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Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.E. Jonasson & R.F. Reiser
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Blina Oil Field, a Famennian carbonate reefal structure situated on the Lennard Shelf in the onshore Canning Basin, was discovered in 1981 by Home Oil Australia. Blina 1 intersected a 58 m oil column in the Late Devonian Nullara Limestone and 50-...
Controls on the Trap Integrity of the Skua Oil Field, Timor Sea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A. Gartrell, M. Lisk & J. Underschultz
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A new fill-spill model has been produced for the Skua Oil Field that challenges the importance of Mio-Pliocene fault reactivation as the principal control on trap integrity. Integration of contemporary and palaeo-fluid-flow
indicators within a 3D str...
Diagenesis impacts fluid pressures, reservoir quality, and seal integrity of deep Jurassic targets, Norwegian Sea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.C. Matthews & H.M. Helset
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.N.F. Hull & C.M. Griffiths
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic study has been conducted to investigate the evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin. The section has been divided into sequences, the ages of which are constrained by biostratigraphi...
The North West Shelf of Australia – a Woodside perspective
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: I.M. Longley, C. Buessenschuett, L. Clydsdale, C.J. Cubitt, R.C. Davis, M.K. Johnson, N.M. Marshall, A.P. Murray, R. Somerville, T.B. Spry & N.B. Thompson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The North West Shelf of Australia is a world class gas province with minor oily sweet spots. It is a marginal rift with pre-rift Permo~ Triassic intracratonic sediments, overlain by Jurassic to Cainozoic syn- and post-rift
successions. These were dep...
Canning Basin Grant Group glaciogenic sediments: part of the Gondwanan Permo-Carboniferous hydrocarbon province
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Redfern & B.P.J. Williams
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group of the Canning Basin, Western Australia offers a major potential hydrocarbon reservoir target. Analysis of core and outcrop data reveals a complex suite of facies, hence understanding of the depositional environmen...
Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.M. Kennard, I. Deighton, D.S. Edwards, C.J. Boreham & A.G. Barrett
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Subsidence and thermal history analysis of24 wells and seismically-defined depocentre sites has been undertaken to investigate the generation and expulsion history of the Early Carboniferous and Permian petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin. Youn...
The Tectono-stratigraphic history of the northern margins of the Australian Plate from the Carnarvon Basin to Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M.S. Norvick
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Geohistory of the North West Shelf: a tool to assess the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic motion of the Australian Plate
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.D. Borel & G.M. Stampfli
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Phanerowic motion of the Australian plate was compared with the geohistory of the North West Shelf of Australia, combining stratigraphic, sedimentary and palaeontological data from 42 wells drilled offshore and onshore along the North West Shelf....
A heat flow map of the Dampier Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.R. Beardsmore & M.J. Altmann
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Dampier Sub-basin hosts a number of significant hydrocarbon discoveries. The origin of these hydrocarbons
remains contentious due in part to poorly constrained maturity models. To address this problem, Santos Limited
undertook a study of the ther...
Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Dampier Sub-basin as revealed by polar compounds
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: T.P. Bastow, B.G.K. van Aarssen, R. Alexander, R.I. Kagi & K. Liu
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Kendrew Trough system of the Dampier Sub-basin were investigated using phenols and carbazole abundance in crude oils. Crude oils were placed into two groups based on the relationship between phenols and carba...
Effects of igneous activity in the offshore northern Perth Basin – evidence from petroleum exploration wells, 2D seismic and magnetic surveys
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.D. Gorter & I. Deighton
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Two and possibly three periods of Phanerozoic igneous activity, involving extrusive and intrusive events, are documented from the offihore northern Perth Basin, Western Australia. A Late Permian-earliest Triassic intrusive event is proved by intersec...
Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: C.M. Gibson-Poole, S.C. Lang, J.E. Streit, G.M. Kraishan & R.R. Hillis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Assessing the suitability of a sedimentary basin for C02 sequestration requires detailed geological and geophysical studies. An example is presented from the Mesozoic succession of the Petrel Snb-basin. Two stratigraphic intervals were investigated a...
Application of K/Ar and Rb/Sr geochronology to constrain the timing of sedimentary deposition and diagenesis: preliminary results from Western Australian basins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: H. Zwingmann & B. Hatcher
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Tertiary foundations and Quaternary evolution of coral reef systems of Australia’s North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: L.B. Collins
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The North West Shelf is a modem tropical ramp, which is underlain by Cretaceous-Tertiary carbonates, with clastic reservoirs at depth. Coral reef systems, discontinuously developed during the Late Tertiary-Quaternary, vary from fringing reefs to isol...
Sedimentology of the Mungaroo Formation in the Echo-Yodel field: a borehole image perspective
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.A. Bal, J.D. Prosser & T.J. Magee
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Echo-Yodel accumulation occurs within high reservoir quality fluviatile sandstones of the E Unit of the Triassic Mungaroo Formation. Porosities average approximately 21%, with permeabilities generally greater than 1 Darcy and occasionally as high...
Applications of methylated naphthalenes: resolving mixtures of crude oils
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: B.G.K. van Aarssen, T.P. Bastow, R. Alexander & R.I. Kagi
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The relative abundances of methylated naphthalenes present in crude oils provide an excellent tool for resolving crude oils that result from in-reservoir mixing of two or more charges. This is especially significant when the mixture consists of two n...
Evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge in the Bayu gas-condensate field, Timor Sea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: S.C. George, M. Lisk, P.J. Eadington & R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The distribution of oil-bearing fluid inclusions (FI) in Jurassic reservoir sandstones from Bayu 1 (Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea) is consistent with the presence of a palaeo-oil column of at least 20 m height, beneath a 46-53 m thick palaeo-ga...
Petroleum Exploration in Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: W.L. Tinapple
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Petroleum exploration activity in Western Australia, boosted by the positive results of many new discoveries, is
continuing at a high level. Recent exploration has focussed primarily on the North West Shelf but with significant
exploration in frontie...
Overcoming historical biases: an integrated geological and engineering assessment of the Coniston Prospect, Exmouth Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: N. Smith, C. Dempsey, M. Jackson & J. Preston
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The discovery of heavily biodegraded oil in Novara 1 in 1982 by Esso/BHP branded the Exmouth Sub-basin as a
"difficult" exploration province for almost two decades. A total of 24 barrels of biodegraded, 16.7? API oil was
recovered from a drill-stem t...
Estimating formation water salinity from wireline pressure data: case study from the Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.R. Underschultz, G.K. Ellis, A. Hennig, E. Bekele & C. Otto
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Characterising the concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS) in formation water is important for wireline log analysis, reserves calculations, and understanding the hydrodynamic processes occurring in the subsurface.
Unfortunately, measured TDS v...
The Cliff Head Oil Discovery – Offshore Perth Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: N.T. Jones & A.D. Hall
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The intersection of a 36 m gross oil column in Cliff Head 1 in the offshore North Perth Basin has proven that an established onshore play-type is valid offshore and has confirmed the hydrocarbon potential of the Beagle Ridge.
The play concept, Permo-...
Recent discoveries in the Barrow Sub-basin: Linda, Gipsy, North Gypsy, Rose, Lee, Gibson, Simpson, South Plato, Double Island, Victoria, Little Sandy, Pedirka and Hoover
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Apache Energy Ltd
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Apache Energy Ltd and its TL/1,5,6 co-venturers {Kufpec Australia Pty Ltd and Tap {Harriet) Pty) have drilled several discovery wells in the Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin since 1998. These include eight new
discoveries (Gibson, South Plato,...
Documentation and Refinement of the Middle to Late Cretaceous Calcareous Nannofossil and Foraminiferal KCCM Zonation
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: R.J. Campbell, R.W. Howe, J.P. Rexilius & C.B. Foster
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Petroleum companies operating on the North West Shelf typically employ the composite calcareous microfossil (KCCM) zonation to correlate middle to Upper Cretaceous strata. This zonation combines both calcareous nannofossil and foraminiferal biostrati...
Rough Range Oil Field, Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.K. Ellis & K.E. Jonasson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Rough Range Oil Field in the onshore Carnarvon Basin was discovered in 1953 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd with the drilling of Rough Range 1, which intersected an 8.6 m gross oil column in the Early Cretaceous Birdrong Sandstone. Twelve ap...
Historical Perspective of Hydrocarbon Volumes in the Westralian Superbasin – Where are the Next Billion Barrels?
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: E. Kopsen
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Northern Carnarvon Basin and the Northern Basins (Browse and Bonaparte basins, including the Vulcan Sub-basin) within the Westralian Superbasin have each now been tested by around 400 new field wildcat wells. The PSO (proven and probable) reserve...
Basin development with implications for petroleum trap styles of the Neoprotorezoic Officer Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: S.N. Apak, K.A.R. Ghori, G.M. Carlsen & M.K. Stevens
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Three unconformity-bounded sedimentary successions exist in most parts of the Officer Basin in Western Australia: Supersequences 1, 3, and 4. The bounding unconformities correlate with tectonic episodes, and in
particular the Areyonga Movement (750 M...
John Brookes Gas -The voyage to discovery
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: K.Auld, B. Thomas, J. Goodall, L. Elliott & J. Benson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
John Brookes liST 1 discovered an 85 m gross dry gas column within Carnarvon Basin permit WA-214-P during 1998, in the area today forming the John Brookes location. The primary objective was to test a structural closure at the base of the Muderong Sh...
Conodont biostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Triassic on the western, northwestern and northern margins of the Australian Plate
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: R.S. Nicoll
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
In the Triassic the northern margin of Gondwanan Pangea opened onto the Meso-Tethys Ocean. The then continental margin was formed by the Lhasa and West Burma Blocks and the New Guinea portion of the Australian Plate. Along what would become the margi...
Tectonic and volcanic history of the Carnarvon Terrace: Constraints from seismic interpretation and geodynamic modelling
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: R.D. M?ller, D. Mihut, C. Heine, C. O'Neill & I. Russell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The under-explored Carnarvon Terrace, part of the offshore Carnarvon Basin, represents one of the remaining frontier areas on the northwest Australian margin. To assess the tectonic and volcanic evolution of this area, we have interpreted 6,700 km of...