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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

Interplay of Sedimentology & Structure in the Moranbah Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia

Interplay of Sedimentology & Structure in the Moranbah Coal Measures, Bowen Basin, Australia

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 2000
Authors: J.S. Esterle, G. Le Blanc Smith and J.V.R. Yago
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2000

 

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Bowen coal Interplay Measures Moranbah Sedimentology structure

Evaluating and Developing Tight Gas Sandstone Resources in Australia

Evaluating and Developing Tight Gas Sandstone Resources in Australia

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 2000
Authors: R.L. Johnson, Jr., Christopher W. Hopkins, Michel Claverie and Michael Sarich
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2000

 

Abstract:

Low-permeability sandstone gas reservoirs, known as tight gas sands, represent a huge potential resource for future natural gas supply in Australia and around the world. Because low individual well-production rates are often the norm, tight gas sand ...

 

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Tags: Australia. Developing Evaluating gas Resources Sandstone Tight

South Australia Otway Basin News

South Australia Otway Basin News

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1999

 

 

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South Australia: Targeted Exploration Initiative SA – Tony Hill

South Australia: Targeted Exploration Initiative SA – Tony Hill

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1999

 

 

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Abstracts of Talks: The Value of Integrating Existing 3D Seismic Into Shallow Gas Studies – Gavin Douglas, PESA / SPE South Australia November Luncheon Speaker – Harry Butler

Abstracts of Talks: The Value of Integrating Existing 3D Seismic Into Shallow Gas Studies – Gavin Douglas, PESA / SPE South Australia November Luncheon Speaker – Harry Butler

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1999

 

 

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Tags: Australia. Existing gas Gavin Douglas Harry Butler Integrating Luncheon November Seismic shallow South SPE Speaker studies Talks Value

Branch Activities: South Australia Branch

Branch Activities: South Australia Branch

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1999

 

 

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South Australia

South Australia

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1999

 

 

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Stratigraphy, reservoir Geometry and Facies Architecture of a Modern Arid Playa Lacustrine Delta; Neals River Delta, Lake Eyre, Australia

Stratigraphy, reservoir Geometry and Facies Architecture of a Modern Arid Playa Lacustrine Delta; Neals River Delta, Lake Eyre, Australia

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1998
Authors: Tim Hicks
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: architecture Arid Australia. delta Eyre facies geometry lacustrine Lake Modern Neals Playa reservoir. River stratigraphy

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. Tindale, N. Newell, J. Keall and N. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Exmouth Sub-basin forms part of the Exmouth-Barrow- Dampier intra-cratonic rift system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin. These sub-basins contain significant thicknesses of Upper Jurassic Dingo Claystone, which constitutes the principal hydrocarbo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history northern structural Sub-basin

Reservoir Geology of the Perseus Field, North West Shelf, Australia

Reservoir Geology of the Perseus Field, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N. B. Thompson, M. L. Taylor and N. C. Taylor
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Perseus Field is a giant gas accumulation in a complex structural/stratigraphic trap. Gas is reservoired in Bathonian to Callovian deltaic sandstones of the Legendre Formation, which subcrop the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous 'Main Unconformity'...

 

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Tags: Australia. field geology North Perseus reservoir. shelf.

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. A. R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Geochemical analyses confirm the presence of Silurian, Upper Devonian, Lower Permian and Upper Permian source rock intervals within the Carnarvon Basin. Oil-prone source beds within the Silurian Dirk Hartog Group on the Gascoyne Platform have fair to...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Generating history Palaeozoic petroleum potential thermal

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Arthur Mory and Robert S. Nicoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

This new interpretation of the facies relationships within the Nannyarra, Gneudna and Munabia formations illustrates the distribution of source, reservoir and seal within the latest Middle and lower Upper Devonian (latest Givetian to Famennian) seque...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Devonian hydrocarbon middle potential sequence Sequences southern stratigraphy upper

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Arthur J. Mory, Robert P. Iasky and Sergey I. Shevchenko
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin is bound by the Darling Fault to the east and the Ajana-Yandi and Urella faults to the west. The only petroleum data are gravity and aeromagnetics from the 1960s and 1970s, and one seismic line shot in 1964. More than eight...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Carnarvon Coolcalalaya Forgotten Frontier Perth Sub-basin

Evaluating Trap Integrity in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea, Australia, using Integrated Remote-sensing Geochemical Technologies

Evaluating Trap Integrity in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea, Australia, using Integrated Remote-sensing Geochemical Technologies

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G. W. O'Brien, P. Quaife, R. Cowley, M. Morse, D. Wilson, M. Fellows and M. Lisk
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Poor trap integrity, which relates to Mio-Piiocene continental convergence and fault reactivation, is the principal exploration uncertainty within Australia's Timor Sea. In this area, the style of the Neogene structural reactivation is a direct funct...

 

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Tags: Australia. Evaluating Geochemical integrated integrity Remote Sea Sensing Sub-basin Technologies Timor trap

Reinterpretation of the Permo-Carboniferous Succession, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Reinterpretation of the Permo-Carboniferous Succession, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S. N. Apak and J. Backhouse
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Grant Group of the Canning Basin is redefined and restricted to the interval previously referred to as the Upper Grant. The Grant Group on the Barbwire Terrace has been previously subdivided into the Hoya, Calytrix and Clianthus formations and th...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning Permo-Carboniferous Reinterpretation Succession

Hydrocarbon Leakage on the North West Shelf, Australia: New Information from the Integration of Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) and Structural Data

Hydrocarbon Leakage on the North West Shelf, Australia: New Information from the Integration of Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) and Structural Data

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G. T. Cooper, C. R. Barnes, J. D. Bourne and G. J. Channon
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) data from the AC/PlS region of the Timor Sea have been interpreted in conjunction with high quality 2D Andromeda reflection seismic data. ALF anomalies are observed to occur at or near the tips of major Mesozoic faul...

 

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Tags: Australia. data Fluorosensor hydrocarbon Information Integration Laser leakage. New North shelf. structural

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Neoproterozoic Officer Basin, Western Australia

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Neoproterozoic Officer Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. A. R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Geochemical analyses confirm the presence of good quality but thin oil source rocks within the Neoproterozoic succession of the western Officer Basin. The available geochemical dataset, however, is insufficient to positively identify the source of oi...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Generating history Neoproterozoic Officer petroleum potential thermal

Fluid Flow, Diagenesis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment History of the Plover Formation, Sahul Platform, Australia

Fluid Flow, Diagenesis and Hydrocarbon Entrapment History of the Plover Formation, Sahul Platform, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Grant K. Ellis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

An understanding of fluid flow, diagenesis and hydrocarbon entrapment history in the Middle Jurassic Plover Formation intersected in Naga 1, Hydra 1 and Basilisk 1A, on the Sahul Platform of the Bonaparte Basin, has been developed from an integrated ...

 

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Tags: Australia. diagenesis entrapment flow fluid formation history hydrocarbon platform Plover Sahul

Basement Control and Geoseismic Definition of the Cornea Discovery, Browse Basin, Western Australia

Basement Control and Geoseismic Definition of the Cornea Discovery, Browse Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Alan Stein, Keith Myers, Chris Lewis, Theresa Cruse and Steve Winstanley
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Cornea Field in the Browse Basin is the first potentially commercial oil discovery in what was previously considered to be a gas-prone basin. The fleld results from drape of Albian sandstones over folded basement. The sands have been charged by l...

 

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Tags: Australia. Basement basin Browse Control Cornea Definition discovery Geoseismic

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Falih M. Daim and Paul G. Lennox
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Continental-scale lineaments, including the configuration of the sedimentary basins, show that Australia is subdivided by master west-northwesttrending transcurrent faults, which have been active intermittently since the Proterozoic. Differential mob...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon evolution model northern tectonic

Revised Biostratigraphic (Conodont-Palynomorph) Zonation of the Triassic of Western and Northwestern Australia and Timor

Revised Biostratigraphic (Conodont-Palynomorph) Zonation of the Triassic of Western and Northwestern Australia and Timor

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Robert S. Nicoll and Clinton B. Foster
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Studies of the relationships between conodont faunas and spore-pollen and dinocyst palynofloras from the subsurface of basins of the Western Australian margin have revised the hard links between Australian palynomorph zones and the classic stage term...

 

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Tags: Australia. Biostratigraphic Conodont northwestern Palynomorph Timor Triassic zonation

WAPIMS: A New Petroleum Exploration Database for Western Australia

WAPIMS: A New Petroleum Exploration Database for Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.H. Haworth and L.M. Arden
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Western Australian Petroleum Information Management System (WAPIMS) is a major new relational petroleum database created by the Department of Minerals and Energy, Western Australia (DME) to serve the current and future requirements of the petrole...

 

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Tags: Australia. Database exploration petroleum WAPIMS

Neogene Deformation of the North West Shelf, Australia

Neogene Deformation of the North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M. Keep, C. McA. Powell and P. W. Baillie
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Changing angles of collision between the Indo- Australian and Eurasian plates result in a variety of reactivation structures along the North West Shelf. Specific reactivation patterns vary depending on the convergence angle at any point around the Sh...

 

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Tags: Australia. Deformation Neogene North shelf.

The Outer Limits of Australia’s Resource Jurisdiction off Western Australia

The Outer Limits of Australia’s Resource Jurisdiction off Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Philip A. Symonds, Brian Murphy, Doug Ramsay, Keith Lockwood and Irina Borissova
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The outer limits of the seabed and subsoil resource regime off Western Australia - the Continental Shelf - are based on boundaries with the international community to the west and south, and boundaries negotiated with Indonesia in the north. The rule...

 

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Tags: Australia. Australia's Jurisdiction Limits Outer Resource

Palaeogeography and its Impact on the Petroleum Systems of the North West Shelf, Australia

Palaeogeography and its Impact on the Petroleum Systems of the North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. Bradshaw, J. Sayers, M. Bradshaw, R. Kneale, C. Ford, L. Spencer and M. Lisk
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Palaeogeographic studies of the North West Shelf region give insights into the operation of a number of prolific petroleum systems. Some systems are currently being exploited (Dampier Sub-basin) while others have yet to fulfil their potential (Exmout...

 

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Tags: Australia. impact North palaeogeography petroleum shelf. systems

South Australia

South Australia

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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South Australia: Seismic Surveying By Hovercraft, Otway Basin, South Australia – Lindsay Horn

South Australia: Seismic Surveying By Hovercraft, Otway Basin, South Australia – Lindsay Horn

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Lindsay Horn
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1998

 

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Hovercraft Lindsay Horn Otway Seismic South Surveying

Technical Focus: Australia Takes Onboard the Multi-Client 3D Strategy

Technical Focus: Australia Takes Onboard the Multi-Client 3D Strategy

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1998

 

 

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Tags: Australia. Focus Multi-Client Onboard Strategy Takes Technical

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