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Source of Jurassic Coal Seam Gas, Eastern Australia

Source of Jurassic Coal Seam Gas, Eastern Australia

Publication Name: PESA (QLD & NT) Petroleum Symposium 2005
Authors: Chris Boreham, John Draper and Janet Hope
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2005

 

 

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Tags: Australia. coal eastern gas Jurassic Seam source

Does vertical integration create value in Australian gas exploration and production?

Does vertical integration create value in Australian gas exploration and production?

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: G. King
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

Australia has for many years had an excess of gas supply. Over the last thirty years this has been the case in all domestic markets across Australia, and applies equally well to the export market for LNG. Historically it has also been the case that e...

 

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Tags: Australia. exploration gas markets gas supply Origin. production

Pipelines – getting resource to market

Pipelines – getting resource to market

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: J.K. McDonald
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

The characteristics of the Eastern Australian gas market are markedly different to those of Western Australia. Whilst both markets have been subjected to the same forces of upheaval over the past decade, the outcome are somewhat different. In the Eas...

 

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Tags: Australia. Gas market gas supply gas transportation

Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: R. Sutherland, P. King and R. Herzer
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

There are two significant events during the evolution of the South Pacific since 100 Ma that allow its history to be subdivided. The first event was the Late Cretaceous final fragmentation of Gondwana. Seafloor magnetic anomalies show that oceanic se...

 

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Tags: Antarctica Australia. basin's continental deformation hotspots New Zealand South Pacific tectonics

Palaeokarst, pseudokarst, and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Palaeokarst, pseudokarst, and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P. Playford
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Limestones in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin have been subjected to several episodes of karstification, during the Late Devonian, latest Devonian or Early Carboniferous, Early Permian, and Cainozoic. Subaerial Devonian palaeokarst forme...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning complexes Devonian Palaeokarst pseudokarst reef sequence stratigraphy

Hydrocarbons and Mississippi Valley-type Sulfides in the Devonian reef complexes of the eastern Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Hydrocarbons and Mississippi Valley-type Sulfides in the Devonian reef complexes of the eastern Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.W. Wallace, H.A. Middleton, B. Johns & S. Marshallsea
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A wide range of maturation parameters indicates that near-surface Devonian sequences of the eastern Lennard Shelf are immature (peak temperatures of 70-90?C). Fluid inclusion microthermometry indicates that peak temperatures in the Palaeozoic were pr...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning complexes Devonian eastern hydrocarbons Lennard Mississippi reef shelf. Sulfides type Valley

Petroleum Exploration in Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. exploration petroleum

Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.D. George, N. Chow & K.M. Trinajstic
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Upper Devonian reef complexes are well exposed in a number of ranges along the Kimberley margin of the Fitzroy Trough in the northern Canning Basin. The Napier Range exposes predominantly fore-reef strata with remnants of older and coeval platform re...

 

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Tags: approach Australia. basin Canning Correlation deciphering Devonian evolution integrated northern platform Reefs

Use of aromatic compound distributions to evaluate organic maturity of the Proterozoic middle Velkerri Formation, McArthur Basin, Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Aromatic Australia. basin compound Distributions evaluate formation maturity McArthur middle organic Proterozoic Velkerri

Basin development with implications for petroleum trap styles of the Neoprotorezoic Officer Basin, Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin development implications Neoprotorezoic Officer petroleum Styles trap

The North West Shelf of Australia – a Woodside perspective

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. North perspective shelf. Woodside

The Vines 1 stratigraphic drillhole, central Officer Basin, Western Australia

The Vines 1 stratigraphic drillhole, central Officer Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.K. Stevens, S.N. Apak, K. Grey, K.A.R. Ghori & K. Blundell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Vines 1 is a vertical corehole, drilled by the Geological Survey ofWestem Australia, designed to test the petroleum potential of Neoproterowic and possibly Palaeowic strata in the Waigen area of the Officer Basin. It is located 24 km south of the Mus...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin central drillhole Officer stratigraphic Vines

Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution exploration field formation Geochemical implications North oil production shelf. Talisman

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: C. Heine, R.D. M?ller & M. Norvick
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution North plains shelf. tectonic

Neogene tectonic and structural evolution of the Timor Sea region, NW Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution Neogene NW region Sea structural tectonic Timor

Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's carbon dioxide geological Mesozoic NW Petrel potential sequestration Sub-basin

Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.D. Gorter, D.J. Hearty, J.P. Rexilius & S.L. Powell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

In the area east of the Woollybutt Oil Field in the northern Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin, Australian North West Shelf, channels are dearly defined on 2D and 3D seismic profiles, and by isochrons within mostly carbonate middle Tertiary str...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon channelling Oligocene Sub-basin

Pressure seal and deep overpressure modeling in the Barrow Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Pressure seal and deep overpressure modeling in the Barrow Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S. He & M. Middleton
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A deep overpressured system occurs in the thick Jurassic sequence, and parts of the Cretaceous BarrowGroup of the Barrow Sub-basin. This has been confirmedby repeat formation tests and drill stem tests which reveal excess pressures ranging from 24 MP...

 

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Tags: Australia. deep Modeling North overpressure pressure seal shelf. Sub-basin

Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. Dampier evolution North recent section sequence shelf. stratigraphic Sub-basin

Emperor and Golden Beach Subgroups: The Onset of Late Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia

Emperor and Golden Beach Subgroups: The Onset of Late Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Gippsland Basin, SE Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: T. Bernecker and A.D. Partridge
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Emperor and Golden Beach subgroups, new subdivisions of the lower part of the Latrobe Group in the Gippsland Basin, are interpreted as basin-wide unconformity-bounded depositional systems that record the key break-up events in the basin during it...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Beach Cretaceous. Emperor Gippsland Golden Late Onset Sedimentation Subgroups

3D Rift Fault Systems of the Western Otway Basin, SE Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin fault Otway Rift systems

Cenozoic Submarine Canyon Systems in Cool Water Carbonates from the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia

Cenozoic Submarine Canyon Systems in Cool Water Carbonates from the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: A.S. Leach and M.W. Wallace
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Well preserved submarine canyon systems are present in the Oligocene-Miocene cool water carbonates of the Heytesbury Group and the Pliocene-Recent Whalers Bluff Formation of the offshore Otway Basin. From seismic profiles, two morphologically distinc...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canyon Carbonates Cenozoic Cool Otway Submarine systems Victoria

The Tectonic Stress Field in Eastern Australia

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 ...

 

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Tags: Australia. eastern field Stress tectonic

Mesoscopic Fold and Thrust Structures at Cape Liptrap, Victoria, Australia – A PNG Analogue?

Mesoscopic Fold and Thrust Structures at Cape Liptrap, Victoria, Australia – A PNG Analogue?

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: J.T. Keetley, K.C. Hill and C. Nguyen
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Early Devonian turbidites in the Lachlan Fold Belt were deformed in the Middle Devonian, resulting in superbly exposed fold and thrust structures at Cape Liptrap in Victoria, which have been cited as a possible analogue for oil-bearing structures in ...

 

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Tags: Australia. Cape Liptrap Fold Mesoscopic PNG structures Thrust Victoria

The Outer Limits of Australia’s Resource Jurisdiction Off Eastern Australia

The Outer Limits of Australia’s Resource Jurisdiction Off Eastern Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P.A. Symonds, R. Parums, G. Hill, B. Hirst, G. Bernardel and H. Stagg
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The outer limit of the seabed and subsoil resource regime off the eastern half of Australia - the Continental Shelf - is based on boundaries agreed with neighbouring countries in the north and northeast, and a variety of boundaries with the internati...

 

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Tags: Australia. Jurisdiction Limits Resource

Distribution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Permian Nowra Sandstone, Southern Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. distribution hydrocarbon New South Wales Permian Nowra Sandstone Potentia Southern Sydney Basin

An Empirical Approach to Evaluating Regional Seal Capacity and Hydrocarbon Migration Characteristics in South-Eastern Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. Capacity Evaluating hydrocarbon Migration Characteristics Regional seal

Fluid Flow Histories and Diagenesis in Permo-Triassic Sediments of the Sydney Basin, SE Australia – Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Constraints

Fluid Flow Histories and Diagenesis in Permo-Triassic Sediments of the Sydney Basin, SE Australia – Isotope and Fluid Inclusion Constraints

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: G-P. Bai, P.J. Hamilton, P.J. Eadington and J.B. Keene
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

A petrographic, isotopic and fluid inclusion investigation of sandstones from the Permian Wilton Formation and Triassic Narrabeen Group in the Sydney Basin was undertaken in order to document the fluid flow history of pore waters and hydrocarbons. F...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Constraints diagenesis flow fluid Histories Inclusion Isotope Permo sediments Sydney Triassic

A New Palaeogeographic Synthesis for the Bowen, Gunnedah and Sydney Basins of Eastern Australia

A New Palaeogeographic Synthesis for the Bowen, Gunnedah and Sydney Basins of Eastern Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: C.R. Fielding, R. Sliwa, R.J. Holcombe and A.T. Jones
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

This paper presents a series of palaeogeographic maps to illustrate the geological history of the Bowen-Gunnedah-Sydney Basin System (BGSBS) through Permian and Lower/Middle Triassic times. The maps are based on a lithostratigraphic framework that co...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Bowen Gunnedah Palaeogeographic Sydney Synthesis

K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Constraints Cooper Illite K-Ar Dating modelling Origin. Petrographic thermal

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