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Tags: margin petroleum province Tasmanian underrated

Lithostratigraphic and depositional architecture of the Latrobe Group, offshore Gippsland Basin

Lithostratigraphic and depositional architecture of the Latrobe Group, offshore Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J.M. Bodard, V.J. Wall and R.A. Kanen
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Sediments making up the Upper Cretaceous-Eocene Latrobe Group in the offshore part of the Gippsland Basin comprise a thick amalgamated sequence of arenites, siltstones, variably carbonaceous mudstones, common coal beds and minor volcanics. The nature...

 

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Tags: architecture basin depositional Gippsland Group La Trobe Lithostratigraphic offshore

A 3D seismic interpretation – Flounder Field, Gippsland Basin

A 3D seismic interpretation – Flounder Field, Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: A.J. Young and R.R. Coenraads
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Flounder-1, drilled in 1968, proved the presence of intra-Latrobe hydrocarbon-bearing sands of Late Cretaceous age. Five step-out wells were drilled before the field could confidently be classified as commercial. Prior to development, it was decided ...

 

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Tags: basin field Flounder Gippsland Interpretation Seismic

Seismic stratigraphy and crustal structure of offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica

Seismic stratigraphy and crustal structure of offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: H.M.J. Stagg, J.J. Veevers, S.L. Eittreim and J.R. Childs
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Multichannel seismic and other geophysical data from the Wilkes Land continental margin reveal that continental crust thins oceanwards by extension in fault-blocks of the lowermost strata. Near the mid Cretaceous continent-ocean boundary, the contine...

 

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Tags: Antarctica Crustal land offshore Seismic stratigraphy structure Wilkes

Sandstone porosity patterns in the Latrobe Group, offshore Gippsland Basin

Sandstone porosity patterns in the Latrobe Group, offshore Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J.M. Bodard and V.J. Wall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Examination of sonic, density and neutron log-derived porosities for Latrobe Group sandstones in fifty-two offshore Gippsland Basin wells reveals three zones of variation in vertical porosity profiles: 1) an upper zone (up to 600 m thick), character...

 

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Tags: basin Gippsland Group La Trobe offshore patterns Porosity. Sandstone

The role of coal as a source rock for oil

The role of coal as a source rock for oil

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: A.C. Cook and H. Struckmeyer
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Until recently, most authors have dismissed coal as a potential source for hydrocarbons other than methane. This has been either on the grounds that coals are incapable of generating hydrocarbons other than methane or, that such alkanes, if generated...

 

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Tags: coal oil rock Role source

The West Seahorse and Seahouse Fields: fluvial, lacustrine and deltaic deposition in the Eocene Latrobe Group, Gippsland Basin

The West Seahorse and Seahouse Fields: fluvial, lacustrine and deltaic deposition in the Eocene Latrobe Group, Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: M.A. Battrick
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

 

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Tags: basin deltaic Deposition Eocene fields fluvial Gippsland Group La Trobe lacustrine Seahorse Seahouse

Diagenesis and porosity in the Eastern View Group, Bass Basin

Diagenesis and porosity in the Eastern View Group, Bass Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: G.F.J. Meszoly, J.M. Bodard and V.J. Wall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Upper Cretaceous to Upper Eocene Eastern View Group, in the Bass Basin of southeastern Australia, is an amalgamation of terrestrial quartz-rich siliciclastics comprising interbedded coal-mudstones, siltstones and sandstones that have undergone a ...

 

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Tags: basin Bass diagenesis eastern Group Porosity. View

The generation and release of hydrocarbons from Victorian brown coal lithotypes

The generation and release of hydrocarbons from Victorian brown coal lithotypes

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: D. Rigby, T.D. Gilbert, B.D. Batts and J.W. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Victorian brown coal lithotypes have been subjected to solvent extraction, hydrogenation and hydrous pyrolysis in order to study the mechanism of hydrocarbon formation and release. The results suggest that the generation of liquid hydrocarbons from p...

 

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Tags: brown coal Generation hydrocarbon lithotypes Release Victorian

Seismic-stratigraphic interpretation of coastal barrier systems of Late Eocene age, offshore Gippsland Basin

Seismic-stratigraphic interpretation of coastal barrier systems of Late Eocene age, offshore Gippsland Basin

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: R. Blake
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Three seismic-stratigraphic sequences were mapped within the uppermost Latrobe Group at the western end of the offshore Gippsland Basin. The three sequences are interpreted to be Upper Eocene coastal barrier complexes deposited under conditions of lo...

 

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Tags: basin coastal Eocene Gippsland Interpretation Late offshore Seismic-stratigraphic systems

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: P. G. Purcell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary coal measures in west central New Zealand include the Pororari Group (Albian), the Paparoa Group (Maastrichtian-Paleocene), the Pakawau Group (Maastrichtian-Eocene) and the Brunner Coal Measures and Kapuni Group (EoceneEarly...

 

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Tags: basin's coal Introduction New Zealand

The limitations of seismic modelling of geological structures

The limitations of seismic modelling of geological structures

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: B.L.N. Kennett
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Seismic wave-field modelling for reflection seismic studies can be used in a number of ways to aid with exploration work, at both the survey and interpretation stages. However, effective use of such techniques requires an understanding of their limit...

 

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Tags: geological Limitations modelling Seismic structures

Exploration Results and Future Activities in Pancontinental’s Eromanga Basin Permits

Exploration Results and Future Activities in Pancontinental’s Eromanga Basin Permits

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: M. Lynn & J.D. Gorter
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Tags: ExplorationResultsandFutureActivitiesinPancontinental'sEromangaBasinPermits

Lateral Drilling – A Completion Method

Lateral Drilling – A Completion Method

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: K. Bengston
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Tags: Lateral Drilling - A Completion Method

PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium – Exploration and Development

PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium – Exploration and Development

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: R.S. Brown
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Recent Exploration in ATP 299P(A )Eromanga Basin

Recent Exploration in ATP 299P(A )Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: D. King
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Tags: RecentExplorationinATP299P(A)EromangaBasin

Petroleum Exploration Activity in Queensland During 1985-86

Petroleum Exploration Activity in Queensland During 1985-86

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: D.C. Mengel
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Tags: Petroleum Exploration Activity in Queensland During 1985-86

The Galilee Basin, Exploration Results and Future Activities

The Galilee Basin, Exploration Results and Future Activities

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: R. Angove
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1986

 

 

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Tags: Exploration Results and Future Activities The Galilee Basin

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