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Industry News
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: December 2001
The Offshore Clarence-Moreton Basin in New South Wales – A New Petroleum Play?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R.D. Shaw, J.D. Alder and N. Aadil
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Clarence-Moreton Basin is a major Late Triassic to Jurassic/EarlyCretaceous depocentre in northeastern New South Wales and southern Queensland. Its eastern extent was believed to lie close to, and form a minor part of, the present-day coastline. ...
Otway Basin Rifting to Sea-Floor Spreading – Hydrocarbon Implications
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D. Palmowski, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman and T. Bernecker
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Otway Basin is part of the Southern Ocean Rift System between Australia and Antarctica. Balancing and restoring deep seismic profiles, this paper presents a new look at the tectonic development of the basin and its petroleum implications.
The dev...
Visualisation of Fluvial Stratagraphic Trap Opportunities in the Pondrinie 3D Survey, Cooper-Eromanga Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T. Nakanishi and S.C. Lang
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Exploration and development in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin have been predominantly focused on structural traps. However, the future for exploration and field development lies in exploration for stratigraphic traps. Using advanced visualisation techniqu...
The Tectonic Stress Field in Eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: S. Zhao and R.D. M?ller
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Flexural analysis of geological structures in eastern Australia, based on gravity and topographic data, suggests that the flexural rigidity of the fold belts is about 3.6 - 4.4 x 1022 Nm. This corresponds to an effective elastic thickness of 16 - 17 ...
An Integrated Structural and Palaeogeographic Investigation of Eocene Erosional Events and Related Hydrocarbon Potential in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: E.M. Johnstone, C.C. Jenkins and M.A. Moore
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This new revised structural/stratigraphic model for the Eocene erosional events in the Central/Eastern Gippsland Basin has delineated the key play elements of trap formation and seal development. Integrated structural and palaeogeographical studies h...
An Empirical Approach to Evaluating Regional Seal Capacity and Hydrocarbon Migration Characteristics in South-Eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.W. O'Brien, D. Heggie, G. Lawrence and A. Williams
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Over the last decade, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and its industry partners have acquired and interpreted a wide range of geochemical and other remote sensing data in south-eastern Australia includincr aeochemical sniffer and...
Geological Framework of the Lord Howe Rise and Adjacent Ocean Basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: J.B. Willcox, J. Sayers, H.M.J. Stagg and S. van de Beuque
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Lord Howe Rise (LHR) region comprises a system of ridges, basins and seamount chains in the Tasman Sea. The LHR itself is a 'continental ribbon ', I ,600 km long and 400 - 500 km wide. Water depths are 1,000- 1,500 m along its crest, 3,000+ min t...
New Perspectives on Structural Style and Petroleum Prospectivity, Offshore Eastern Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G.C. Geary, A.E. Constantine and I.S.A. Reid
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The recognition of syn-depositional NNE to NE trending folds within the Upper Cretaceous syn-rift Sherbrook Group of the eastern Otway Basin, led to the development of a new structural model for application to
seismic interpretation. Earlier recognit...
Triassic Seals in the Cooper Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R. Dragomirescu, J. Kaldi, N. Lemon and E. Alexander
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The seal potential of four lithofacies from the Early - Middle Triassic Nappameni Group and Late Triassic Cuddapan Formation, Cooper Basin is evaluated. Historically, the Nappameni Group has been regarded as a
'regional seal' . This study is a detail...
Evaluating Overpressure in Compressional Regimes Using Geomechanical Modelling
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D. Darby and S. Ellis
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Overpressure forms a significant hazard for exploration in eastern Australasian basins, including Papua New Guinea and New Zealand'sEast Coast Basin. Overpressures of 90 - 100% of vertical stress have been encountered at
Migration of Oil and Gas into the Maui Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R.H. Funnell, V.M. Stagpoole, A. Nicol, S.D. Killops, A.G. Reyes and D. Darby
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The oil and gas/condensate Maui Field in the Taranaki Basin lies 30 km off the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand. The field consists of two broad anticlinal closures formed by Miocene compression, and structurally enhanced by Plio-Pleistoce...
Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H. Volk, S.C. George, M. Lisk, S.D. Killops, M. Ahmed and R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Two case studies from the Blackback (Gippsland Basin) and the McKee oilfields (Taranaki Basin) demonstrate the potential of the Molecular Composition of Inclusions (MCI) technique to provide detailed charge histories of petroleum reservoirs. In Black...
Interpretation of Burial and Diagenetic History of Northland Allochthon Rocks, Northland Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: N. Aadil, P. Black and P.F. Ballance
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Northland Allochthon is a structurally displaced rock unit comprising an originally fining-upwards passive margin wedge which accumulated adjacent to northeastern New Zealand between the Middle Cretaceous
and Late Oligocene. The wedge was obducted on...
Plate Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australian Marginal Ocean Basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: M. Sdrolias, R.D. M?ller and C. Gaina
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
An important component in the interpretation and assessment of a hydrocarbon exploration target is an accurate and self-consistent plate kinematic reconstruction of the region of interest. Identifying changes in tectonic regime assists in the analysi...
Geochemistry and Charge History of a Palaeo-Oil Column: Jerboa-1, Eyre Sub-Basin, Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T.E. Ruble, G.A. Logan, J.E. Blevin, H.I.M. Struckmeyer, K. Liu, M. Ahmed, P.J. Eadington and R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A collaborative investigation was undertaken to assess the prospectivity and hydrocarbon charge history of the Eyre Sub-basin at Jerboa-1 in the Great Australian Bight. These results provide the only reliable geochemical information on this newly rec...
K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H. Zwingmann, P.R. Tingate, N.M. Lemon and P.J. Hamilton
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Petrographic observations of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian sandstones of the Cooper Basin in South Australia indicate illite to be present in abundance. It occurs with different morphologies comprising detrital grains, authigenic grains with p...
Three-Dimensional Gravity Modelling of Sedimentary Basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: R. Wood and D. Woodward
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the usefulness of satellite gravity data as a reconnaissance tool for estimating basement structure and sediment thickness in frontier areas with little or no seismic coverage. The solutions are non-unique,...
Miocene Turbidite Reservoir Systems in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: Established Plays and Analogues for Deep-Water Exploration
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.R. King and G.H. Browne
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Two turbidite formations, Moki and Mount Messenger, represent discrete progradational sandy pulses in an otherwise mud-dominated regressive Miocene succession in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The fairways
for these formations overlap, with best de...
Volumetric Calculations Using 3D Seismic Calibrated Against Porosity Logs – Pretty Hill Formation Reservoirs, Onshore Otway Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.J. Boult and J. Donley
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A 3D seismic volume of porosity logs, calibrated to wells, was generated by multi-attribute trace inversion of seismic data over an area containing five producing gas Fields in the Pretty Hill Formation of the onshore Otway Basin, South Australia. Fr...
Distribution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Permian Nowra Sandstone, Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: P.A. Arditto
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Permian Nowra Sandstone, a widespread nearshore marine sandstone unit, was a common target in the deeper hydrocarbon tests of the southern and central Sydney Basin between 1960 and 1970, but its hydrocarbon potential is now largely overlooked. Th...
Geochemical Comparisons Between Asphaltites on the Southern Australian Margin and Cretaceous Source Rock Analogues
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: C.J. Boreham, A.A. Krassay and J.M. Totterdell
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Evidence for a mid-Cretaceous source for southern Australian asphaltites is presented, based on geochemical and carbon isotopic comparisons of the asphaltites with onshore source rock analogues from the Albian-Cenomanian Blue Whale Superseguence in t...
Petroleum Expulsion From Permian Coal Seams in the Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: L. Kramer, K.R. Arouri and D.M. McKirdy
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
This study documents the generation and expulsion of liquid hydrocarbons from coal seams containing Type II/III kerogen in the Patchawarra Formation at Gidgealpa-52, southwest Cooper Basin. Two different drainage scenarios have been compared, one inv...
3D Palaeo-Migration Pathway Analysis: An Example from the Timor Sea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman and G.W. O'Brien
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
To determine the hydrocarbon migration paths into a trap, it is necessary to know the 3D structural architecture of the reservoir horizon(s) and the extent of the source rock horizon(s) at the time(s) of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion. In 3DMov...
Geophysical Definition of the Kapuni Coastal Facies of the Western Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: E. Matthews and C. Lewis
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Coastal sand bodies within the Eocene-Paleocene Kapuni Group are a prime target for exploration in the Taranaki Basin. While regional amplitude mapping can be used to map the major facies belts, more detailed local mapping is needed to identify indiv...
3D Rift Fault Systems of the Western Otway Basin, SE Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: S. Chantraprasert, K.R. McClay and C. Elders
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
2D and 3D seismic data from the western Otway basin, South Australia have been used to analyse the 3D geometries of the Late Jurassic- Early Cretaceous rift fault systems in the central Penola Trough. NW and WNW striking rift fault systems in the cen...
Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of Australia’s Remote Frontier Areas in Offshore East and South-East Australia- Examples from the Basins of Lord Howe Rise
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: J. Blevin
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
In offshore east and south-east Australia, the remote regions under Australia's marine jurisdiction (AEEZ) include large areas of marginal plateaus and adjacent ocean basins. Evolution of the largest of these plateaus, the Lord Howe Rise (LHR) was in...
Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: H.I.M. Struckmeyer, J.M. Totterdell, J.E. Blevin, G.A. Logan, C.J. Boreham, I. Deighton, A.A. Krassay and M.T. Bradshaw
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Ceduna Sub-basin of the Bight Basin is a frontier region containing only one petroleum exploration well. Therefore, our assessment of the distribution of potential source rocks in the area is based on an understanding of the regional sequence str...
CBM – A New Play for the Cooper Basin?
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: D. Poynton and G. Simon
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
Coal bed methane (CBM) is one of the products of coalification - the process by which peat is transformed into coal during progressive burial. The initial product is biogenic gas. Thermogenic gas is produced with increasing pressure and temperature a...