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Transtensional Analogue Modelling applied to the Perth Basin, Western Australia

Transtensional Analogue Modelling applied to the Perth Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: L.B. Harris, R.I. Higgins, M.C. Dentith and M.F. Middleton
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In order to investigate the temporal and spatial development of faults in the north-south trending Perth Basin of Western Australia, an analogue model was constructed using two silicone putties of different viscosity to represent ductile Mesoproteroz...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin modelling Perth Transtensional

Deep Structure of the Browse Basin: Implications for Basin Development and Petroleum Exploration

Deep Structure of the Browse Basin: Implications for Basin Development and Petroleum Exploration

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P.A. Symonds, C.D.N. Collins and J. Bradshaw
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In mid-1993, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO), acquired about 3400 km of deep-seismic data (16 s record length) on a regional grid of lines over the Browse Basin off northwestern Australia. These data are linked to similar AGSO da...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Basin deep development exploration implications petroleum structure

The Ordovician to Silurian Phase of the Canning Basin, WA: Structure and Sequence Evolution

The Ordovician to Silurian Phase of the Canning Basin, WA: Structure and Sequence Evolution

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K.K. Romine, P.N. Southgate, J.M. Kennard and M.J. Jackson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

A chronostratigraphic framework has been constructed for the Ordovician- Silurian phase of the Canning Basin. This integrated tectonic- and sequence-stratigraphic analysis provides an understanding of the shapes of the sub-basins and the effects of a...

 

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Tags: basin Canning evolution Ordovician phase sequence Silurian structure

The Structural Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Offshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

The Structural Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Offshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P. Quaife, J. Rosser and S. Pagnozzi
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The offshore northern Perth Basin is part of an extensive system of genetically -linked structural terrains which record the progressive rifting and Early Cretaceous breakup of the Australian and Greater Indian plates. At least two significant period...

 

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Tags: architecture Australia. basin northern offshore Perth stratigraphy structural

A Review of the Petroleum Potential of the Browse Basin

A Review of the Petroleum Potential of the Browse Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Tun U Maung, Steve Cadman and Barry West
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Browse Basin is located in offshore northwestern Australia, west of the Precambrian Kimberley Block. Although 29 wells have been drilled, the basin is still considered to be sparsely explored. One of the main impediments to exploration of this ba...

 

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Tags: basin Browse petroleum potential Review

A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin

A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D.B. Whittam, J.M. Kennard, R.B. Kirk, J.F. Sarg and P.N. Southgate
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Preliminary outcrop studies of the Devonian reef complexes exposed at the northern margin of the Canning Basin have identified six third-order sequences within a second-order, transgressive-regressive sequence. Significant lowstand events that result...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Devonian Framework northern order Outcrops Proposed sequence Third upper

Advances in the understanding of Upper Permian Reservoir Distribution and Quality, North Perth Basin

Advances in the understanding of Upper Permian Reservoir Distribution and Quality, North Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N.P. Tupper, S.E. Phillips and B.P.J. Williams
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

A detailed evaluation of the Upper Permian sequence in the north Perth Basin has resulted in a better understanding of reservoir distribution and quality. Biostratigraphy, sedimentology, petrology and log analysis have been combined to explain reserv...

 

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Tags: basin distribution North Permian Perth quality reservoir. upper

The Structural Foundations of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

The Structural Foundations of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: H.M.J. Stagg and J.B. Colwell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In 1991-92, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 4500 km of deep-seismic data over the northern Carnarvon Basin on the North West Shelf. These data image basin-forming events down to depths of 10-12 seconds (15-...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon foundations northern structural

A Carbonate Dilaform, Brooking Springs, Canning Basin, WA

A Carbonate Dilaform, Brooking Springs, Canning Basin, WA

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Brian W. Logan, David J. Frances and Maritsa Economo
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The paper is an account of the nature and genesis of a carbonate dilaform that is embedded in Devonian formations that crop out on Brooking Springs station in the northern Canning Basin. It is a kilometre-scale, composite structure composed of a 30 k...

 

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Tags: basin Brooking Canning carbonate Dilaform Springs

Industry News: WAPET 30 seismic programme creates a first for WA, Carnarvon Basin – Focus for Hadson Energy Limited, PGS Subsidiary Establishes a Presence in South East Asia – Brian Wickins, SAGASCO Plans an Active 1994

Industry News: WAPET 30 seismic programme creates a first for WA, Carnarvon Basin – Focus for Hadson Energy Limited, PGS Subsidiary Establishes a Presence in South East Asia – Brian Wickins, SAGASCO Plans an Active 1994

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1994

 

 

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Tags: Asia basin Brian Wickins Carnarvon creates East energy Establishes first Focus Hadson Industry Limited PGS Plans Presence programme SAGASCO Seismic South Subsidiary WAPET

Book Review: The Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales

Book Review: The Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: N. (Victor) Z. Tadros
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1994

 

 

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Tags: basin Book Review Gunnedah

Letters: Open Letter to WA Federal Politicians –  Petroleum Submerged Lands Act Subsidiary Bill – Jim Durrant, Help Wanted – Palyno-zonation in the Bonaparte Basin – Howard Dewhirst, Letters from the Front – An occasional series – Private P. Parts

Letters: Open Letter to WA Federal Politicians – Petroleum Submerged Lands Act Subsidiary Bill – Jim Durrant, Help Wanted – Palyno-zonation in the Bonaparte Basin – Howard Dewhirst, Letters from the Front – An occasional series – Private P. Parts

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1994

 

 

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Tags: basin Bill Bonaparte Federal Front Help Howard Dewhirst Jim Durrant Lands Letters Occasional Palyno-zonation petroleum Politicians Private P Parts Series Submerged Subsidiary

A Uniquely Attractive Area for Oil Exploration in the Southern Bowen Basin

A Uniquely Attractive Area for Oil Exploration in the Southern Bowen Basin

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: Dennis Morton, Michelle Smyth and Neil Sherwood
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

The Late Permian Back Creek Group and its age equivalents generally underlie Late Permian coal measures in all eastern Australian Permian basins. The Permian sequence has been a prolific gas and oil producer in central and eastern Australian sediment...

 

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Tags: Area Attractive basin Bowen exploration oil southern Uniquely

Coalbed Methane, the Sydney Basin and Pacific Power

Coalbed Methane, the Sydney Basin and Pacific Power

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: Carl Weber & Malcolm Bocking
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

Since 1988 Pacific Power has vigorously pursued the investigation of coal bed methane in New South Wales. The Sydney Basin is considered to be prospective particularly because of its vast resource potential. Factors such as coal thickness, depth and ...

 

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Tags: basin Coalbed Methane Pacific Power Sydney

Controls on Hydrocarbon Entrapment in the Clarence-Morton Basin

Controls on Hydrocarbon Entrapment in the Clarence-Morton Basin

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: I.R. Mortimore, T.P. Bray and G.J. Daneel
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

The Clarence-Moreton Basin straddles the New South Wales/Queensland border covering an area of 46 000 sq km of which approximately one third is within New South Wales. The thick sequence (up to 3500 m) of Late Triassic to Early Cretaceous sediments h...

 

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Tags: basin Clarence controls entrapment hydrocarbon Morton

Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling in the Gunnedah Basin: Regional Tectonics and Basin Responses

Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling in the Gunnedah Basin: Regional Tectonics and Basin Responses

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: R.J. Korsch, K.D. Wake-Dyster and D.W. Johnstone
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

Several major tectonic events have occurred in the New England Orogen from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Triassic. At the same time, subsidence or uplift were occurring in the adjacent Gunnedah Basin in northem New South Wales. The tectonic even...

 

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Tags: basin deep Gunnedah Profiling Reflection Regional Responses Seismic tectonics

Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Sydney Basin – NSW /P10

Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Offshore Sydney Basin – NSW /P10

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: Graham Bradley
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

The Permo-Triassic offshore Sydney Basin is dominated by three structural elements : The Offshore Syncline, Offshore Uplift, and Offshore Newcastle Syncline. The eastern edge of the Offshore Syncline is a complex fault zone formed by extensional over...

 

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Tags: basin evolution hydrocarbon NSW offshore prospectivity Sydney

Major Gas Market – The Incentive for Darling Basin Exploration

Major Gas Market – The Incentive for Darling Basin Exploration

Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
Authors: Garth R Evans
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

Abstract:

The Darling Basin in western New South Wales contains a thick sedimentary sequence and the hydrocarbon potential of this sequence is virtually untested. On a base case forecast the New South Wales gas market will require around 2000 petajoules (PJ) i...

 

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Tags: basin Darling exploration gas Incentive Major Market

From the Mines: Otway Basin Aeromagnetic Survey – David Denham, Government Releases the Report of the Richards Review of AGSO – Jane Slevin

From the Mines: Otway Basin Aeromagnetic Survey – David Denham, Government Releases the Report of the Richards Review of AGSO – Jane Slevin

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1993

 

 

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Tags: basin David Denham Government Jane Slevin Mines Otway Releases Report Review Richards Survey

Environment: Dune Restoration and Seismic Line Rehabilitation on Shell 1991/1992 Canning Basin Seismic Surveys: Ep 353 – Jon Akerman

Environment: Dune Restoration and Seismic Line Rehabilitation on Shell 1991/1992 Canning Basin Seismic Surveys: Ep 353 – Jon Akerman

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Jon Akerman
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: January 1993

 

 

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Tags: basin Canning Dune Environment Jon Akerman Line Rehabilitation Restoration Seismic Shell Surveys

Petroleum accumulations of the Eromanga Basin: a comparison with other Australian Mesozoic accumulations

Petroleum accumulations of the Eromanga Basin: a comparison with other Australian Mesozoic accumulations

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: V.L. Passmore
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The rapidly growing number of oil and gas discoveries in the Eromanga Basin demonstrates that the Eromanga Basin is one of the most prolific and important of the Australian Jurassic and Cretaceous petroleum basins. Although most of its accumulations ...

 

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Tags: Australian basin comparison Eromanga Mesozoic petroleum

Kerogen characterisation and organic and mineral diagenesis of potential source rocks in Jurassic units, southern Eromanga Basin, Queenland

Kerogen characterisation and organic and mineral diagenesis of potential source rocks in Jurassic units, southern Eromanga Basin, Queenland

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.J. Hawkins, C.S. Almond, D.C. Carmichael, R.J. Smith and L.J. Williams
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Source-rock richness, dominant kerogen types, levels of organic maturation and thermal histories have been used to highlight differences in potential Jurassic source rocks ('basal Jurassic' unit, Birkhead Formation and Westbourne Formation) east of t...

 

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Tags: basin characterisation diagenesis Eromanga Jurassic Kerogen mineral organic potential Queenland rocks source southern units

A review of seismic acquisition trials and procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

A review of seismic acquisition trials and procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: J.R. Hughes and N.A. Fitzgerald
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

During recent years, as the exploration phase in the Cooper Basin has reached a mature level, it has become necessary for the seismic data to achieve increased structural and stratigraphic resolution while subject to the economic constraints brought ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper procedures Seismic South Trials

The prospects for Eromanga oil accumulations in the northern Cooper Basin region, Australia

The prospects for Eromanga oil accumulations in the northern Cooper Basin region, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: A.R. Gilby and I.R. Mortimore
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Although the Eromanga Basin where it overlies the northern Cooper Basin has not proved as prolific an oil province as in the southern Cooper Basin, a number of key discoveries have been made in recent years which offer the prospect of further economi...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Eromanga northern oil Prospects region

Regional diagenesis – an important influence in porosity development and hydrocarbon accumulations within the Hutton Sandstone, Eromanga Basin

Regional diagenesis – an important influence in porosity development and hydrocarbon accumulations within the Hutton Sandstone, Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.M. Green, P.J. Eadington, P.J. Hamilton and D.C. Carmichael
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The diagenetic history of the Hutton Sandstone in the southern Eromanga Basin in Queensland has been investigated using petrological, fluid inclusion and stable isotope techniques. Three distinct diagenetic zones were recognised according to whether ...

 

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Tags: basin development diagenesis Eromanga Hutton hydrocarbon Important influence Porosity. Regional Sandstone

Seismic character delineation of fluvial sandbody geometry, upper Toolachee Formation, central Patchawarra Trough, Cooper Basin, South Australia

Seismic character delineation of fluvial sandbody geometry, upper Toolachee Formation, central Patchawarra Trough, Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: R.J. Taylor and A.D. Thomas
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Within the Late Permian Toolachee Formation of the central Patchawarra Trough a fluvial sandstone complex of low sinuosity can be traced by mapping a seismic anomaly. The anomaly is characterised by an additional seismic peak developed below the Tool...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin central character Cooper delineation fluvial formation geometry Patchawarra sandbody Seismic South Toolachee Trough upper

A Permian origin for Jurassic reservoired oil in the Eromanga Basin

A Permian origin for Jurassic reservoired oil in the Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: R. Heath, S. McIntyre and N. Gibbins
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Discoveries made in mid-1988 on the Taloola Trend in the Lake Hope Block marked a watershed for Eromanga Basin oil exploration. The discoveries were made using an exploration model/play concept of sourcing from the adjacent coaly Permian rocks of the...

 

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Tags: basin Eromanga Jurassic oil Origin. Permian reservoired

Diagenetic alteration of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough and adjacent areas, southern Cooper Basin

Diagenetic alteration of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough and adjacent areas, southern Cooper Basin

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: J.P. Schulz-Rojahn and S.E. Phillips
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Preliminary results concerning the diagenesis of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough have identified several authigenic mineral phases. A variety of techniques, namely thin section description, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray di...

 

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Tags: areas basin Cooper Diagenetic Nappamerri Permian reservoir. Sandstones southern Trough

The geometry of Toolachee Unit “C” fluvial sand trends, Moomba Field, Permian Cooper Basin, South Australia

The geometry of Toolachee Unit “C” fluvial sand trends, Moomba Field, Permian Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: W.A. Fairburn
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Based on detailed core facies analyses, the depositional environment for the Toolachee Unit 'C' sand reservoirs is interpreted to be a moderate to high sinuosity channel system. Core studies have shown that the Toolachee Unit 'C' sediments are domina...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin C Cooper field fluvial geometry Moomba Permian sand South Toolachee Trends Unit

The Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the northern Eromanga Basin

The Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the northern Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: T. Scholefield
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Two areas with the potential to contain economic accumulations of hydrocarbons are recognised in the northern Eromanga Basin region. In the east and south, on the crest of the Maneroo Platform, an overbank/backswamp depositional environment for the B...

 

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Tags: basin Eromanga hydrocarbon northern potential stratigraphy

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