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Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin

Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.M. Kennard, I. Deighton, D.S. Edwards, C.J. Boreham & A.G. Barrett
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Subsidence and thermal history analysis of24 wells and seismically-defined depocentre sites has been undertaken to investigate the generation and expulsion history of the Early Carboniferous and Permian petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin. Youn...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte expulsion history hydrocarbon insights modelling Multiple Petrel petroleum Sub-basin subsidence systems thermal

Revised Upper Permian Stratigraphy of the Bonaparte Basin

Revised Upper Permian Stratigraphy of the Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Recent well correlations have shown four regionallyextensive Upper Permian limestones in the Bonaparte Basin. The regional extent and mapability of these carbonates dictates revision of Upper Permian sequences. The Cape Hay Member and Tern Member of ...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte Permian Revised stratigraphy upper

Evidence of Lower Triassic Reservoirs with Possible Hydrocarbon Charge in the Southern Bonaparte Basin

Evidence of Lower Triassic Reservoirs with Possible Hydrocarbon Charge in the Southern Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Victor Ziolkowski and Steward W. Bayford
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

A sandstone within the Lower Triassic Mt Goodwin Formation in wells in the southern Bonaparte Basin is commonly associated with a mappable seismic reflector. Several seismic profiles show brightening of this event, and direct hydrocarbon indicators s...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte charge evidence hydrocarbon Lower Possible reservoirs southern Triassic

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

Sequence stratigraphy of the Flamingo Group, Southern Bonaparte Basin

Sequence stratigraphy of the Flamingo Group, Southern Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: B.E.J. Messent, A.K. Goody, E.Collins and S. Tobias
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Flamingo Group comprises two second-order cycles, the Lower Flamingo cycle and the Upper Flamingo cycle, which are themselves divided into a total of eight third-order sequences on the basis of integrated seismic and well sequence stratigraphy. T...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte Flamingo Group sequence southern stratigraphy

The Good and Bad of Diagenesis – A Review of Sandstone Reservoirs in the North Bonaparte Basin

The Good and Bad of Diagenesis – A Review of Sandstone Reservoirs in the North Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.F. Killick and P.H. Robinson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Recent drilling has provided access to previously unknown Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous sandstones in the North Bonaparte Basin, enabling refinement of existing depositional and diagenetic models. These sandstones represent a range of deposition...

 

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Tags: Bad basin Bonaparte diagenesis Good North reservoirs Review Sandstone

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

Geochemistry of the Turtle Oil Accumulation, Offshore Southern Bonaparte Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte geochemistry offshore oil southern Turtle

Bonaparte Basin: Evolution and Structural Framework

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...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte evolution Framework structural

Regional Geology of the Offshore Bonaparte Basin

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 ...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte geology offshore Regional

Bonaparte Basin Petroleum Accumulations

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 ...

 

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Hydrocarbon Discoveries in the Bonaparte Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte discoveries hydrocarbon

A Case Study of Seismic Exploration in the Offshore Bonaparte Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte case exploration offshore Seismic study

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