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Company Focus – New Zealand Oil & Gas – Taranaki Tension Builds For NZOG
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
Company Focus – Hardman Resources – Hardman to Take Part in Nine Drilling Operations During 2003
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
Environment
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
Web Watch – Oil Jobs Made Easy Online
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
Words – Spicks And Specks
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Peter Purcell
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
Luncheon Meetings – Where’s it Happening?
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: February 2003
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Palynological zonation and correlations of Latest Triassic in the Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Backhouse, B.E. Balme, R. Helby, N.G. Marshall & R. Morgan
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A revised palynological wnation for the latest Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) of the North West Shelf is presented. The definition of the AshmoripoUis reducta Spore-pollen wne is modified and three subrones are recognised within both the Minutosaccus cre...
Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: F.E. Burns
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Trace fossil analysis is a key tool in the understanding of reservoir heterogeneity within the glauconitic Lower Cretaceous strata of the Carnarvon Basin. Twelve wells with core through the M australis and Mardie Greensand
intervals in the Stag Field...
Peri-Gondwanan Permian correlations: The Meso-Tethyan Margins
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: N.W. Archbold
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Correlations of the Permian sequences for sixteen regions of north eastern Gondwana during the Permian are
presented in this review. These correlations are compared with Permian sequences of the Australian continent. Broad conclusions on palaeoclimat...
Development of a solid-phase biodegradation assay for drilling fluids under tropical conditions
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Woodworth, L. Evans & Y. Tsvetnenko
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The presence of cuttings piles contammg high concentrations of drilling fluids are of concern on the North West Shelf of Western Australia, as drilling fluids have the ability to persist in the environment. Previously, several types of aerobic and an...
Use of aromatic compound distributions to evaluate organic maturity of the Proterozoic middle Velkerri Formation, McArthur Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: S.C. George & M. Ahmed
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The middle Velkerri Member is a rich Proterowic source rock in the McArthur Basin. A decrease in hydrogen index from > 500 mg pyrolysate/g TOC in shallow immature sediments to around 150 mg/g in deeper sediments has been suggested to coincide with th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Hydrodynamic analysis of the Early Cretaceous aquifers in the Barrow Sub-basin in relation to hydraulic continuity and fault seal
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.L. Hennig, J.R. Underschultz & C.J. Otto
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Formation pressure measurements from the Mardie Greensand and the Barrow Group were of sufficient quantity and quality to enable a hydrodynamic analysis of the flow systems to determine how flow systems interact laterally and across formations. This ...
Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.K. Ellis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Produced formation water &om the Angel Formation in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia, was analysed on a regular basis during water production, from December 1989 to the termination of production in July 1992. Evaluation of these an...
Neogene tectonic and structural evolution of the Timor Sea region, NW Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M. Keep, M. Clough & L. Langhi
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Neogene deformation styles in the Timor Sea vary from flexure-dominated in the NE to transtension-dominated
towards the SW. Neogene fanlts generally preserve overall normal displacement despite sometimes complex
reactivation histories. Controls on fa...
Late Early to Mid Miocene patch reefs, Ashmore Platform, Timor Sea – Evidence from 2D and 3D Seismic Surveys and petroleum exploration wells
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.D. Gorter, J.P. Rexilius, S.L. Powell & S.W. Bayford
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Discrete contemporaneous buried structures are identified as anomalous seismic packages within the generally continuous reflectors characteristic of Miocene strata in the western Timor Sea. Petroleum exploration wells Pascal 1 and Lucas 1 drilled two...
3D structural analysis of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill & N. Hoffman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A 3D structural model of the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea was constructed through interpreting and depth converting Geoscience Australia's VTT survey. The model was progressively back-stripped, decompacted and restored to reveal its palaeo-architectur...
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...
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...
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...