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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
The Mulkarra Structure: a possible buried impact crater in the western Eromanga Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: M. Flynn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Geophysical data suggest the presence of a possible buried meteoritic impact site, known as the Mulkarra
Structure, within the Mulka Block of Petroleum Exploration Licences 5 and 6 in the western Eromanga Basin South Australia. An anomalous zone, 17 ...
GSQ Thargominda-3: a stratigraphic test of a ‘canyon-like’ feature near the Tookoonooka complex, Eromanga Basin, Queenland
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: Ian F. Young, L.M. Gunther and O. Dixon
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
GSQ Thargomindah-3, a fully cored stratigraphic bore, was designed to investigate seismic evidence of superimposed post-Westbourne and post-Cadna-owie channelling at a location 25 km south-east of the Tookoonooka Complex (south-west Queensland). It w...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Palaeogeothermometry of the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: N.J. Russell and Y. Bone
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
The relationship between vitrinite reflectivity, fluid inclusion homogenization temperature and present-day
formation temperature provides a guide to the palaeogeothermometry of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks in
the Cooper and Eromanga Basins in Sou...
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...
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 ...
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...
Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Basal Winning Group, Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.M. Hocking, J.W.K. Voon and L.B. Collins
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Sands at the base ofthe Winning Group, immediately beneath the Muderong Shale, can be assigned to three broad groups, on the basis of core, outcrop and electric log data. The groups are distinct lithofacies associations, and correspond to established...
The Offshore Canning Basin – A Review
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: E.L. Horstman and P.G. Purcell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The offshore Canning Basin is located on Australia's North West Shelf. Northwest-trending Palaeozoic structures of the onshore Canning Basin extend into the offshore area, deepening to the northwest and buried under a seaward thickening wedge of Meso...
Results of Exploration, Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: I. Willis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Browse Basin lies entirely offshore, beneath the remote northwestern continental shelf of Australia. It
occupies an area of approximately 100,000 square kilometres, most of which lies in water depths exceeding 200 metres. The Browse Basin existed...
Bonaparte Basin: Evolution and Structural Framework
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Gunn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Bonaparte Basin of northwestern Australia commenced development as a Devonian rift which underwent a pivot-type opening about a pole at its southern end.
When extension ceased in the Mid Carboniferous the bounding faults at the northern end of th...
Regional Geology of the Offshore Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: A.J. Mory
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The offshore portion of the Bonaparte Basin extends under the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf to Ashmore Reef to the northwest and Flinders Shoal to the north, and covers an approximately triangular area of about 250 000 km2.
The oldest sediments which can be ...
Bonaparte Basin Petroleum Accumulations
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: I.H. Lavering and S. Ozimic
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The thirty-three known petroleum accumulations in the Bonaparte Basin comprise oil, oil/ gas, and gas/
condensate in reservoirs of Devonian to Tertiary age. The largest of these oil accumulations, Challis, Jabiru,
Puffin and Skua, occur in fault and ...
Gas Fields of the Browse Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: A.N. Bint
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Browse Basin is located on the North West Shelf of Australia, between the offshore Canning Basin to the
southwest and the Bonaparte Basin to the northeast. Two large gas fields have been discovered in the central
part of the basin, Scott Reef and...
Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Gunn
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Thirty three wells have been drilled in the Bonaparte Basin, and hydrocarbon indications have been found in formations ranging in age from Devonian to Jurassic. The most significant discoveries to date are the Petrel
and Tern gas fields, with late Pe...
A Case Study of Seismic Exploration in the Offshore Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J. Durrant and A. Young
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Exploration permit NT/P40, operated by Western Mining Corporation Limited (WM C), is situated in the north-eastern Bonaparte Basin.
Early seismic exploration failed to delineate the primary objective section because of its significant depth of buria...
Heat Flow Regime and Implications for Oil Maturation and Migration in the Offshore Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M.G. Swift, H.M.J. Stagg and D.A. Falvey
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The present day heat-flow distribution in the Exmouth Plateau region has now been compiled from 74 direct seabed measurements on the plateau and over the Kangaroo Syncline, and from bottom hole and seabed temperatures of23 offshore oil exploration we...
Geochemistry of the Turtle Oil Accumulation, Offshore Southern Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.J. Jefferies
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Turtle 1 was drilled in 1984 in the offshore southern Bonaparte Basin. The well encountered numerous oil shows in sands of the Late Carboniferous to Early Permian Kulshill Group, but an extensive testing programme failed to produce hydrocarbons at co...
Upper Triassic Palynofacies and Environmental Interpretations for the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, W.A.
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: A.N. Bint and R. Helby
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Upper Triassic sequence penetrated on the Rankin Trend consists of the upper part of the Mungaroo Formation and the Brigadier Formation. Palynological and lithofacies subdivision of the sequence have provided a framework for recognition of seven ...
Regional Geology of the Northern Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: R.M. Hocking
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The Carnarvon Basin has two distinct parts: a southern, onshore, north-trending group of sub-basins which contain up to 7 km of predominantly Palaeozoic sediments, and a northern, largely offshore, northeasttrending
group of sub-basins which are up t...
Middle-Late Cambrian facies analysis and implications for reservoir prediction, eastern Warburton Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 25
- Authors: Xiaowen Sun
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: December 1987
Abstract:
Detailed facies analysis of the lower Kalladeina Formation,
by interpreting well and seismic data, leads to the
reconstruction of Middle to Late Cambrian carbonatedominated
depositional environments in the eastern
Warburton Basin. Two contrasting sha...