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Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin

Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Stuart McCracken
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Admiral Bay Fault Zone (ABFZ) was initiated in the earliest Ordovician (Tremodocian) as extensional faults on the northern margin of a half graben, the Willara Sub-basin. Growth of the ABFZ ceased during the late Early Ordovician when thermal sub...

 

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Tags: basin bay Canning fault hydrocarbon migration timing Zone

Triassic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Triassic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

A new stratigraphic framework of the Triassic system in the Carnarvon Basin, established using new conodont biostratigraphy, allows a more precise correlation of sea level events to the global chronostratigraphic schemes than is available using palyn...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon sequence stratigraphy Triassic

A Review of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia

A Review of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Jonathan Redfern and Emma Millward
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Detailed analysis of fully cored sections from exploration wells drilled by Western Mining Corporation on the Barbwire Terrace has allowed a better understanding of the sedimentology and depositional history of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group. H...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning Grant Group Permo-Carboniferous Review Sedimentology stratigraphy

Flourescence Alteration and Thermal Maturation Modelling of Carnarvon Basin Wells

Flourescence Alteration and Thermal Maturation Modelling of Carnarvon Basin Wells

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.W.T. Wilkins, N.J. Russell and M.V. Ellacott
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Fluorescence alteration of multiple macerals (FAMM) is a powerful new CSIRO technique based on fluorescence alteration properties of macerals. FAMM provides equivalent vitrinite reflectance (EVR) data that are internally corrected for reflectance sup...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Flourescence maturation modelling thermal

Structure of the Offshore Canning Basin: First Impressions from a New Regional Deep-seismic Data Set

Structure of the Offshore Canning Basin: First Impressions from a New Regional Deep-seismic Data Set

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

 

Abstract:

In mid-1993, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 3600 km of high-quality regional deep (16-second record length) seismic reflection data over the offshore Canning Basin. This data-set is linked to the previousl...

 

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Tags: basin Canning data deep first Impressions New offshore Regional Seismic Set structure

Northern Carnarvon Basin Hydrocarbon Distribution and Future Petroleum Potential

Northern Carnarvon Basin Hydrocarbon Distribution and Future Petroleum Potential

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: E. Kopsen
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

To date, exploration in the greater northern Carnarvon Basin has resulted in at least 80 wildcat discoveries, including four giant fields and seven major fields. With indicated total basin reserves of some 9.1 BBOE, this is Australia's richest oil an...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon distribution Future hydrocarbon northern petroleum potential

Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.E. Blevin, A.E. Stephenson and B.G. West
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Beagle Sub-basin is a complex, Mesozoic wrench basin that is transitional between the outer offshore Canning Basin and the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins of the Carnarvon Basin. Regional mapping of seismic data undertaken by the Bureau of Resource...

 

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Tags: basin Beagle Carnarvon development implications Mesozoic northern petroleum potential structural Sub-basin

Lineament Tectonics: An Approach to Basin Analysis and Exploration

Lineament Tectonics: An Approach to Basin Analysis and Exploration

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Catherine I. Elliott
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Australian continent is transected by a network of continental-scale lineaments that can be correlated with aligned local-scale geological, geophysical and geomorphological features. The G3 and GS gravity corridors in northwestern Australia are e...

 

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Tags: approach basin exploration Lineament tectonics

Meanders to Fans: A Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, North Bonaparte Basin

Meanders to Fans: A Sequence Stratigraphic Approach to Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, North Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P.H. Robinson, H.S. Stead, J.B. O'Reilly and N.K. Guppy
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Within the Sahul Syncline eleven depositional sequences have been defined for the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous period. These sequences depict a changing depositional history that reflects the varying accommodation space created by tectonic and e...

 

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Tags: approach basin Bonaparte Cretaceous. Fans Jurassic Lower Meanders North Sahul Sedimentation sequence stratigraphic Syncline upper

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

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

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

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

Casing design in relation to blowout prevention and well control in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Casing design in relation to blowout prevention and well control in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: K.B. English
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Regulations under the South Australian Petroleum Act 1940 regarding casing shoe setting depths have been redrafted. The new Regulations do not alter the preexisting intent with regard to casing design in relation to well control. The need to redraft ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin blowout Casing Control Cooper Design prevention relation South

Applications of new cement technology in the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, Australia

Applications of new cement technology in the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: B.H. Gray
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

This paper summarises the 'state of the art' of cementing practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, in particular cementing materials and their potential application by engineers involved in the design and execution of cementing operations....

 

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Tags: Applications Australia. basin cement Cooper Eromanga technology

The influence of pre-Jurassic tectonic regimes on the structural development of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queensland

The influence of pre-Jurassic tectonic regimes on the structural development of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queensland

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

 

Abstract:

A structural study, including detailed seismic interpretation, of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queensland, has allowed determination of a sequence of structural events which have been age-correlated with plate tectonics. Widespread extension occurred...

 

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Tags: basin development Eromanga influence pre-Jurassic Queensland regimes southern structural tectonic

Aspects of the hydrogeology of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queenland

Aspects of the hydrogeology of the southern Eromanga Basin, Queenland

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.J. Muller
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Eromanga Basin consists essentially of a multilayered aquifer system which contains two distinct groups of aquifers, namely those in the pre-Wallumbilla Formation units, and those in the Wallumbilla Formation and ounger units. The two groups ref...

 

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Tags: Aspects basin Eromanga hydrogeology Queenland southern

Subsidence history of the Eromanga basin, Australia

Subsidence history of the Eromanga basin, Australia

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

 

Abstract:

The Eromanga Basin, possibly owing its initial formation to deep crustal metamorphism due to crustal heating, was subject to abnormally large subsidence from the Aptian to the Cenomanian, during which time a thick sequence of marine to non-marine sed...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Eromanga history subsidence

Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons

Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: J.W. Hunt, R.S. Heath, and P.F. McKenzie
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Permo-Triassic Cooper Basin is Australia's major onshore hydrocarbon province. Hydrocarbons discovered in the Basin to date comprise mainly gas (approximately 6 TCF recoverable) although one large oil pool, in the Tirrawarra Sandstone of the Tirr...

 

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Tags: basin composition controls Cooper distribution geological hydrocarbons maturity thermal

The occurrence and search for Permian oil in the Cooper Basin, Australia

The occurrence and search for Permian oil in the Cooper Basin, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: C.C. Yew and A.A. Mills
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Exploration efforts in PELs 5 and 6 in South Australia and in ATP 259P in Queensland have been directed traditionally towards the search for gas in the Permian Cooper Basin and for oil in the overlying Jurassic Cretaceous Eromanga Basin. These effort...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Occurrence oil Permian Search

Organic facies and petroleum geochemistry of the lacustrine Murta Member (Mooga Formation) in the Eromanga Basin, Australia

Organic facies and petroleum geochemistry of the lacustrine Murta Member (Mooga Formation) in the Eromanga Basin, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: B.H. Michaelsen and D.M. McKirdy
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Murta Member (Mooga Formation) is a laterally extensive lacustrine unit, displaying some marine influence in its upper part, which was deposited across the southern Eromanga Basin under a moist cool temperate climatic regime during the Early Cret...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Eromanga facies formation geochemistry lacustrine Member Mooga Murta organic petroleum

Petrophysics of oil reservoirs in the Eromanga Basin, South Australia

Petrophysics of oil reservoirs in the Eromanga Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: D.I. Gravestock and E.M. Alexander
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Calculation of water saturation (Sw) in oil reservoirs requires accurate input of porosity, matrix (clay) properties and formation brine resistivity. Shale volume and cation exchange models have evolved to account for clay volume and conductivity in ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Eromanga oil Petrophysics reservoirs South

Case studies of stratigraphic and fault traps in the Cooper Basin, Australia

Case studies of stratigraphic and fault traps in the Cooper Basin, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.J. Stanmore
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Exploration for hydrocarbons in the Permo-Triassic Cooper Basin has led to the discovery of oil and gas in both structural and structural/stratigraphic traps. However, as the hydrocarbon potential of the Basin has largely been addressed by drilling t...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin case Cooper fault stratigraphic studies traps.

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