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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A history of the search for commercial hydrocarbons in the Otway Basin complex
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: R.C. Sprigg
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Botryococcus algal scums (coorongite) on sub-coastal lagoons and offshore oil seeps, resulting in the stranding
of 'coastal bitumen' at not infrequent intervals along the southern Australian coasts, initiated the first oil drilling in Australia in 18...
Establishing the elusive paleo-play – a case study of the Kahurangi Fault Zone, Southern Taranaki, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: B.A. Sissons and R.D. Walsh
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Main hydrocarbon sources and reservoirs within the Taranaki Basin are Upper Cretaceous through Lower Tertiary fluvial to paralic sediments deposited in and around fault-angle depressions associated with the breakaway of New Zealand from eastern Austr...
The ‘Geoseis’ system: seismic prospecting with detonating cord – a line energy source
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: D.W. Thompson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The 'Geoseis' system is a surface energy source developed by ICI to suit Australian conditions. It provides an economic method of seismic prospecting and overcomes the problems associated with drilling techniques. Utilizing strands of 'Geoflex' or Re...
Tectonic development of Victoria’s Otway Basin – a seismic interpretation
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: M. Megallaa
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
This paper is essentially an extract from the author's contribution in a recent appraisal of regional seismic
mapping in the Victorian sector of the Otway Basin by the Department of Industry, Technology and Resources
(Megallaa, in press). Geological ...
Evolution of the Karamea Basin, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: H. McQuillan
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The complex tectonic evolution of the South Island portion of New Zealand's West Coast Cretaceous through Tertiary sedimentary basin has resulted in the formation of a series of discrete sub-basins. Most hydrocarbon exploration effort to date has bee...
Hydrological anomalies and hydrocarbon exploration
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: C.I. Sharpe and R.J.W. McLaughlin
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Hydrocarbons may be present in groundwaters above a hydrocarbon reservoir and several factors have been identified that influence the extent of hydrocarbon seepage through the intervening cap rock. The analysis of trace amounts of heavy fraction hydr...
The Portland Trough, Otway Basin – geology and petroleum potential
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: G.R. Hodgate, G.H. Mackay and G.C. Smith
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The Portland Trough in the central Otway Basin contains over 2.5 km of Tertiary sediments (two-thirds Wangerrip Group, one-third Heytesbury-Nirranda Groups). They unconformably overlie a similarly thick but largely undrilled Upper Cretaceous sediment...
Late Mesozoic – Cenozoic trans – Tasman tectonics: evidence from the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: P.R. Evans
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Generally accepted reconstructions of the Australian, Antarctic and related cratonic plates adjacent to the southwest Pacific in pre-Late Cretaceous times place the Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia, and the Taranaki Basin of western New Zealand o...
The Gippsland Basin – development and stratigraphy
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: B.R. Thompson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin is a post-Early Cretaceous and hydrocarbons within a 4500 m thick sedimentary pile. Tectonic activity in the Late Cretaceous resulted in the formation of a narrow graben over an infilled. Early Cretaceous rift and gradually enlar...
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...
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...
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...
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
Plunger Lift- Design, Evaluation and Application in the Surat Basin
- Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
- Authors: B.D. Langley & N.J. Brock
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: September 1986
Recent Exploration and Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Southern Bowen-Surat Basins
- Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
- Authors: A.J. Barwell
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: September 1986
Exploration Results and Future Activities in ATP 259P, Eromanga Basin
- Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
- Authors: I.R. Mortimore
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: September 1986
Appraisal and Development of the Chookoo Field, ATP 259P
- Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
- Authors: A. Dodman
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: September 1986
Recent Exploration and Development in the Bodalla Block, ATP 269P(1)
- Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
- Authors: P. Wright
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: September 1986