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Reconstructing the junction between Panthalassa and Tethys since the Early Cretaceous
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M. Seton and R.D. Müller
- Date Published: September 2008
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The junction between the Tethys and Panthalassa oceans is one of the most ill-constrained portions of Cretaceous palaeogeographic maps due to a lack of preserved in-situ oceanic crust from this region. Yet the development of this junction along the n...
Late Cretaceous–Paleocene evolution of the East Gondwana margin, a new dynamic model for the formation of marginal basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: P.F. Rey and R.D. Müller
- Date Published: September 2008
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Late Cretaceous–Paleocene evolution of the east Gondwana margin
Plate reconstructions in a mantle reference frame show that from 140 to 105 Ma Gondwana moved eastward toward the Pacific Plate. This convergence was largely acco...
The application of new geophysical data to the study of the Capel-Faust basins – Lord Howe Rise
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K. Higgins, G. Bernardel, R. Hackney, T. Hashimoto, G. Logan, P. Petkovic and N. Rollet
- Date Published: September 2008
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Geoscience Australia is currently investigating the geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Remote Eastern Frontier region, offshore eastern Australia using funding provided to the organisation under the Australian Government’s Offshore Energy S...
Coal seam methane potential, resources, and exploration targets in the Sydney-Gunnedah Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A. Scott, D.S. Hamilton, A.M. Mantaring, S. Cozens and D.F. Balin
- Date Published: September 2008
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A coalbed methane exploration model integrating six key hydrogeologic factors affecting coalbed methane potential was applied to the Upper Permian Coal Measures of the SydneyGunnedah Basin. Data were collected only from public sources, and the resul...
Miocene–Pliocene paleogeographic reconstructions of the eastern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A.J. Vonk and P.J.J. Kamp
- Date Published: September 2008
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Paleogeographic reconstructions of New Zealand’s central-western North Island sedimentary basins (Taranaki, Wanganui and King Country basins) are illustrated in a series of paleogeographic maps that span the Early Miocene (Otaian Stage, c. 20 Ma) t...
Birkhead Formation chronostratigraphy on the Murteree Horst, South Australia: identifying and correlating reservoirs and seals
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: S.M. Gallagher, G.R. Wood and N.L. Lemon
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Murteree Horst is located in the southern Eromanga Basin, South Australia. It is a long-lived basement high that has been subject to Tertiary reactivation, hosting a substantial number of oil fields at several stratigraphic intervals. The large J...
Bowen Basin structural geology 2007 – A new interpretation based on airborne geophysics
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: R. Sliwa, S. Hamilton, J. Hodgkinson and J. Draper
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Bowen Basin Structural Geology 2007 map is a collaborative research project between CSIRO Exploration & Mining and the Queensland Department of Mines & Energy (DME), conducted during 2003 and 2007. Its aim was to work towards a new solid geology ...
New insights into the evolution of the Lord Howe Rise (Capel and Faust basins), offshore eastern Australia, from terrane and geophysical data analysis
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M.S. Norvick, R.P. Langford, T. Hashimoto, N. Rollet, K.L. Higgins and M. P. Morse
- Date Published: September 2008
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New seismic, gravity and magnetic data over the Capel and Faust basins have allowed improved resolution of the basin architecture and a better appreciation of the stratigraphy, terrane evolution and palaeogeography. Preliminary interpretation suggest...
A model for gas distribution in coals of the Lower Hunter, Sydney Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: S. Thomson, P. Hatherly, S. Hennings and J. Sandford
- Date Published: September 2008
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Gas content and gas composition in the Permian coals of the Lower Hunter, Sydney Basin, show evidence of distinct layering that can be attributed to the tectonic history of the coal measures and the effects of meteoric waters. Essentially, coals clos...
Provenance of Eocene Latrobe Group sandstones in the Tuna field, Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: U. Schacht
- Date Published: September 2008
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Latrobe Group sandstones host the most important hydrocarbon accumulations in Gippsland Basin, although little is known about the provenance of these sandstones. Sediment provenance can exert a significant influence on reservoir quality by controllin...
Palaeo-oil zones in Eastern View Coal Measures reservoirs from the Bass Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: R.H. Kempton, P.J. Eadington, K. Liu, C.J. Boreham, S. Gong and H. Volk
- Date Published: September 2008
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Current interest in the oil potential of the Bass Basin is challenged by the predominance of gas accumulations at Yolla, White Ibis, Pelican and Trefoil. A signifi cant role for oil in the petroleum systems of the Eastern View Coal Measures (EVCM) is...
Hydrocarbon potential of the northern extension of the Oaklands Basin, Griffith, NSW
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M. Fahey
- Date Published: September 2008
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In 2006, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) acquired two 25 km long seismic lines (DPI 06-01 and DPI 06-02) to the west and southwest of Griffi th, NSW, to investigate the northern extension of the Oaklands Graben as interpreted by Gunn (...
Review of geological storage opportunities for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Victoria
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C.M. Gibson-Poole, S. Edwards, R.P. Langford and B. Vakarelov
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Victorian State Government is committed to developing the Latrobe Valley brown coal resources in an environmentally responsible manner. One possible technology for low emission industries is carbon capture and storage (CCS), in particular geologi...
Forward prediction of spatial temperature variation from 3D geology models
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: H. Gibson, K. Stüwe, R. Seikel, D. FitzGerald, P. Calcagno, D. Argast, P. McInerney and A. Budd
- Date Published: September 2008
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An accessible method is now available for rapid calculation of the spatial variation of temperature directly from a 3D geology model. The need for a tool of this nature stems from Australia’s emerging industries in the exploration and production of...
Pre-competitive geoscience for geothermal exploration and development in Australia: Geoscience Australia’s Onshore Energy Security Program and the Geothermal Energy Project
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A.R. Budd, F.L. Holgate, E. Gerner, B.F. Ayling and A. Barnicoat
- Date Published: September 2008
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Work conducted at the Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in the early 1990s was instrumental in bringing Hot Rocks geothermal research and development to Australia. Following the announcement of the Federal Government’s Energy I...
Unravelling the complex structural history of the Penola Trough – revealing the St George Fault
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: P. Boult, P. Lyon, B. Camac, S. Hunt and H. Zwingmann
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Penola Trough is a NW–SE trending half-graben structure bounded to the south by the large Hungerford / Kalangadoo (H/K) fault system. Several major basement cutting faults within the Penola Trough including the St George Fault have exerted sign...
Mid–Late Cretaceous organic-rich rocks from the eastern Bight Basin: implications for prospectivity
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: J.M Totterdell, H.I.M. Struckmeyer, C.J. Boreham, C.H. Mitchell, E. Monteil and B.E.Bradshaw
- Date Published: September 2008
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A recent Geoscience Australia geological sampling survey in the Great Australian Bight has provided new evidence for the presence of potential oil-prone source rocks in the Bight Basin. Exploratory drilling in the Bight Basin has historically concent...
Evaluating the hydrocarbon potential of the western Cooper/Eromanga region: Can ‘old’ oil be preserved?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: T. Bernecker
- Date Published: September 2008
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In the context of declining oil supply, the Australian Government provided Geoscience Australia with funding for the 2006–2011 Energy Security Programme. The purpose of this programme is to supply pre-competitive data and information to stimulate e...
Inversion tectonics and the structural development of the Elk/Antelope gas field, Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A. Goldberg and D. Holland
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Elk/Antelope Gas Field is located in a complex zone of deformation at the front of the easternmost Papuan Fold Belt. The structure straddles a major change in the orientation of the foldbelt from a WNW/ESE strike in the west, to NW/SE strike in t...
A new generation of digital structure and facies maps for Taranaki Basin: Progress towards a 4D Taranaki Model
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M. Arnot, J. Baur, K. Bland, H. Bushe, R. Funnell, B. Ilg, C. Jones, P. King, B. Leitner, M. Masey, M. Milner, H.E. Morgans, L. Roncaglia and H. Zhu
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Taranaki Basin covers an area of approximately 100,000 km2 and is currently New Zealand’s only petroleum producing basin (Fig.1). In the mid-1990s a series of structural and paleogeographic maps were constructed from available seismic and well ...
Exploring the greater Taranaki Basin north of the established hydrocarbon fairway
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K. Bierbrauer, T.J. Herdy, A. Rek and K.L. Mills
- Date Published: September 2008
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Origin and OMV are currently exploring petroleum exploration permits (PEPs) 38618 and 38619, which are located offshore at the northern Taranaki Basin/southern Northland Basin, New Zealand. This paper provides an update on recent exploration activiti...
Mellish Rise and adjacent deep water plateaus off northeast Australia: new evidence for continental basement from Cenozoic micropalaeontology and sedimentary geology
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K.L. Hoffmann, N.F. Exon, P.G. Quilty and C.S. Findlay
- Date Published: September 2008
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The east coast of Australia was dominated by prolonged periods of subduction and accretion during the Palaeozoic–Mesozoic (Scheibner & Veevers 2000). Widespread rifting and seafloor spreading replaced the compressional regime from around 120 Ma (Ea...
The increasing significance of coal seam gas in eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: G. Baker and S. Slater
- Date Published: September 2008
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The commercial production of coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia commenced in 1996. Since then its production has ramped up significantly, particularly in the last five years, to become an integral part of the upstream gas industry in eastern Australia....
A minimum-strain approach to reducing the structural uncertainty in poor 2D seismic data, Gambier Embayment, Otway Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: P. Boult, B. Freeman, G. Yielding, S. Menpes and L.J. Diekman
- Date Published: September 2008
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In faulted reservoirs, structural uncertainty arises from two major sources of error; the systematic error of the seismic method and the human error of the interpreter. When the magnitude of fault displacements is greater than the distance between sa...
Clean coal technologies: challenges and opportunities for eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: L.W. Gurba
- Date Published: September 2008
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It is now widely understood and accepted that coal has will continue to form part of the world's future energy mix and there is also a growing acceptance that carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) must be applied for coal-based technologies to be ...
Aquifers and coal: storing Queensland’s carbon dioxide
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: J.J. Draper
- Date Published: September 2008
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Assessment of the state’s potential for geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage will underpin the future commercial deployment of large-scale clean coal technology projects in Queensland. In particular, the integration of carbon capture ...
The Carrack-Caravel prospect complex: a possible sleeping giant in the deep water Canterbury Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: W.G. Mogg, K. Aurisch, R. O’Leary and G.P. Pass
- Date Published: September 2008
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In 2005 and 2006, Origin Energy Resources (NZ) Ltd (Origin) was awarded petroleum exploration permits PEP 38262 and PEP 38264 covering an area of more than 36,000 km2 in the offshore Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Previous exploration of t...
A new stratigraphic/structural interpretation helps focus exploration in the Poolowanna Trough, Eromanga Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: P. Boult
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The Poolowanna Trough is a Jurassic to Late Cretaceous trending intra-cratonic depocentre which straddles the border between South Australia and the Northern Territory. It overlies the Permo-Triassic Pedirka and Simpson basins and is characterised by...
Analysis and management of seismic risks associated with engineered geothermal system operations in South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C.P. Morelli, and M. Malavazos
- Date Published: September 2008
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In 2005, the Petroleum and Geothermal Group (PG), Division of Minerals and Energy Resources (MER), and the Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) funded a report into evaluation of the seismic hazard generated at Geodynamics’ eng...
Introducing the Jacaranda Ridge Sandstone: A new play in the Penola Trough: Otway Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: B.A. Camac, and P.J. Boult
- Date Published: September 2008
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The informally named Sawpit Sandstone Member, Upper and Lower Sawpit Shale members and the Jacaranda Ridge Sandstone Member occur within lower part of the Berriasian–Valanginian Pretty Hill Formation of the Otway Basin. The Jacaranda Ridge Sandston...