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John Brookes Gas -The voyage to discovery

John Brookes Gas -The voyage to discovery

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K.Auld, B. Thomas, J. Goodall, L. Elliott & J. Benson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

John Brookes liST 1 discovered an 85 m gross dry gas column within Carnarvon Basin permit WA-214-P during 1998, in the area today forming the John Brookes location. The primary objective was to test a structural closure at the base of the Muderong Sh...

 

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The Cliff Head Oil Discovery – Offshore Perth Basin

The Cliff Head Oil Discovery – Offshore Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N.T. Jones & A.D. Hall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The intersection of a 36 m gross oil column in Cliff Head 1 in the offshore North Perth Basin has proven that an established onshore play-type is valid offshore and has confirmed the hydrocarbon potential of the Beagle Ridge. The play concept, Permo-...

 

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A Fresh Look at an Old Structure – The Spring Grove-2 Discovery

A Fresh Look at an Old Structure – The Spring Grove-2 Discovery

Authors: Barry Smith
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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New Challum Discovery Renews Interest in an Old Play Concept

New Challum Discovery Renews Interest in an Old Play Concept

Authors: Jeremy Harris, Raj Sing and Graham Sutherland
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Basement Control and Geoseismic Definition of the Cornea Discovery, Browse Basin, Western Australia

Basement Control and Geoseismic Definition of the Cornea Discovery, Browse Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Alan Stein, Keith Myers, Chris Lewis, Theresa Cruse and Steve Winstanley
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Cornea Field in the Browse Basin is the first potentially commercial oil discovery in what was previously considered to be a gas-prone basin. The fleld results from drape of Albian sandstones over folded basement. The sands have been charged by l...

 

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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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Industry News: Irian Jaya Study Well Received At May 1997 IPA Conference, India Looks To Australian Companies To Step Up Domestic Production, Santos Acquires Interest In Irian Jaya, Singa Wildcat Indicates New Gas Discovery

Industry News: Irian Jaya Study Well Received At May 1997 IPA Conference, India Looks To Australian Companies To Step Up Domestic Production, Santos Acquires Interest In Irian Jaya, Singa Wildcat Indicates New Gas Discovery

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

 

 

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Tags: Australian Companies Conference discovery Domestic gas India Indicates Industry Interest IPA Irian Jaya Looks production Received SANTOS Singa Step study Up Wildcat

Industry News: Discovery Petroleum Seeks to be One of Australia’s Top Five Oil & Gas Stocks – Tim Treadgold

Industry News: Discovery Petroleum Seeks to be One of Australia’s Top Five Oil & Gas Stocks – Tim Treadgold

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1995

 

 

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From the Mines: Discovery 2000 Under Way In NSW, One of Australia’s Biggest Survey Programmes, Activities of the Geological Survey of WA to Promote Oil and Gas Exploration in Onshore Western Australia

From the Mines: Discovery 2000 Under Way In NSW, One of Australia’s Biggest Survey Programmes, Activities of the Geological Survey of WA to Promote Oil and Gas Exploration in Onshore Western Australia

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1995

 

 

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Abstracts: West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect – Lorraine Mitchelmore, Intermittent Compressional Pulses in Extensional Basins, John Davidson

Abstracts: West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect – Lorraine Mitchelmore, Intermittent Compressional Pulses in Extensional Basins, John Davidson

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: October 1994

 

 

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Snake Creek East No.1 Discovery ATP 336p, Surat Basin

Snake Creek East No.1 Discovery ATP 336p, Surat Basin

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1994
Authors: J.K. Davidson
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1994

 

 

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Abstracts: ‘Elang-1 – The First Oil Discovery in the ZOCA – Philip Smith, Environmental and International Perspective on Australia’s Natural Gas Resource – Nick Grollman

Abstracts: ‘Elang-1 – The First Oil Discovery in the ZOCA – Philip Smith, Environmental and International Perspective on Australia’s Natural Gas Resource – Nick Grollman

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1994

 

 

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Tags: Australia's discovery Elang-1 environmental first gas International Natural Nick Grollman oil perspective Philip Smith Resource ZOCA

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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West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect

West Muiron Discovery, WA-155-P – New Life for an Old Prospect

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Lorraine Mitchelmore and Neville Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The discovery of the West Muiron gas and oil fields in 1992/3 (now renamed the Macedon-Pyrenees fields) was the culmination of an intensive two-year period of regional geophysical and geological evaluation by the WA-155-P Joint Venture in the Carnarv...

 

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The Maitland Gas Discovery – A Geological/Geophysical Case History

The Maitland Gas Discovery – A Geological/Geophysical Case History

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K.H. Sit, P.M. Hillock and N.W.D. Miller
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Maitland gas field lies 29 km northwest of Barrow Island in WA-149-P in the offshore Barrow Sub-basin. Maitland was first recognised on 1985 2-D seismic data as a near Base Tertiary amplitude anomaly. Subsequent interpretation of 1989 and 1991 2-...

 

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The Tanami, Sinbad and Ulidia Fields and the Stag Discovery, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins, WA

The Tanami, Sinbad and Ulidia Fields and the Stag Discovery, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins, WA

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.W. Ballesteros
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Four discoveries have been made since 1990 in blocks operated by Hadson in the Barrow and Dampier subbasins: Tanami and Ulidia in TL/1, Sinbad in TL/5 and Stag in WA-209-P....

 

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Nebo Oil Discovery, Beagle Sub-basin

Nebo Oil Discovery, Beagle Sub-basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D.G. Osborne
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Nebo oil discovery in 1993 is located in the Beagle Sub-basin. Oil was encountered in thin sands within the upper Calypso Formation of mainly Callovian age. Uncertainty remains regarding the potential reserves of the accumulation....

 

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President’s Page: PESA Supports ‘ Discovery 2000’ Initiative, Conflict of Interest

President’s Page: PESA Supports ‘ Discovery 2000’ Initiative, Conflict of Interest

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: David Falvey
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1994

 

Abstract:

Messages from David Falvey, Federal President.
  • PESA SUPPORTS "DISCOVERY 2000" INITIATIVE: In April the NSW Minister for Mines, Mr. ian Causley, wrote to me seeking PESA's view on a proposed new initiative of the NSW Depart...

 

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The Rosette Discovery, Barrow Sub-basin

The Rosette Discovery, Barrow Sub-basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: A.J. Williams
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The Rosette oil and gas accumulation was discovered in September 1987 in WA-192-P in the Barrow Subbasin of the Carnarvon Basin. The discovery well was deviated from Varanus Island at an angle of approximately 45? to intersect a target located 1.3 km...

 

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The Long Lead-Up To Commercial Oil Discovery In The Mesozoic Eromanga Basin

The Long Lead-Up To Commercial Oil Discovery In The Mesozoic Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: Eromanga Basin Symposium, Summary Papers
Authors: C. SPRIGG
Reference Type: Conference Proceedings
Date Published: December 1982

 

Abstract:

The Great Artesian Basin is devoid of obvious hydrocarbon seepages. Most of its deeper sediments are non-marine. None of the widespread thousands of Artesian water bores produced a single flow of oil or gas. However, small volumes of methane were kno...

 

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