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Jon Cocker Paddles In As Winner of the Barry Goldstein Medal
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Dale Granger (ed.)
- Date Published: September 2023
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South Australia PESA member and Beach Energy Manager of Geophysics Jon Cocker has been named winner of the Barry Goldstein Medal for Innovation, Collaboration and Communication in Geoscience for outstanding creativity in the field of onshore seismic ...
Site Selection and Characterisation – What’s Different About CCS?
- Publication Name: PESA/CSIRO CCS Knowledge Transfer Series
- Authors: Tess Dance (CSIRO)
- Date Published: September 2023
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The goal for carbon dioxide storage site selection and characterisation is to find a suitable location where an effective reservoir exists, matched to a CO2 source in both volume and injection rate. To ensure the CO2 is safely contained, the relative...
The Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin – New ways of looking at a frontier resource-rich basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: A.S. Collins, M.L. Blades, J. Farkaš, D. Subarkah, A. Nixon, S. Glorie, B. Yang, S. Holford, R. King, C. Spandler, S. Gilbert, A. Deepak, J. Soares, Y. Madavan, A. Jarrett, T. Munson, X. Cao, N. Flament, D. Hasterok, R.D. Müller, S. Pisarevsky, Sanzhong Li, R. Frei
- Date Published: July 2023
Abstract:
The greater McArthur Basin of northern Australia is a vast frontier exploration province for basin-hosted resources, both hydrocarbons (oil and natural gas) and metals (critical metals [e.g. rare earth elements, Co], Cu, Pb, Zn and Au). This basin sy...
The hidden Proterozoic successions of the Barkly region
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Chris Southby, Nadege Rollet, Chris Carson, Lidena Carr, Paul Henson, Grace Butcher, Tanya Fomin, Ross Costelloe, Michael Doublier, and Dorothy Close
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Barkly 2D Deep Crustal Reflection Seismic Survey (L212) was acquired in 2019 by Geoscience Australia as a major objective of the Australian Governments’ multi-year $225m Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program in partnership with, and co-funded...
Quick-look core-logging, a cost-effective way to develop a regional depositional model, Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: C. Cubitt, Rob Kirk, and Sharon Tiainen
- Date Published: July 2023
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The early Permian Patchawarra Formation is one of the principal gas producing intervals of the South Australian Cooper Basin (Government of South Australia., 2022). The gross depositional environment (GDE) for this interval is reported to be dominant...
Geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and its applications
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Darwinaji Subarkah, Angus L. Nixon, Monica Jimenez, Alan S. Collins, Morgan L. Blades, Juraj Farkas, Sarah E. Gilbert, and Simon Holford
- Date Published: July 2023
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Recent developments in tandem laser ablation-mass spectrometer technology have been shown to be capable of separating parent and daughter isotopes of the same mass online. Consequently, beta decay chronometers can now be applied to the geological arc...
On the origin of quartz in the Velkerri Fm: implications for exploration and production in the Beetaloo Sub-basin and the Si cycle in the Mesoproterozoic
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Claudio Delle Piane, Kitty L. Milliken, Vincent Crombez, Laure Martin, and William Rickard
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Beetaloo Sub-basin is a concealed, composite depocenter and a component of a group of intra-cratonic Paleoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic sedimentary basins collectively described as the Greater McArthur Basin. The Sub-basin hosts unconventional a...
Understanding the interplay between basin architecture, depositional environments and sediment pathways in the Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Carmine C. Wainman, Peter J. McCabe
- Date Published: July 2023
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The late Carboniferous to Middle Triassic Cooper Basin is Australia’s premier onshore petroleum province hosting a range of conventional and unconventional resources (Hall et al., 2019). Despite being considered a mature petroleum basin with over 1...
Base Metal Mineralisation of the Rover Field, Northern Territory
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Farias P, Whelan J, Reno B, Cross A, Huston D, Maas R, Mernagh T, Danyushevsky L
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Warramunga Province of the Palaeoproterozoic North Australian Craton, in the central Northern Territory, represents a prospective terrane for mineral exploration. A well-known example is the Tennant Creek mineral field, which has a rich history o...
Borehole image features map depositional environment change in Mesoproterozoic deltas: insights from the Beetaloo Sub-Basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Andrew Wilson, Alexander Côté, Brenton Richards, Carl Altmann
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Beetaloo Sub-Basin in the Northern Territory is a Proterozoic basin filled predominantly with siliciclastics rocks, the deeper sections only found in sub-crop (Munsen, 2016). The Beetaloo Sub-Basin hosts significant unconventional hydrocarbon res...
New metal isotope techniques to explore past depositional environments of the Centralian Superbasin, Australia
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Juraj Farkas, Alan Collins, Stefan Löhr, Charles Verdel, Morgan Blades, Chris Holmden, Susanne Schmid, Yuexiao Shao, Darwinaji Subarkah, Robert Klaebe, and Shaun Yardley
- Date Published: July 2023
Abstract:
The Centralian Superbasin (CSB) is a ~ 2 million km2 Neoproterozoic to early Palaeozoic (ca. 850−400 Ma) intracratonic depositional system, which stretches across four states (WA, NT, SA and QLD) and is of fundamental scientific and economic signif...
Amadeus Basin’s H2 Geo-Storage capacity
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: C. Loyola, K. Amrouch, M. Bunch
- Date Published: July 2023
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In recent years, there has been increased interest in Hydrogen’s production and use, not only for ammonia production but also as an energy carrier (IEA, 2017). It could be produced from carbon-abated fossil fuels, as well as renewable and clean ene...
Possible Late Mesoproterozoic or earliest Neoproterozoic glacial deposits, Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: John D. Gorter, Darren Ferdinando
- Date Published: July 2023
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In the Beetaloo Sub-basin, the Kyalla Formation is unconformably overlain by a late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic sandstone to mudstone succession comprising three formations/units: the lower Jamison sandstone, the upper Jamison sandstone, ...
Oodjuongari – A possible impact crater in the Beetaloo Sub-basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: John D. Gorter, Brent Jackson, and Peter W. Haines
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Oodjuongari Structure (-16.636, 134.205), seen on aeromagnetic data as a circular feature (Figures 2, 3a and 5), and traversed by four 2D seismic reflection profiles (Figures 6 and 7), is interpreted as a possible impact crater concealed by super...
CABS IV Special Publications Volume 1
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Date Published: July 2023
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Natural Hydrogen and Helium Gas Exploration in the Amadeus Basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Lance Holmes, Sandra Menpes, and Matt Densley
- Date Published: July 2023
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As the world transitions to a low carbon future and global helium consumption grows, the Amadeus Basin is emerging as a prime location for high helium and natural hydrogen gas exploration. With a regionally extensive evaporite seal, and significant h...
The Camooweal seismic survey extends the known Carrara Sub-basin sedimentary packages
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: G. Butcher, C. Southby, L. Carr, T. Fomin, S. Edwards, A. Troup, C. Carson, A. Bailey, E. Grosjean, P. Henson
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Camooweal deep-crustal seismic reflection survey (GSQ Open Data Portal SS095590) was acquired in 2019 by the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) as part of the Queensland Government’s Strategic Resources Exploration Program (SREP). The survey...
In situ Rb–Sr dating and trace element analysis of glauconite-rich strata from the Arumbera Sandstone, Amadeus Basin
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Loyola, C, Farkas, J, Verdel, C, Gilbert, S , Holmes, L, Hissey, E, Loehr, S, Brock, G. Shields, G, Edgoose, C, Redaa, A, Blades, ML, and Collins, AS
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Rb-Sr dating technique is among the most widely used geochronological tool available in earth and planetary sciences. The method is based on the radioactive decay of 87Rb to 87Sr via a negative beta decay (the emission of an electron), with a hal...
Combining the strength of Petroleum and Mineral System knowledge to advance exploration within the Critical Mineral space
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Camac, BA; Krapf, C; Fabris, A
- Date Published: July 2023
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Both the petroleum and mineral industries have relied on proven methods when exploring for economic deposits. All methods have their origins in a deep understanding in geological principles, so it’s no surprise that there are many analogous process...
Low-temperature thermal history of the McArthur Basin: Influence of the Cambrian Kalkarindji Large Igneous Province on hydrocarbon maturation
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Angus L. Nixon, Stijn Glorie, Derrick Hasterok, Alan S. Collins, Nicholas Fernie, and Geoff Fraser
- Date Published: July 2023
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The greater McArthur Basin of the North Australian Craton is one of the very few places on Earth where extensive hydrocarbons are preserved that were generated from Mesoproterozoic source rocks, prior to the development of extensive multicellular lif...
Exploring for the Future – Officer Musgrave project update
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: L.K. Carr, P. Henson, L. Wang, A. Bailey, T. Fomin, C. Boreham, D. Edwards, C. Southby, N. Symington, M. Smith, L. Halas, T. Jones
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Officer-Musgrave project investigates the groundwater and energy resource potential of the Officer Basin and neighbouring Musgrave Province near the junction of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Groundwater investigat...
The Lucas Outlier: a Western Australian update
- Publication Name: Central Australian Basins Symposium IV
- Authors: Normore, LS; Haines, PW; Wingate, MTD; Dent, LM; Fielding, IOH; and Lu, Y
- Date Published: July 2023
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The Lucas Outlier was previously interpreted as an outlying component of the Canning Basin that crossed the Western Australian border into the Northern Territory (Hocking, 1994). Recent fieldwork and detrital geochronology (Wingate et al., 2021) now ...
Australia Holds the Aces in Critical New CCS Industry
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Dale Granger
- Date Published: May 2023
Abstract:
Australia is at the forefront of Carbon Capture and Sequestration, commonly known as CCS, initiatives but will not retain a competitive edge for long under current regulatory bottlenecks. Part 2 of our investigation into the science looks at emerging...
CCS Solutions: Distributed Fibre Optic Monitoring for CCS with Carina® CarbonSecure™
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: M. Mondanos, G. Naldrett, P. Smith, J. Kozman, P. Marchesini, A. Stork
- Date Published: May 2023
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology offers an opportunity to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. Typically, CO2 is injected underground into depleted oil and gas fields, coalbeds or deep saline geological formations, where it i...
NT Aplenty: NT Government Clears the Path for a Gas Empire in the Beetaloo
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Dale Granger
- Date Published: May 2023
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Empire Energy has reached an inflection point on its five-year journey to securing a key foothold following the Northern Territory Government’s approval of recommendations proposed by the Pepper Inquiry into unconventional gas production in the Top...
Tech Talk: South Australian Petroleum Review (April 2023)
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Date Published: May 2023
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The Energy Resources Division – South Australian Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) manages the State’s petroleum resources as the lead agency facilitating ecologically sustainable petroleum exploration and production. Its operations cover in...
Tech Talk: Petroleum Geology & Geochemistry of West Australian Source Rocks, an Overview
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: K.A.R. Ghori
- Date Published: May 2023
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Source rocks, crude oil and natural gas data from the sedimentary basins within the Western Australia state jurisdiction, namely Amadeus, Bight, Bonaparte, Browse, Canning, Carnarvon, Officer, and Perth basins identified several formations with petro...
CCS Costs: Is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Really So Expensive?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Simon Roussanaly, Sai Gokul Subraveti, Elda Rodríguez Angel, Andrea Ramírez
- Date Published: March 2023
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an essential technology to mitigate global CO2 emissions from power and industry sectors. Despite the increasing recognition of its importance to achieve the net-zero target, current CCS deployment is far behind ta...
Seismic Snapshot – PESA News Issue 168
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: ed: Dale Granger
- Date Published: March 2023
Abstract:
Seismic Snapshot
- NOPSEMA Thumbs Up for Dorado Brings Carnarvon and Pavo into Sharper Focus
- Australian Hydrogen Council Welcomes Review of National Hydrogen Strategy
- Sercel Makes Major WiNG Sale in China ...
Natural Hydrogen in South Australia
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Elinor Alexander
- Date Published: March 2023
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Natural hydrogen exploration become possible in South Australia on 11 February 2021 via regulatory changes to include hydrogen as a ‘regulated substance’ under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000. South Australia has attracted interest f...