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Reducing Uncertainty with Palaeogeographic Mapping Using Integrated 3D Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy – Examples from the Baryulah Field Area, Cooper Basin

Reducing Uncertainty with Palaeogeographic Mapping Using Integrated 3D Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy – Examples from the Baryulah Field Area, Cooper Basin

Authors: Simon C. Lang, Nathan Ceglar, Gregg Spencer, Stephen Forder and Jochen Kassan
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Reducing uncertainty in both the exploration and reservoir development phases is a significant aspect of the upstream petroleum business. A methodology is outlined combining palynostratigraphy, core and log sedimentology using modern depositional ana...

 

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Tags: Area basin Cooper examples field integrated mapping Palaeogeographic Reducing Seismic sequence stratigraphy Uncertainty

Exploration, Appraisal and Development Activities in the Cooper-Eromanga (SWQ), Surat and Bowen Basins: 2000-2001

Exploration, Appraisal and Development Activities in the Cooper-Eromanga (SWQ), Surat and Bowen Basins: 2000-2001

Authors: Stephen Kelemen
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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NGMA Cooper-Eromanga Basins Project – New Insights into Petroleum Systems

NGMA Cooper-Eromanga Basins Project – New Insights into Petroleum Systems

Authors: John Draper
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Migration and Mixing of Oils in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Central Australia

Migration and Mixing of Oils in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Central Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: B.H. Michaelsen and D.M. McKirdy
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The aromatic hydrocarbon contents of 62 terrestrially-derived oils from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins in South Australia and Queensland have been screened using whole-oil GC-MS. An earlier study (McKirdy et a!. 1997) had revealed the existence of at...

 

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Visualisation of Fluvial Stratagraphic Trap Opportunities in the Pondrinie 3D Survey, Cooper-Eromanga Basin

Visualisation of Fluvial Stratagraphic Trap Opportunities in the Pondrinie 3D Survey, Cooper-Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: T. Nakanishi and S.C. Lang
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

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Exploration and development in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin have been predominantly focused on structural traps. However, the future for exploration and field development lies in exploration for stratigraphic traps. Using advanced visualisation techniqu...

 

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Tags: basin Cooper Eromanga fluvial Opportunities Pondrinie Stratagraphic trap Visualisation

Triassic Seals in the Cooper Basin

Triassic Seals in the Cooper Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: R. Dragomirescu, J. Kaldi, N. Lemon and E. Alexander
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The seal potential of four lithofacies from the Early - Middle Triassic Nappameni Group and Late Triassic Cuddapan Formation, Cooper Basin is evaluated. Historically, the Nappameni Group has been regarded as a 'regional seal' . This study is a detail...

 

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K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H. Zwingmann, P.R. Tingate, N.M. Lemon and P.J. Hamilton
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Petrographic observations of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian sandstones of the Cooper Basin in South Australia indicate illite to be present in abundance. It occurs with different morphologies comprising detrital grains, authigenic grains with p...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Constraints Cooper Illite K-Ar Dating modelling Origin. Petrographic thermal

Petroleum Expulsion From Permian Coal Seams in the Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin, South Australia

Petroleum Expulsion From Permian Coal Seams in the Patchawarra Formation, Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: L. Kramer, K.R. Arouri and D.M. McKirdy
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

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This study documents the generation and expulsion of liquid hydrocarbons from coal seams containing Type II/III kerogen in the Patchawarra Formation at Gidgealpa-52, southwest Cooper Basin. Two different drainage scenarios have been compared, one inv...

 

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CBM – A New Play for the Cooper Basin?

CBM – A New Play for the Cooper Basin?

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: D. Poynton and G. Simon
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

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Coal bed methane (CBM) is one of the products of coalification - the process by which peat is transformed into coal during progressive burial. The initial product is biogenic gas. Thermogenic gas is produced with increasing pressure and temperature a...

 

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Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper/Eromanga Basin: 1999-2000

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper/Eromanga Basin: 1999-2000

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 2000
Authors: Rob Heath
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2000

 

 

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Environmental Regulation of Exploration and Development in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins

Environmental Regulation of Exploration and Development in the Cooper/Eromanga Basins

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1999
Authors: Andrew Walter
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1999

 

 

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Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1998-1999

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1998-1999

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1999
Authors: Bonnie Lowe-Young
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1999

 

 

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Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1997-1998

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1997-1998

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1998
Authors: Rob Heath
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Recent Activity in ATP 549P – Cooper Basin

Recent Activity in ATP 549P – Cooper Basin

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1998
Authors: Malcom Boardman
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1996-1997

Exploration, Development and Production Activities in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins: 1996-1997

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1997
Authors: Andrew Mayers
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1997

 

 

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Exploration Drilling: Gas Flow New Technology Reduces Formation Damage, Cooper Basin Exploration Successes

Exploration Drilling: Gas Flow New Technology Reduces Formation Damage, Cooper Basin Exploration Successes

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Cooper Damage drilling exploration flow formation gas Reduces Successes technology

Book Review: Cooper Basin Book Bargain, Well, well, well…(Behind Australia’s Wildcat Names)

Book Review: Cooper Basin Book Bargain, Well, well, well…(Behind Australia’s Wildcat Names)

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1997

 

 

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Abstract of Talks: Economics of Gas Field Developments in the Cooper Basin After 1999 – R. McDonough

Abstract of Talks: Economics of Gas Field Developments in the Cooper Basin After 1999 – R. McDonough

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: R. McDonough
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Cooper developments Economics field gas R McDonough Talks

New Gas Discoveries in the Northern Cooper Basin

New Gas Discoveries in the Northern Cooper Basin

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1996
Authors: Wecker, H.R.B., Ziolkowski, V., & Powis, G.D.
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1996

 

 

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Exploration in ATP 549p Northeastern Cooper Basin

Exploration in ATP 549p Northeastern Cooper Basin

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1995
Authors: R J Hall & R Wecker
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1995

 

 

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Technical Articles: A review of ‘Petrophysics of Cooper Basin Reservoirs in South Australia’

Technical Articles: A review of ‘Petrophysics of Cooper Basin Reservoirs in South Australia’

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 16
Authors: Chris Porter
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: March 1990

 

 

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Tags: Cooper Journal Petrophysics reservoirs Review

Palaeogeothermometry of the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, South Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Eromanga Palaeogeothermometry South

Revision of Triassic stratigraphy at the Cooper Basin to Eromanga Basin transition

Revision of Triassic stratigraphy at the Cooper Basin to Eromanga Basin transition

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: G.D. Powis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

In recent years it has become apparent that all of the Triassic-aged strata overlying the Cooper Basin cannot adequately be placed into the only formally defined Triassic formation, the Nappamerri Formation. Not only do these strata not conform litho...

 

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Tags: basin Cooper Eromanga Revision stratigraphy Transition Triassic

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

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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Tags: basin's Cooper Eromanga hydrocarbon Lineament

Diagenetic alteration of Permian reservoir sandstones in the Nappamerri Trough and adjacent areas, southern Cooper Basin

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...

 

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Tags: areas basin Cooper Diagenetic Nappamerri Permian reservoir. Sandstones southern Trough

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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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

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

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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