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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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Tags: basin's Cooper Eromanga insights NGMA petroleum Project systems

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

 

Abstract:

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

 

Abstract:

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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Tags: Australia. basin coal Cooper expulsion formation Patchawarra Permian petroleum Seams

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

 

Abstract:

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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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

 

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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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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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Tags: basin Cooper development Eromanga exploration production

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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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: 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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Tags: basin Cooper discoveries gas northern

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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Tags: basin Cooper exploration Northeastern

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

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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Case studies of stratigraphic and fault traps in the Cooper Basin, Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin case Cooper fault stratigraphic studies traps.

Petrophysics of Cooper Basin reservoirs in South Australia

Petrophysics of Cooper Basin reservoirs in South Australia

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

 

Abstract:

Over 850 new core plugs from 46 wells in the Cooper Basin in South Australia were cut in an attempt to improve log analysis (porosity and water saturation [Sw]) algorithms currently in use. All plugs were measured for porosity and permeability (both ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Petrophysics reservoirs South

The prospects for Eromanga oil accumulations in the northern Cooper Basin region, Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Eromanga northern oil Prospects region

A review of seismic acquisition trials and procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

A review of seismic acquisition trials and procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: J.R. Hughes and N.A. Fitzgerald
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

During recent years, as the exploration phase in the Cooper Basin has reached a mature level, it has become necessary for the seismic data to achieve increased structural and stratigraphic resolution while subject to the economic constraints brought ...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper procedures Seismic South Trials

Applications of new cement technology in the Cooper and Eromanga Basin, Australia

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....

 

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Tags: Applications Australia. basin cement Cooper Eromanga technology

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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Tags: Australia. basin's Cooper drilling Eromanga fluid practices systems

Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons

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...

 

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Tags: basin composition controls Cooper distribution geological hydrocarbons maturity thermal

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