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Assessing reservoir volcanic risk in the Browse Basin using integrated seismic and potential field workflows
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Nicholas G. DIREEN, Andrew A. KRASSAY, Jane BLEVIN, Donna CATHRO, Zhiqun SHI, Yvette POUDJOM-DJOMANI
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Devonian - Cainozoic Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia, is a poly-phase basin situated in a volcanic rifted margin. It is a proven hydrocarbon province, with major gas and condensate discoveries, and minor oil....
Acme Field Discovery, Carnarvon Basin WA
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: R. Lawrence
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Acme Field was discovered in July 2010 by the Acme 1 well in permit WA-42-R in the North Carnarvon Basin by Chevron and its partner at the time, Shell. The discovery well was drilled in 878 m of water, and targeted a
27 km2 horst block located 5...
CO2 storage potential of the Gage Sandstone, Vlaming Sub-basin, offshore southern Perth Basin: A case study based on seismic facies mapping and well log interpretation
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Megan E LECH, Diane C. JORGENSEN, Liuqi WANG, David LESCINSKY, Irina BORISSOVA, Chris SOUTHBY, Stephen JOHNSTON, Danielle ROBERTSON
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Geoscience Australia is conducting a study under the National Carbon Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to assess the suitability of the Vlaming Sub-basin for CO2 storage. It involves characterisation of the Valanginian reservoir (Gage Sandstone) and the Ear...
New Observations of the Post-Triassic Succession in the Central Beagle Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: M.E. Lech
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
In this study detailed mapping of seismic data from the 1529 km2 Beagle multi-client 3D seismic survey was undertaken to provide a better understanding of the geological history of the central Beagle Sub-basin. Situated in the Northern Carnarvon Basi...
THE DEPOSITIONAL STYLES OF THE CAMPANIAN – MAASTRICHTIAN INTERVAL, BROWSE – BONAPARTE BASINS
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Marcus Lemberger, David Little
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
TGS has completed a sequence stratigraphic study of the Browse and Bonaparte Basins on the North West Shelf, Australia. The aim of the study was to create one, consistent interpretation for both basin’s depositional history. Interpretations from 26...
Use of U-Pb geochronology to delineate provenance of North West Shelf sediments, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: C.J. Lewis, K.N. Sircombe
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS) has been the premier hydrocarbon exploration and production province for over 30 years. Despite the large number of geological studies completed in this region, numerous geological questions remain to be answered ...
The Gorgon Field: An Overview
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A. Maftei, E.J. King, M.C. Flores
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Gorgon Field, a giant gas accumulation discovered in 1980, remained undeveloped for over three decades due to challenging subsurface and commercial factors. Situated in the Northern Carnarvon basin in 200–300 m of water, the Gorgon Field lies 1...
A New Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: N.G. Marshall, S.C. Lang
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Mesozoic and Cenozoic of the North West Shelf can be subdivided into 18 broad stratigraphic intervals that show a remarkable degree of geological similarity from basin to basin. These intervals are termed “regional play intervals” and are rel...
Igneous Intrusions in the Carnarvon Basin, NW Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: K. McClay, N. Scarselli, S. Jitmahantakul
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Many rifts and passive margin basins are characterised by dykes and sills that intrude the both pre-rift and syn rift strata. In the southern part of the northern Carnarvon Basin sills and dykes are well imaged in a number of 3D seismic surveys. This...
Structural architecture of the outer Beagle Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Kenneth D. McCormack, Ken McClay
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Mesozoic Beagle Sub-basin covers ~30,000 km2 and comprises a series of north-south-trending horsts and grabens crosscut by subordinate northeast-trending faults. The Outer Beagle Platform forms the peripheral and structurally transitional northwe...
Structural Architecture of the Gorgon Platform, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: K.D. McCormack, K. McClay
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The paper summarises a structural analysis of the NNEtrending Gorgon Platform, which hosts the Gorgon Gas Field, using the Triton 3D seismic survey. Located approximately 130 km offshore in water depths of 100-200 m the Gorgon Platform forms the sout...
Neotectonic Evidence for a Rustal Strain Gradient on the Central-west Western Australian Margin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A. McPherson, D. Clark, B. Whitney
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Compressional deformation is a common phase in the post-rift evolution of passive margins and rift systems. The central-west Western Australian margin, between Geraldton and Karratha, provides an example of a strain gradient between inverting passive...
A Paleozoic Perspective of Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A.J. Mory, P.W. Haines
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Inter-basinal correlations for the Cambrian to Carboniferous successions of Western Australia are mostly poorly constrained, largely due to unfavourable biogeographic factors, but also because biostratigraphic studies have been skewed to certain basi...
Reservoir Fluid Property Variation at the Metre-scale: Origin, Impact and Mapping in the Vincent Oil Field, Exmouth Sub-basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium 2013
- Authors: A.P. Murray , D.A. Dawson , D. Carruthers, S. Larter FRS3
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Oil in the Vincent Field is uniformly derived from gas and light-oil prone Jurassic source rocks. However, fluid samples from different parts of the reservoir show highly variable solution GOR and in-situ viscosity.
The excellent reservoir qualit...
Seismic Stratigraphic Relationships within a Lowstand Reservoir System – Examples from the Barrow Group, Southern Exmouth Sub-Basin, NW Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: G. O’Halloran, C. Hurren, T. O’Hara
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Eskdale and Macedon members of the lower Barrow Group comprise some of the main oil-bearing reservoirs in the Exmouth Sub-basin. These high quality sandstones form the reservoirs in the Stybarrow and Eskdale oil f...
An Integrated Regional Triassic Stratigraphic Framework for the Carnarvon Basin, NWS, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: T.H.D. Payenberg, H. Howe, T. Marsh, P. Sixsmith, W.S. Kowalik, A. Powell, K. Ratcliffe, V. Iasky, A. Allgoewer, R.W. Howe, P. Montgomery, A. Vonk, M. Croft
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Stratigraphic correlation in kilometres-thick Triassic fluvial successions of the Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Shelf (NWS), Australia, has traditionally been hindered by a lack of continuous seismic events, low biostratigraphic resolution and the pract...
Insights on Upper Devonian Reef Complex Depositional Heterogeneity and Architecture Unraveled Through Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Ted Playton, Roger Hocking, David Katz, Peter Haines, Kelly Hillbun, Eric Tohver, Kate Trinajstic, Maodu Yan, Jeroen Hansma, Sergei Pisarevsky, Joseph Kirschvink, Paul Montgomery, Peter Cawood, Kliti Grice, Svenja Tulipani, Ken Ratcliffe, David Wray, Samuel Caulfield-Kerney, Peter Ward, Phillip Playford
- Date Published: August 2013
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High-resolution chronostratigraphic correlations are integral to meaningful stratigraphic frameworks in depositional systems, but may be difficult to achieve due to biostratigraphic limitations and geological complexity. In steep-sided carbonate plat...
Development of a Regional Stratigraphic Framework For Upper Devonian Reef Complexes Using Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: T.E. Playton, R. Hocking, P. Montgomery, E. Tohver, K. Hillbun, D. Katz, P. Haines, K. Trinajstic, M. Yan, J. Hansma, S. Pisarevsky, J. Kirschvink, P. Cawood, K. Grice, S. Tulipani, K. Ratcliffe, D. Wray, S. Caulfield-Kerney, P. Ward, P. Playford
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Questions regarding heterogeneity and architecture of reefal carbonate platform systems may be resolved by wellconstrained chronostratigraphic frameworks, developed from the integration of multiple independent signals in the rock record. This makes p...
Integration of Seismic Stratigraphy and Seismic Geomorphology for Prediction of Lithology, Applications and Workflows
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: H.W. Posamentier
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
As high-quality 3D seismic data has become widely available, stratigraphic interpretation has significantly improved our ability to predict the subsurface distribution of lithologies. Stratigraphic interpretation of seismic data involves the integrat...
Sedimentary and Structural Features of the Plio-Pleistocene Timor Accretionary Wedge, Timor-Leste
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S. Poynter, A. Goldberg, D. Hearty
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Timor accretionary wedge developed in response to the Neogene collision of the Australian Plate with the Banda Arc. New 2D and 3D seismic data acquired offshore Timor-Leste have been used to investigate the sedimentary and structural features of ...
Vertebrate biostratigraphy from the Devonian and Carboniferous in the Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Brett ROELOFS, Kate TRINAJSTIC, Ted E. PLAYTON, Eric TOHVER, Peter HAINES, Roger HOCKING, Milo BARHAM, Jeroen HANSMA, Kelly HILLBUN, Kliti GRICE, Maodu YAN, Ken RATCLIFFE, Sergei PISAREVSKY, Paul MONTGOMERY
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Devonian Reef complexes of the Canning Basin record a change in vertebrate diversity and evolution from the Late Devonian to the Early Carboniferous and encompass two significant faunal overturns. The first being the Frasnian/Famennian mass extin...
Northern Extension of Active Petroleum Systems in the Offshore Perth Basin— an Integrated Stratigraphic, Geochemical, Geomechanical and Seepage Study
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: N. Rollet, M. Pfahl, A. Jones, J. Kennard, C. Nicholson, E. Grosjean, D. Mantle, D. Jorgensen, G. Bernardel, R. Kempton, L. Langhi, Y. Zhang, L. Hall, R. Hackney, S. Johnston, C. Boreham, D. Robertson, P. Petkovic, M. Lech
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
A prospectivity assessment of the offshore northern Perth Basin was undertaken, as part of the Australian Government’s Offshore Energy Security Program, to provide new insights into the petroleum prospectivity of the basin and to reduce exploration...
Depositional Analogues & Subsurface Uncertainty Management – Implications for Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S.P. Sadler, S.C. Lang, R.J. Seggie, K. Adamson, N.G. Marshall, D.P. Harris, J.A. Spilsbury-Schakel
- Date Published: August 2013
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Understanding and managing subsurface uncertainty is one of the key elements in project maturation and delivery for both exploration and field development. A variety of geostatistical processes and methodologies are employed to address this issue, co...
Submarine Slide and Slump Complexes, Exmouth Plateau, NW Shelf of Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: N. Scarselli, K. McClay, C. Elders
- Date Published: August 2013
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Analysis of 3D seismic data shows that the Neogene to near seabed section along the NW flank of the Exmouth Plateau Arch has been affected by numerous slope failures. Seabed collapses originated at water depths of ~1000 m and extend down dip to depth...
The potential for an unexplored unconventional hydrocarbon play in the southern onshore Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Matthew Silverman, David Warner, Catherine Campbell
- Date Published: August 2013
Biozonation and stratigraphy of the Canning Basin – updated to the 2012 timescale
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Tegan E. SMITH, Dianne S. EDWARDS, Andrew P. KELMAN, John R. LAURIE, Arthur J. MORY, Robert S. NICOLL, James G. OGG
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Canning Basin in northwestern Australia covers an area of over 506,000 sq. km, of which 430,000 sq. km are onshore. The maximum sediment thickness is over 15,000 m, concentrated in two north-west trending depocentres: the Fitzroy Trough – Grego...
Offshore West Australian Basins, Fuelling a Decade of Conventional Prosperity for Industry and Woodside
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: M.J. Thompson
- Date Published: August 2013
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This plenary paper reviews industry trends* and Woodside‟s achievements during the decade 2002 to end 2011 (the period since the last dedicated WABS Symposium)....
Magnetostratigraphy as a correlation tool for carbonate environments – Examples from the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Eric TOHVER, Sergei PISAREVSKY, Maodu YAN, Jeroen HANSMA, Ted E. PLAYTON, Joseph KIRSCHVINK, Kate TRINAJSTIC, Peter HAINES, Roger HOCKING, Paul MONTGOMERY
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The margins of the Canning Basin of Western Australia were the loci for extensive carbonate accumulation throughout Middle to Late Devonian times. The irregular coastline of the Lennard Shelf produced a variety of depostional settings, including isol...
Depositional and Volcanic History of the Early to Middle Jurassic Deltaic Reservoirs in Calliance and Brecknock Fields (Plover Formation), Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: F. Tovaglieri, A.D. George, T. Jones, H. Zwingmann
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Early to Middle Jurassic Plover Formation in the Browse Basin hosts reservoirs currently targeted for gas exploration and development. Integration of core-based sedimentology, igneous petrology, borehole image and wireline log analysis, with bios...
New insights into the evolution of the Barrow Delta from a multi-disciplinary interpretation of the Birdrong Sequence
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Jessica TRAINOR, Jeff GOODALL, Kathryn AMOS
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Early Cretaceous Birdrong Sequence (S. tabulata - P. burgeri) represents the final episode of coarse clastic sedimentation across the Barrow Sub-Basin prior to transgression and the deposition of the Mardie Greensand - the 'last gasp' of the Barr...