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Palynological zonation and correlations of Latest Triassic in the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Palynological zonation and correlations of Latest Triassic in the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. Backhouse, B.E. Balme, R. Helby, N.G. Marshall & R. Morgan
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A revised palynological wnation for the latest Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) of the North West Shelf is presented. The definition of the AshmoripoUis reducta Spore-pollen wne is modified and three subrones are recognised within both the Minutosaccus cre...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon correlations Latest northern Palynological Triassic zonation

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: F.E. Burns
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Trace fossil analysis is a key tool in the understanding of reservoir heterogeneity within the glauconitic Lower Cretaceous strata of the Carnarvon Basin. Twelve wells with core through the M australis and Mardie Greensand intervals in the Stag Field...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. examples fossils glauconitic Lower North reservoirs shelf. Tools Trace

Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.D. Gorter, D.J. Hearty, J.P. Rexilius & S.L. Powell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

In the area east of the Woollybutt Oil Field in the northern Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin, Australian North West Shelf, channels are dearly defined on 2D and 3D seismic profiles, and by isochrons within mostly carbonate middle Tertiary str...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon channelling Oligocene Sub-basin

Rough Range Oil Field, Carnarvon Basin

Rough Range Oil Field, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G.K. Ellis & K.E. Jonasson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Rough Range Oil Field in the onshore Carnarvon Basin was discovered in 1953 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd with the drilling of Rough Range 1, which intersected an 8.6 m gross oil column in the Early Cretaceous Birdrong Sandstone. Twelve ap...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon field oil Range Rough

Tectonic and volcanic history of the Carnarvon Terrace: Constraints from seismic interpretation and geodynamic modelling

Tectonic and volcanic history of the Carnarvon Terrace: Constraints from seismic interpretation and geodynamic modelling

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.D. M?ller, D. Mihut, C. Heine, C. O'Neill & I. Russell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The under-explored Carnarvon Terrace, part of the offshore Carnarvon Basin, represents one of the remaining frontier areas on the northwest Australian margin. To assess the tectonic and volcanic evolution of this area, we have interpreted 6,700 km of...

 

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Tags: Carnarvon Constraints geodynamic history Interpretation modelling Seismic tectonic Terrace volcanic

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.J. Bond, N. Mader, F.E. Burns, M. Thompson & A.D. George
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. delta Deposition Group influenced Lower northern plain Sandstones Sub-basin Tidally

The Tectono-stratigraphic history of the northern margins of the Australian Plate from the Carnarvon Basin to Papua New Guinea

The Tectono-stratigraphic history of the northern margins of the Australian Plate from the Carnarvon Basin to Papua New Guinea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.S. Norvick
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: Australian basin Carnarvon history margins northern Papua New Guinea Plate stratigraphic Tectono

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Falih M. Daim and Paul G. Lennox
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Continental-scale lineaments, including the configuration of the sedimentary basins, show that Australia is subdivided by master west-northwesttrending transcurrent faults, which have been active intermittently since the Proterozoic. Differential mob...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon evolution model northern tectonic

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. Tindale, N. Newell, J. Keall and N. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Exmouth Sub-basin forms part of the Exmouth-Barrow- Dampier intra-cratonic rift system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin. These sub-basins contain significant thicknesses of Upper Jurassic Dingo Claystone, which constitutes the principal hydrocarbo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history northern structural Sub-basin

Petroleum Geology of the Peedamulah Shelf, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Petroleum Geology of the Peedamulah Shelf, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A. R. Yasin and R. P. Iasky
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Five main tectonic phases are recorded as unconformities in the ?Ordovician-Tertiary succession of the Peedamullah Shelf: Lower-Middle Devonian rifting, Upper Carboniferous rift rejuvenation, Upper Jurassic breakup movements, Neocomian and Lower Midd...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon geology northern Peedamulah petroleum shelf.

An Evaluation of the Mardie Greensand Reservoir, Thevenard Island Area, Carnarvon Basin

An Evaluation of the Mardie Greensand Reservoir, Thevenard Island Area, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D. A. Seeburger, N. W. D. Miller, G. J. Beacher, J. P. Schulz-Rojahn and J. P. Popek
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Mardie Greensand is a thin ( +1- 18 m) unit in the Thevenard Island area. Reservoirs are found almost solely in the more grain-rich glauconitic sands of Lower M. australis age. Production is from an unconventional reservoir, with overall low resi...

 

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Tags: Area basin Carnarvon evaluation Greensand Island Mardie reservoir. Thevenard

Lambert 2 Oil and Gas Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

Lambert 2 Oil and Gas Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D. R. Kingsley, M. J. Thompson, D. P. Harris and J. Fowles
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

In 1973 Lambert 1 penetrated an 11 in oil column in Upper Jurassic Angel Formation sands, but for twenty-two years the Lambert Field was considered too small to warrant additional investigation. In 1995, detailed time and velocity interpretation of t...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon discovery gas Lambert oil

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. A. R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Geochemical analyses confirm the presence of Silurian, Upper Devonian, Lower Permian and Upper Permian source rock intervals within the Carnarvon Basin. Oil-prone source beds within the Silurian Dirk Hartog Group on the Gascoyne Platform have fair to...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Generating history Palaeozoic petroleum potential thermal

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Arthur Mory and Robert S. Nicoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

This new interpretation of the facies relationships within the Nannyarra, Gneudna and Munabia formations illustrates the distribution of source, reservoir and seal within the latest Middle and lower Upper Devonian (latest Givetian to Famennian) seque...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Devonian hydrocarbon middle potential sequence Sequences southern stratigraphy upper

A Structural Interpretation of the Gascoyne Platform, Southern Carnarvon Basin, WA

A Structural Interpretation of the Gascoyne Platform, Southern Carnarvon Basin, WA

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Robert P. Iasky, Arthur J. Mory and Sergey I. Shevchenko
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Gascoyne Platform is a sub-basin with relatively shallow basement in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, extending for 600 km between the Northampton Complex to the south and the Exmouth Sub-basin to the north. The platform contains mainly ?Ordovician-...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Gascoyne Interpretation platform southern structural

Lower Palaeozoic Correlations and Thermal Maturity, Carnarvon Basin, WA

Lower Palaeozoic Correlations and Thermal Maturity, Carnarvon Basin, WA

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Arthur J. Mory, Robert S. Nicoll and John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Pre-Middle Devonian conodonts recovered from ten wells and drillholes in the Carnarvon Basin provide improved age control for, and are the basis for a revision of, the Silurian stratigraphy and depositional history in the basin: The lithologically di...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon correlations Lower maturity Palaeozoic thermal

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Arthur J. Mory, Robert P. Iasky and Sergey I. Shevchenko
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin is bound by the Darling Fault to the east and the Ajana-Yandi and Urella faults to the west. The only petroleum data are gravity and aeromagnetics from the 1960s and 1970s, and one seismic line shot in 1964. More than eight...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Carnarvon Coolcalalaya Forgotten Frontier Perth Sub-basin

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Noel Newell
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history Noel Newell northern structural Sub-basin Talks

Junior Explorers: Carnarvon Petroleum – Strategic Horizons – Brian Wickins

Junior Explorers: Carnarvon Petroleum – Strategic Horizons – Brian Wickins

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Brian Wickins
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1996

 

 

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Tags: Brian Wickins Carnarvon Explorers Horizons Junior petroleum Strategic

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

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

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

The Leatherback Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

The Leatherback Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.A. Bauer, E.C.D. Hooper, and J. Crowley
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Leatherback-1 was the first well on the eastern flank of the Carnarvon Basin to encounter oil in the Triassic. The well, drilled on a Triassic fault block sealed by Jurassic-Triassic shales, intersected a seven metre oil column at the top of the Mung...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon discovery Leatherback

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

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

The Hydrocarbon Potential of the Onshore Carnarvon Basin

The Hydrocarbon Potential of the Onshore Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: B.J. Warris
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

There are four main Palaeozoic sub-basins in the onshore Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia: the Gascoyne (Ordovician-Permian), the Merlinleigh (Ordovician-Permian), the Byro (Permian only) and the Ashburton (Devonian-Permian). The Gascoyne Subbasi...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon hydrocarbon onshore potential

Lower Palaeozoic Facies in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Lower Palaeozoic Facies in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Robert S. Nicoll and Clinton B. Foster
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Lower Palaeozoic sediments in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia have potential for commercial petroleum accumulations. Resampling of cores from exploration wells in the southeastern Carnarvon Basin for conodonts and palynomorphs has resulted i...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon facies hydrocarbon Lower Palaeozoic prospectivity stratigraphy

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

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Basal Winning Group, Northern Carnarvon Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Group northern Sedimentology stratigraphy Winning

Heat Flow Regime and Implications for Oil Maturation and Migration in the Offshore Northern Carnarvon Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon flow Heat implications maturation migration northern offshore oil Regime

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