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Regional Assessment of the Toolebuc Formation: A Shale Oil Play in Southwest Queensland
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: A. Troup, S. Edwards, B. Talebi, M. Preda
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
A regional assessment of the Toolebuc Formation has been conducted to evaluate its potential as a shale oil target. This formation shares many characteristics with successful shale oil plays located in the United States of America. This study has foc...
Basin Screening for Seal Rock Quality – New Zealand Region
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: B.D. Field, D.P. Strogen, H.D. Zhu, T.R. Sahoo, A.G. Griffin, M.J.F. Lawrence, C. Martin, R. McDonnell, K. Jones, R. Daniel
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
This study provides the first New Zealand-wide assessment of the hydrocarbon seal rock potential of twenty sedimentary basins and is designed to help evaluate pre-drill seal risk assessment. Seal rock quality has been assessed using key petroleum wel...
Facies Distribution and Impact on Petroleum Migration in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: T.R. Sahoo, K.F. Kroeger, G. Thrasher, S. Munday, H. Mingard, N. Cozens, M. Hill
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Canterbury Basin is one of the frontier basins of New Zealand and is under active exploration in multiple permits. Sub-commercial gas and condensate discoveries suggest that it has a working petroleum system. Presence and distribution of petroleu...
New Interpretation and Modelling Results for Large Scale Neogene Channel and Fan Systems: Implications for Hydrocarbon Prospectivity, Deepwater Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: J. Grahame
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The deep-water Taranaki Basin, located off the northwest coast of New Zealand, is an underexplored, frontier area with one recent exploration well and limited 2D seismic coverage. The basin developed through multiple tectonic cycles, including Mesozo...
Re-Assessment of Maturity and Charge in Southern Taranaki Basin (New Zealand) Using Integrated 3D Basin Modelling
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: K.F. Kroeger, R.H. Funnell, M. Arnot, S. Bull, M. Hill, T.R. Sahoo, H. Zhu
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The discovery of the giant Maui gas-condensate field in 1969 initiated a long history of petroleum exploration in offshore Taranaki Basin in northwestern New Zealand. This important discovery was followed by many smaller finds but also by a very larg...
Extensional and Contractional Tectonics in Southeastern Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Michael Swift and Hugh Davies
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
In the southeastern part of the Papuan peninsula structures which have been formed by compressional tectonics are located on the south side of the island whilst structures formed by extensional tectonics are found in the centre and north of the penin...
Testing the Tertiary Basin Floor Fan Play in the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: B. Bailey, G. Salem, P. Haltmeier
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Gulf of Papua (GoP) is situated offshore the southern coast of Papua New Guinea. Present-day morphology of the continental shelf consists of a broad platform that extends 180 km outboard of the coast in shallow water of approximately 100m. The do...
Analogue Modeling of the Papua New Guinea Fold and Thrust Belt
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: R. Darnault, K. Hill, J.M. Mengus, N. Wilson
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
Seismic data quality is often very poor in structurally complex areas due to complex faulting and severe dip changes. In such settings, it is thus difficult to interpret and understand the influence of basement structures on basin geometries through ...
Where’s the Data? Acquisition and Processing of Seismic Data in the PNG Highlands
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Subhash Chandra, Geoff Mansfield, Peter Carver
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
Seismic exploration in the PNG Highlands poses many challenges both in the acquisition and in the processing of the data. The seismic method is limited by both operational and geophysical technical constraints....
Structural Style in the Eastern Papuan Fold Belt, from Wells, Seismic, Maps and Modelling
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Kevin Hill, Ruth Wightman, Louise Munro
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
Exploration in fold and thrust belts is fundamentally different from that in most other geological provinces as the mountainous terrain makes acquisition of seismic data very expensive and the data are usually poor to moderate quality. In contrast fo...
The Gobe Field, PNG; Influence of Basement Architecture on Fold and Thrust Belt Structural Style
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Armelle Kloppenburg, Kevin C. Hill
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Gobe oil- and gas-field is part of the 25 km long Gobe Anticline in the hangingwall of the Gobe Thrust, located at the SE end of the Papuan Fold Belt, Papua New Guinea. This area was subjected to rifting during the Jurassic with large offsets acr...
Construction of 2D and 3D Models of the Kutubu Oilfield, Papua New Guinea Fold Belt
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Louise Munro, Kevin Hill, Ruth Wightman
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Kutubu Field in the jungle-covered mountains of PNG, comprises the Hedinia Anticline containing mainly gas and the oil-bearing Iagifu Anticline. Together they hold significant reserves of gas and have produced well over 300MMBBL oil from a basal ...
Innovative 3D Reservoir Characterisation in the Papua New Guinea Fold Belt
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: G. Boyd, V. Donagemma, J. McPherson, M. Dubsky, Y. Sun, S. Barclay
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The area of interest for this study covers the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Highlands Fold Belt from P’nyang Field in the North-West to Iehi Field in the South-East. The main sequences studied include the primary reservoir units: Iagifu, Hedinia and Digi...
Seismic and Well Interpretation of Fluvial Clastic and Coal Packages for Stratigraphic Traps Within the Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: C. Webb
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
Several stratigraphic traps have been discovered within the Permian-aged Patchawarra Formation on the western flank of the Cooper Basin. These traps contain gas within fluvial sandstones deposited within a sequence of mixed clastic and coal beds. A s...
The Mananda Anticline, Papua New Guinea; A Third Oil Discovery, Appraisal Programme and Deep Potential
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Scott Keenan, Kevin Hill
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Mananda Anticline is one of the larger structures in the Papuan Fold Belt at 40 km long, 15 km wide and up to 2000m high (Figure 1.a). It is over 20 km from the nearest road and airstrip, is deeply karstified, covered in equatorial jungle and is ...
Unconventional Resource Potential of the Taroom Trough in the Southern Surat-Bowen Basin, Queensland
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Peter Nicholls, Rod Bresnehan, Brad Hayes, Kathleen Dorey, William McDougall
- Date Published: September 2015
Abstract:
The Bowen-Surat Basin is a well-known petroleum province, with a long history of conventional oil and gas production, primarily from Mesozoic reservoirs. It contains two active petroleum systems which, in the area of ATP 840P within the Taroom Trough...
Mapping Sub-Surface Geology from Magnetic Data in the Hides Area, Western Papuan Fold Belt, Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: Irena Kivior, Stephen Markham, Leslie Mellon
- Date Published: September 2015
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Horizon mapping using magnetic data was conducted over a part of the Western Papuan Fold Belt, in an area of rugged terrain, where the geological structures are of relatively low complexity. Energy spectral analysis was used to detect magnetic suscep...
Water Washing: A Major Hydrocarbon Altercation Process. Part 2 – Process, Controls and Hydrocarbon Type Prediction
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: L. Elliott
- Date Published: September 2015
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Water washing is a significant hydrocarbon alteration process that has not been widely recognized in the literature. An earlier review investigated the geochemistry and water washing relationship associated with Australian North West Shelf oils and g...
Using Biodegradation to Date Hydrocarbon Entry Into Reservoirs: Examples from the Cooper / Eromanga Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: L. Elliott
- Date Published: September 2015
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This study identifies common biodegradation of Cooper/ Eromanga Basin (CEB) oils and condensates from changes to the n-alkane and isoprenoid whole oil gas chromatograph (WOGC) hydrocarbon profiles, which because of their generally mild degradation ha...
A Time-Slice of the Lake Eyre Basin: Sand / Mud Depositional Geometries In A Diverse Lowstand Endorheic Drylands Setting
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium V (EABS 2015)
- Authors: G.A. Wakelin-King, K.J. Amos
- Date Published: September 2015
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Dryland environments of deposition form an important part of the rock record, and understanding the processes governing sediment distribution is important for predicting their reservoir, seal, and migration pathway properties. A cross-discipline coll...
Understanding the Late Triassic Mungaroo and Brigadier Deltas of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: West Australian Basins Symposium 2013
- Authors: K.R. Adamson, S.C. Lang, N.G. Marshall, R.J. Seggie, N.J. Adamson & K.L. Bann
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Triassic fill of the pre-rift Northern Carnarvon Basin was deposited during a period of tectonic quiescence in a broadly ramp-type or intracratonic setting with gentle depositional gradients....
Analysis of Grant Group channel systems on the margin of the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin using 3D seismic data: implications for the Permo-Carboniferous ice sheet dynamics
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Jalal AL-HINAAI, Jonathan REDFERN
- Date Published: August 2013
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Interpretation of Grant Group using a recent high quality 3D seismic data acquired on the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin integrated with data from 17 wells within the survey area, allows analysis of seismic facies and the depositional architecture of P...
Permo-Carboniferous Glacial Channel Systems on the Margin of the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia: Implication for Ice Sheet Dynamics
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J. Al-Hinaai, J. Redfern
- Date Published: August 2013
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Interpretation of a recent high quality 3D seismic dataset acquired on the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, integrated with data from 20 wells within the survey area, allows analysis of seismic facies and the depositional architecture of PermoCarbonifer...
Hunting for the Cracks: Identifying Fracture Permeability for Geothermal Exploration in the North Perth Basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: M. Ballesteros, R. Oppermann
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Hot Sedimentary Aquifer (HSA) geothermal systems share many characteristics with petroleum systems, and similar data and work flows are used to define them. Key geological ingredients for a working geothermal system include a heat source and a heat t...
Oil Exploration Potential in the Greater Northern Australian – New Guinea Super Gas Province
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: P.M. Barber
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Greater Northern Australia–New Guinea Super Gas Province lies on the Northern Australian continental margin, within which over 230 Tcf gas and 7.2 billion bbls oil have been discovered. The province extends from the Northern Carnarvon Basin, th...
Stratigraphic Interpretation and Reservoir Modelling of the Barrow Group Below Barrow Island
- Publication Name: West Australian Basins Symposium 2013
- Authors: I. Barranco, E. Mahon, P. Sixsmith
- Date Published: August 2013
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An integral component of the Chevron operated Gorgon Project is the proposal to dispose of reservoir carbon dioxide by underground injection into the Dupuy Formation below Barrow Island. As part of this project, Chevron has undertaken a new assessmen...
CO2 storage prospectivity of the offshore Vlaming Sub-basin – evaluating containment
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Irina BORISSOVA, George BERNARDEL, Chris SOUTHBY, Megan LECH, Steven JOHNSTON, Nadege ROLLET, Chris LEWIS
- Date Published: August 2013
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As part of the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP), Geoscience Australia is undertaking evaluation of the Vlaming Sub-basin, offshore Western Australia, for the long-term storage of CO2. The Early Cretaceous Gage Sandstone is a quality reservoir ...
Seismic Stratigraphy of a Plio-quaternary Intra-shelf Basin (Bonaparte Shelf, NW Australia)
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J. Bourget, R. Nanson, R.B. Ainsworth, S. Courgeon, S.J. Jorry, H. Al-anzi
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Bonaparte Basin is marked by the development of a wide (ca. 630 km) continental shelf where carbonate and siliciclastic sediments accumulated during the Late Pliocene and Quaternary (ca. 3.5 Ma BP onwards). This unusually large platform is associ...
Evaluating the Role of Stress Factors in Tracefossil Distribution along Mixed-influence Deltaic Systems of an Embayed Shoreline (Middle Jurassic, Sunrise Field of the Timor Sea, Australia and Timor-Leste)
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: L. Buatois, F. Burns, R.B. Ainsworth
- Date Published: August 2013
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Emphasis has been traditionally placed in characterising ichnological signatures of the classical end members of the genetic ternary plot, namely river-, wave- and tide-dominated deltas. However, recent years have witnessed progress in the understand...
Assessing Controls on Nearshore Clastic Deposition in the Plover and Elang Formations using Ichnology: Case Studies from the Bonaparte Basin (Timor Sea, Australia and Timor-Leste)
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: F. Burns, L. Buatois, R.B. Ainsworth
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Deltaic settings are highly complex with regard to the interaction of wave, river and tidal processes. As benthic organisms respond differentially to these processes due to a variety of stress factors, this results in complex faunal behavior. This pa...