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The Neoproterozoic Centralian Superbasin in Western Australia: the Savory and Officer Basins

The Neoproterozoic Centralian Superbasin in Western Australia: the Savory and Officer Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.R. Walter and J.D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In Neoproterozoic times two million square kilometres of Australia was occupied by a single depositional system, the Centralian Superbasin. This basin was disrupted at 540 to 600 Ma by a central uplift, and then dismembered by later Palaeozoic tecton...

 

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Petroleum Systems in West Australian Basins

Petroleum Systems in West Australian Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.T. Bradshaw, J. Bradshaw, A.P. Murray, D.J. Needham, L. Spencer, R.E. Summons, J. Wilmot and S. Winn
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Five of the seven petroleum supersystems recognised in Australian Phanerozoic basins are represented in the western half of the continent, and there is also potential for petroleum systems in Proterozoic sequences. The most productive supersystem is ...

 

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Petroleum Resources of the Western Australian Basins

Petroleum Resources of the Western Australian Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S.R. le Poidevin and R.D. Lowden
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

This paper summarises the oil and gas production, the known reserves, and the potential for further discoveries of resources of oil-and gas in the Bonaparte, Browse, Canning, Carnarvon, and Perth basins of Western Australia. Production during 1993 of...

 

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Source Rocks of West Australian Basins – Distribution, Character and Models

Source Rocks of West Australian Basins – Distribution, Character and Models

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

 

Abstract:

Potential source rock intervals are stratigraphically widespread in Western Australia, being documented in every period from the Ordovician to the Cretaceous. Rich source rock intervals are common in continental alluvial and continental to marginal m...

 

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An Atlas of Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic Basins of Western Australia

An Atlas of Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic Basins of Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.M. Hocking, A.J. Mory and I.R. Williams
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Most Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic basins in Western Australia can be classified as Neoproterozoic, Palaeozoic or Mesozoic-Cainozoic, based on the age of their dominant fill and tectonic activity. The Neoproterozoic basins are the Savory, Amadeus an...

 

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The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia: An Introduction

The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia: An Introduction

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P.G. and R.R. Purcell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Western Australia is one of six federated sovereign States within the Commonwealth of Australia. It covers an onshore area of over 2 500 000 km2, almost one-third of the Australian mainland, and is one of the largest political units in the world. The...

 

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Tectonic Framework of Western Australia’s Neoproterozoic to Recent Sedimentary Basins

Tectonic Framework of Western Australia’s Neoproterozoic to Recent Sedimentary Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P.W. Baillie, C. McA. Powell, Z.X. Li and A.M. Ryall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The development of Western Australia's sedimentary basins over the past 1000 million years can be related to an integrated seven-stage tectonic framework. From near the end of the Mesoproterozoic until approximately 700 Ma, Western Australia lay in a...

 

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From the Mines: Sedimentary Basins of Eastern Australia Project – Dr James Beeston

From the Mines: Sedimentary Basins of Eastern Australia Project – Dr James Beeston

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Dr James Beeston
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1993

 

 

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Industry News: ALF Set for Commercial Use, Airbourne Gravity to Open Up Interior Basins in WA – Brian Wickins

Industry News: ALF Set for Commercial Use, Airbourne Gravity to Open Up Interior Basins in WA – Brian Wickins

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

 

 

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The development history and status of the Cooper and Basins

The development history and status of the Cooper and Basins

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

 

Abstract:

The Cooper and Eromanga Basins' status today as Australia's most prospective onshore field has been achieved to a large extent by the commercial and industrial infrastructure established by the Cooper Basin Producers. The Basins' development had four...

 

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Drilling fluid systems and practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia

Drilling fluid systems and practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia

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

 

Abstract:

Since the first commercial hydrocarbon discovery in the Cooper Basm m December 1963, a variety of drilling fluid systems have been used. The most economically viable are the three systems currently in operation, namely gellignosulfonate, salt-polymer...

 

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Lineament-hydrocarbon associations in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins

Lineament-hydrocarbon associations in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: I.B. Campbell and E.S.T. O'Driscoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

New petroleum discoveries in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins have added greatly to the resolution of the!r relationship to structural patterns governing the occurrence of oil and gas,and have provided additional evidence of the lineament-hydrocarbon a...

 

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The exploration history and status of the Cooper and Eromanga basins

The exploration history and status of the Cooper and Eromanga basins

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

 

Abstract:

The Cooper and Eromanga Basins comprise the largest and most prolific onshore hydrocarbon province in Australia. Systematic exploration commenced in 1958 and is continuing strongly even in the present climate. The history of exploration in the Basins...

 

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Geochemical correlation of source rocks and crude oils from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins

Geochemical correlation of source rocks and crude oils from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins

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

 

Abstract:

Within the South Australian and Queensland sectors of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, a detailed geochemical study was performed on source rocks and crude oils to define the relative hydrocarbon contributions from each Basin. Source rocks from the Ju...

 

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Surface facilities for South Australian Cooper and Eromanga Basins’ oil fields – changing with the times

Surface facilities for South Australian Cooper and Eromanga Basins’ oil fields – changing with the times

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

 

Abstract:

The first oil production from the South Australian Cooper and Eromanga Basins went on stream between December 1982 and March 1983. This was processed through field facilities at Strzelecki, Dullingati, Merrimelia and Tirrawarra prior to being pumped ...

 

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Tags: Australian basin's Cooper Eromanga facilities fields oil South Surface

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: P. G. Purcell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary coal measures in west central New Zealand include the Pororari Group (Albian), the Paparoa Group (Maastrichtian-Paleocene), the Pakawau Group (Maastrichtian-Eocene) and the Brunner Coal Measures and Kapuni Group (EoceneEarly...

 

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Late Mesozoic – Cenozoic trans – Tasman tectonics: evidence from the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins

Late Mesozoic – Cenozoic trans – Tasman tectonics: evidence from the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: P.R. Evans
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Generally accepted reconstructions of the Australian, Antarctic and related cratonic plates adjacent to the southwest Pacific in pre-Late Cretaceous times place the Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia, and the Taranaki Basin of western New Zealand o...

 

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Tags: basin's Cenozoic evidence Gippsland Late Mesozoic Taranaki tectonics trans - Tasman

A comparison of hydrocarbon plays in the Bass, Gippsland, Otway and Taranaki Basins

A comparison of hydrocarbon plays in the Bass, Gippsland, Otway and Taranaki Basins

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: J.K. Davidson and K.C. Morrison
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

A modified version of the Global Basin Classification (Kingston et al., 1983) can be used to identify the geological controls of hydrocarbon plays in, and between, sedimentary basins. The input data are descriptive, requiring minimal interpretation w...

 

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Tags: basin's Bass comparison Gippsland hydrocarbon Otway plays Taranaki

Non-petroleum gas accumulations, Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins

Non-petroleum gas accumulations, Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: S. Ozimic
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences of the Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins contain concentrations of non-petroleum gases, principally carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide and helium, ranging in purity from trace to 98.9 per cent. Normally the...

 

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Tags: basin's Bass gas Gippsland Non-petroleum Otway

Possible Major Diapiric Structures in the Southern Canning and Northern Officer Basins

Possible Major Diapiric Structures in the Southern Canning and Northern Officer Basins

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: J. Craig, J.W. Downey, A. D. Gibbs and J.R. Russell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

The lithology of the Precambrian basement beneath much of the Canning Basin is uncertain, and can only be inferred from geophysical data. The latter suggests that a thick sequence of Precambrian sedimentary rocks exists along an approximately east-we...

 

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Structure and Stratigraphy of the Eromanga and Cooper Basins

Structure and Stratigraphy of the Eromanga and Cooper Basins

Publication Name: PESA(QLD)-ODCAA-SPE Petroleum Symposium - Exploration and Development
Authors: K. Hoolihan
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1984

 

 

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