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Kutubu oil field, Papua New Guinea–a 350 MMbbl fold belt classic
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K. Bradey, K. Hill, D. Lund, N. Williams, T. Kivior and N. Wilson
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
First discovered in 1986, deep in the equatorial jungle of the PNG Fold Belt, the Kutubu oil field has produced over 300 MMbbl since 1992, making it the biggest oil discovery in Eastern Australasia over the last 30 years (Fig. 1). The field has outpe...
Modelling petroleum generation, migration and accumulation in the central Bass Basin, Tasmania, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: N. Arian, P.R. Tingate and R.R. Hillis
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
Petroleum generation, expulsion, migration and accumulation have been modelled along two sections across the central part of the Bass Basin, Australia. A 114 km long transect (Section A-A`) consists of two seismic lines. The transect ties the Bass-3 ...
Inversion tectonics and the structural development of the Elk/Antelope gas field, Papua New Guinea
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A. Goldberg and D. Holland
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The Elk/Antelope Gas Field is located in a complex zone of deformation at the front of the easternmost Papuan Fold Belt. The structure straddles a major change in the orientation of the foldbelt from a WNW/ESE strike in the west, to NW/SE strike in t...
Review of geological storage opportunities for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Victoria
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C.M. Gibson-Poole, S. Edwards, R.P. Langford and B. Vakarelov
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The Victorian State Government is committed to developing the Latrobe Valley brown coal resources in an environmentally responsible manner. One possible technology for low emission industries is carbon capture and storage (CCS), in particular geologi...
Birkhead Formation chronostratigraphy on the Murteree Horst, South Australia: identifying and correlating reservoirs and seals
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: S.M. Gallagher, G.R. Wood and N.L. Lemon
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Murteree Horst is located in the southern Eromanga Basin, South Australia. It is a long-lived basement high that has been subject to Tertiary reactivation, hosting a substantial number of oil fields at several stratigraphic intervals. The large J...
Petroleum potential of the easternmost Surat Basin in Queensland
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: R.W. Day, P.J. Bubendorfer and B.J. Pinder
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The Jurassic sequence in the easternmost part of Surat Basin is underlain by sedimentary rocks of the Horrane Trough. This feature has previously been interpreted as an analogue of the Late Triassic Tarong Basin. An alternative interpretation of the ...
Evaluating seal capacity of caprocks and intraformational barriers for the geosequestration of CO2
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: R.F. Daniel and J.G. Kaldi
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The petrophysical properties of cap rocks and intraformational barriers can constrain the carbon dioxide (CO2) containment volumes of potential geosequestration sites. Characterisation of regional seals and intraformational barriers requir...
Geothermal systems assessment: understanding risks in geothermal exploration in Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: G.T. Cooper and G.R. Beardsmore
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The conventional emphasis on temperature risks as the key aspect of geothermal exploration has resulted in other areas of risk being overlooked. This paper identifies four critical risk areas which must be considered when undertaking a holistic Geoth...
Baseline study on sub-surface petroleum occurrences at the CO2CRC Otway Project, western Victoria
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C. Boreham, J. Chen and Z. Hong
- Date Published: September 2008
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A sub-surface petroleum audit has critical provided baseline geochemical data for the CO2CRC Otway Project in the eastern Otway Basin, Victoria. The chemical and isotopic compositions of gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons and non-hydrocarbon gases were ...
The increasing significance of coal seam gas in eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: G. Baker and S. Slater
- Date Published: September 2008
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The commercial production of coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia commenced in 1996. Since then its production has ramped up significantly, particularly in the last five years, to become an integral part of the upstream gas industry in eastern Australia....
Coal seam gas distribution in the Hunter Coalfield, Sydney Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K.L. Pinetown, M.M. Faiz, A. Saghafi, L. Stalker and J. van Holst
- Date Published: September 2008
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In research directed at understanding the potential of coal to sequester anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), the CSIRO’s Energy Transformed Flagship and the CO2CRC have been investigating the geological factors controlling the distributi...
Analysis and management of seismic risks associated with engineered geothermal system operations in South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C.P. Morelli, and M. Malavazos
- Date Published: September 2008
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In 2005, the Petroleum and Geothermal Group (PG), Division of Minerals and Energy Resources (MER), and the Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) funded a report into evaluation of the seismic hazard generated at Geodynamics’ eng...
The increasing significance of coal seam gas in eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: G. Baker and S. Slater
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The commercial production of coal seam gas (CSG) in Australia commenced in 1996. Since then its production has ramped up significantly, particularly in the last five years, to become an integral part of the upstream gas industry in eastern Australia....
Mid–Late Cretaceous organic-rich rocks from the eastern Bight Basin: implications for prospectivity
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: J.M Totterdell, H.I.M. Struckmeyer, C.J. Boreham, C.H. Mitchell, E. Monteil and B.E.Bradshaw
- Date Published: September 2008
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A recent Geoscience Australia geological sampling survey in the Great Australian Bight has provided new evidence for the presence of potential oil-prone source rocks in the Bight Basin. Exploratory drilling in the Bight Basin has historically concent...
Provenance of Eocene Latrobe Group sandstones in the Tuna field, Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: U. Schacht
- Date Published: September 2008
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Latrobe Group sandstones host the most important hydrocarbon accumulations in Gippsland Basin, although little is known about the provenance of these sandstones. Sediment provenance can exert a significant influence on reservoir quality by controllin...
The application of new geophysical data to the study of the Capel-Faust basins – Lord Howe Rise
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K. Higgins, G. Bernardel, R. Hackney, T. Hashimoto, G. Logan, P. Petkovic and N. Rollet
- Date Published: September 2008
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Geoscience Australia is currently investigating the geology and petroleum prospectivity of the Remote Eastern Frontier region, offshore eastern Australia using funding provided to the organisation under the Australian Government’s Offshore Energy S...
The Galilee Basin: a potential CO2 storage site in Queensland
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: S. Edwards, B. Ainsworth, B. Vakarelov and J. Kaldi
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
The carbon dioxide storage sites closest to the industrial and population emission sources in Queensland are located along the east coast of Queensland. These basins (including the Bowen and Surat basins and the Dennison Trough) are also the sites of...
Distribution, dating and origin of magmatism in the Bight and Eucla basins
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A. Schofield and J. Totterdell
- Date Published: September 2008
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The breakup of Gondwana during the Mesozoic resulted in widespread basin formation along Australia’s southern margin, of which the Bight Basin is a component. In contrast to many other extensional margins, the Australian southern margin has been cl...
Structural exploration in the Papua New Guinea Fold Belt
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K.C. Hill, K. Bradey, J. Iwanec, N. Wilson and K. Lucas
- Date Published: September 2008
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For 60 years oil companies blindly drilled the big surface bumps in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) fold and thrust belt and eventually found large oil and gas reserves that went on production in 1992. Since then we have greatly increased our understandin...
The structural and sedimentary histories and hydrocarbon potential of the Pelican and Dondu Troughs, Bass Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: D.P. Leech, C. Kernick and A.M. Iwaniw
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Bass Basin is located in the central Bass Strait region between Tasmania and Victoria (Fig. 1). The basin records complex geodynamic and hydrocarbon charge histories. Unlike the adjacent prolific Gippsland Basin which has undergone a similar geol...
Influence of depositional environment and early diagenesis on molecular maturity parameters of coals: an example from the Taranaki Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: H. Volk, S.C. George and R. Sykes
- Date Published: September 2008
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Source rock maturity parameters such as vitrinite reflectance and parameters based on the molecular distribution of aromatic hydrocarbons and aliphatic biomarkers are influenced by factors such as geothermal history, depositional facies and diageneti...
A brief history of exploration in the Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: E.M. Alexander
- Date Published: September 2008
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The Carboniferous–Triassic Cooper Basin and overlying Jurassic–Cretaceous Eromanga Basin remain Australia’s largest and most mature onshore hydrocarbon province (Fig. 1), supplying major southeastern Australian gas markets for almost 40 years a...
Glauconite ages from Late Cretaceous reservoir sandstones of the Papuan Basin
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: H. Zwingmann, T. Allan, K. Liu, D. Holland, D. Leech
- Date Published: September 2008
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Exploration for petroleum depends on construction of models that describe the time-temperature framework of how a prospective basin has evolved. A critical element in the construction of such models is the correlation of sedimentary units between wid...
The Carrack-Caravel prospect complex: a possible sleeping giant in the deep water Canterbury Basin, New Zealand
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: W.G. Mogg, K. Aurisch, R. O’Leary and G.P. Pass
- Date Published: September 2008
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In 2005 and 2006, Origin Energy Resources (NZ) Ltd (Origin) was awarded petroleum exploration permits PEP 38262 and PEP 38264 covering an area of more than 36,000 km2 in the offshore Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Previous exploration of t...
Exploring the greater Taranaki Basin north of the established hydrocarbon fairway
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: K. Bierbrauer, T.J. Herdy, A. Rek and K.L. Mills
- Date Published: September 2008
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Origin and OMV are currently exploring petroleum exploration permits (PEPs) 38618 and 38619, which are located offshore at the northern Taranaki Basin/southern Northland Basin, New Zealand. This paper provides an update on recent exploration activiti...
Pre-competitive geoscience for geothermal exploration and development in Australia: Geoscience Australia’s Onshore Energy Security Program and the Geothermal Energy Project
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: A.R. Budd, F.L. Holgate, E. Gerner, B.F. Ayling and A. Barnicoat
- Date Published: September 2008
Abstract:
Work conducted at the Bureau of Mineral Resources (now Geoscience Australia) in the early 1990s was instrumental in bringing Hot Rocks geothermal research and development to Australia. Following the announcement of the Federal Government’s Energy I...
New insights into the evolution of the Lord Howe Rise (Capel and Faust basins), offshore eastern Australia, from terrane and geophysical data analysis
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M.S. Norvick, R.P. Langford, T. Hashimoto, N. Rollet, K.L. Higgins and M. P. Morse
- Date Published: September 2008
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New seismic, gravity and magnetic data over the Capel and Faust basins have allowed improved resolution of the basin architecture and a better appreciation of the stratigraphy, terrane evolution and palaeogeography. Preliminary interpretation suggest...
Reconstructing the junction between Panthalassa and Tethys since the Early Cretaceous
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: M. Seton and R.D. Müller
- Date Published: September 2008
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The junction between the Tethys and Panthalassa oceans is one of the most ill-constrained portions of Cretaceous palaeogeographic maps due to a lack of preserved in-situ oceanic crust from this region. Yet the development of this junction along the n...
The IntraCONtinental basinS (ICONS) atlas – applications in eastern Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: C. Heine and R. D. Müller
- Date Published: September 2008
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We have used a combination of openly available regional and global crustal and lithosphere datasets to create a framework for intracontinental basin evaluation. In this paper, we focus on the intracontinental Murray and Eromanga basins in eastern Aus...
Structural modelling, tectonostratigraphic evolution and basin development model of the Woolsthorpe-Cobden area (Otway Basin), western Victoria, Australia
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium III (EABS 2008)
- Authors: Minarwan and M. Hall
- Date Published: September 2008
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Backstripping and restoration of structural cross-sections combined with interpretations of seismic and well data reveal that the structural evolution in the Woolsthorpe-Cobden area, central onshore Otway Basin, can be separated into seven phases. Th...