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Unique Challenges for Small Field Development

Unique Challenges for Small Field Development

Publication Name: PESA (QLD & NT) Petroleum Symposium 2003
Authors: Rod Bresnehan
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2003

 

Abstract:

Discovery, finding and development of small fields in Australia are important to closing the looming supply-demand gaps for gas and oil and to provide security of supply. They are the lowest risk targets in that many more are likely to be found in Au...

 

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Tags: Challenges development field Small Unique

Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin

Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin

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

 

Abstract:

The Blina Oil Field, a Famennian carbonate reefal structure situated on the Lennard Shelf in the onshore Canning Basin, was discovered in 1981 by Home Oil Australia. Blina 1 intersected a 58 m oil column in the Late Devonian Nullara Limestone and 50-...

 

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Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production

Geochemical evolution of formation water in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia: Implications for oil exploration and production

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

 

Abstract:

Produced formation water &om the Angel Formation in the Talisman Oil Field, North West Shelf, Australia, was analysed on a regular basis during water production, from December 1989 to the termination of production in July 1992. Evaluation of these an...

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution exploration field formation Geochemical implications North oil production shelf. Talisman

Controls on the Trap Integrity of the Skua Oil Field, Timor Sea

Controls on the Trap Integrity of the Skua Oil Field, Timor Sea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A. Gartrell, M. Lisk & J. Underschultz
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A new fill-spill model has been produced for the Skua Oil Field that challenges the importance of Mio-Pliocene fault reactivation as the principal control on trap integrity. Integration of contemporary and palaeo-fluid-flow indicators within a 3D str...

 

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Tags: controls field integrity oil Sea Skua Timor trap

Evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge in the Bayu gas-condensate field, Timor Sea

Evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge in the Bayu gas-condensate field, Timor Sea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S.C. George, M. Lisk, P.J. Eadington & R.A. Quezada
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The distribution of oil-bearing fluid inclusions (FI) in Jurassic reservoir sandstones from Bayu 1 (Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea) is consistent with the presence of a palaeo-oil column of at least 20 m height, beneath a 46-53 m thick palaeo-ga...

 

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Tags: Bayu charge Condensate early evidence field gas marine oil Sea sourced Timor

Sedimentology of the Mungaroo Formation in the Echo-Yodel field: a borehole image perspective

Sedimentology of the Mungaroo Formation in the Echo-Yodel field: a borehole image perspective

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.A. Bal, J.D. Prosser & T.J. Magee
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Echo-Yodel accumulation occurs within high reservoir quality fluviatile sandstones of the E Unit of the Triassic Mungaroo Formation. Porosities average approximately 21%, with permeabilities generally greater than 1 Darcy and occasionally as high...

 

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Tags: Borehole Echo field formation Image Mungaroo perspective Sedimentology Yodel

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

New Royal Field – What have we learned?

New Royal Field – What have we learned?

Authors: Renee Harvey
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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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

An Integrated Approach to Drilling In-Fill Wells in a Mature Gas Field

An Integrated Approach to Drilling In-Fill Wells in a Mature Gas Field

Authors: Bimal Wanigaratne, David Collier, Janny Spilsbury and Mohammad Kabir
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

An integrated approach has been used to identify development drilling opportunities in a mature gas field. This lead to the successful drilling of three development wells in an ongoing seven well incremental development program. The field is estimate...

 

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Tags: approach drilling field gas integrated Mature

The Scotia Field – An Emerging Coal Seam Gas Development

The Scotia Field – An Emerging Coal Seam Gas Development

Authors: Bonnie Lowe Young
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Tags: coal development Emerging field gas Scotia Seam

New Oil from a Mature Gas Field – The History of the Moomba Oil Discoveries

New Oil from a Mature Gas Field – The History of the Moomba Oil Discoveries

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: R. Menpes
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

In 1997, after 31 years of gas production and 89 wells, oil was discovered in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Eromanga Basin strata overlying the Moomba Gas Field in the Permian Cooper Basin. Of the 140 wells drilled in Moomba to date, 22 wells have targeted...

 

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Tags: discoveries field gas history Mature Moomba oil

The Tectonic Stress Field in Eastern Australia

The Tectonic Stress Field in Eastern Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: S. Zhao and R.D. M?ller
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Flexural analysis of geological structures in eastern Australia, based on gravity and topographic data, suggests that the flexural rigidity of the fold belts is about 3.6 - 4.4 x 1022 Nm. This corresponds to an effective elastic thickness of 16 - 17 ...

 

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Tags: Australia. eastern field Stress tectonic

Reservoir Geology of the Perseus Field, North West Shelf, Australia

Reservoir Geology of the Perseus Field, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N. B. Thompson, M. L. Taylor and N. C. Taylor
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Perseus Field is a giant gas accumulation in a complex structural/stratigraphic trap. Gas is reservoired in Bathonian to Callovian deltaic sandstones of the Legendre Formation, which subcrop the Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous 'Main Unconformity'...

 

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Tags: Australia. field geology North Perseus reservoir. shelf.

Development of the Goodwyn Gas Field, Dampier Sub-basin

Development of the Goodwyn Gas Field, Dampier Sub-basin

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

 

Abstract:

It is ten years since the Goodwyn Field was last described in a PESA publication (Vincent & Tilbury, 1988). This period has seen the installation of the GWA platform and commencement of condensate and gas production from the partly developed GE/GFA r...

 

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Tags: Dampier development field gas Goodwyn Sub-basin

Dongara Oil and Gas Field, Perth Basin

Dongara Oil and Gas Field, Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Grant K. Ellis and Richard H. Bruce
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Dongara oil and gas field in the onshore northern Perth Basin was discovered in 1966 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd. Subsequent appraisal drilling defined an oil and gas accumulation with inplace gas of 14.3 Gm3 (508 BCF) and in-place oil o...

 

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Tags: basin Dongara field gas oil Perth

Technical Focus: 4D – 4C: A First For Western, Reservoir Imaging and Characterisation: The Roller Field

Technical Focus: 4D – 4C: A First For Western, Reservoir Imaging and Characterisation: The Roller Field

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

 

 

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Tags: characterisation field first Focus Imaging reservoir. Roller Technical

Book Review: Atlas 3D Analogue Modelling Of Extensional Fault Structures Plus Field Applications – Dr Nicholas M Lemon and Dr Tariq Mahmood

Book Review: Atlas 3D Analogue Modelling Of Extensional Fault Structures Plus Field Applications – Dr Nicholas M Lemon and Dr Tariq Mahmood

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Dr Nicholas M Lemon and Dr Tariq Mahmood
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1997

 

 

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Tags: Applications Book Extensional fault field modelling Nicholas Lemon Plus Review structures Tariq Mahmood

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

Book Review: The Offshore Field Development Atlas of North West Europe, 1996-97 Publications For The Petroleum Industry

Book Review: The Offshore Field Development Atlas of North West Europe, 1996-97 Publications For The Petroleum Industry

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1996

 

 

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Tags: Book development Europe field Industry North offshore petroleum Publications Review

The Real Story: With 75 Billion Barrels is Burgan a Dream of a Field? – Dr George Carman

The Real Story: With 75 Billion Barrels is Burgan a Dream of a Field? – Dr George Carman

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Dr George Carman
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1996

 

 

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Tags: Billion Burgan Dream field George Carman Real Story

Development of the Parknook/Namarah Gas Field

Development of the Parknook/Namarah Gas Field

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1994
Authors: P. Elkington
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1994

 

 

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Tags: development field gas Namarah Parknook

Wandoo Oil Field: A Formation Evaluation Case History

Wandoo Oil Field: A Formation Evaluation Case History

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: E. Delfos
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Wandoo oil discovery in high porosity, unconsolidated, glauconitic sandstones challenged all forms of formation evaluation. The effects of glauconite on wireline logs, both electric and nuclear are difficult to determine because of its complex el...

 

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Tags: case evaluation field formation history oil

The Rivoli Gas Field, Exmouth Sub-basin

The Rivoli Gas Field, Exmouth Sub-basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Phillip J. Lawry and Paul A. Carter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Rivoli gas discovery was made in August 1989 and is located in the Exmouth Gulf, 4.5 km northeast of Bundegi-1. The well intersected a 10.5 m hydrocarbon column consisting mainly of gas but with a very thin oil leg (0.2 m). The Birdrong Sandstone res...

 

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Tags: Exmouth field gas Rivoli Sub-basin

The Jackson Oil Field development

The Jackson Oil Field development

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: A.P. Dodman and J.T. Rodrigues
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Jackson Oil Field in south-western Queensland contains about 111 million barrels of oil in place (17 .64 million kL) in three reservoirs - the Cretaceous Murta Member, the Jurassic Westbourne Formation and the Jurassic Hutton Sandstone. To 30 Nov...

 

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Tags: development field Jackson oil

The Gidgealpa Oil and Gas Field: a case history

The Gidgealpa Oil and Gas Field: a case history

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: S.M. McIntyre, F.G. Jamal, C.L. Pidcock and M.I. Kabir
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Gidgealpa Field, discovered in 1963, is located in the South Australian portion of the Cooper Basin about 24 km (15 miles) north-west of the Moomba Gas Plant. The Field produces dry gas from the Late Permian Toolachee Formation, rich gas from the...

 

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Tags: field gas Gidgealpa history oil

Development of the Dullingari Murta Oil Field

Development of the Dullingari Murta Oil Field

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: P.A. Robinson and G.F. Butler
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Dullingari Murta Field was discovered in 1979 at Dullingari North-1, seventeen years after Dullingari-1 was drilled. The two main Murta reservoirs are the 48-5 and 48-6 sands of Cretaceous age. The 48-5 sand was deposited as a shoreline-bar sand ...

 

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Tags: development Dullingari field Murta oil

The role of fracture stimulation in the development of the Tirrawarra Field

The role of fracture stimulation in the development of the Tirrawarra Field

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

 

Abstract:

The Tirrawarra Field is located in the South Australian sector of the Cooper Basin and produces gas from the Patchawarra Formation and oil and associated gas from the Tirrawarra Sandstone. This paper addresses the role of fracture stimulation in the ...

 

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Tags: development field Fracture stimulation Tirrawarra

The geometry of Toolachee Unit “C” fluvial sand trends, Moomba Field, Permian Cooper Basin, South Australia

The geometry of Toolachee Unit “C” fluvial sand trends, Moomba Field, Permian Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: W.A. Fairburn
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Based on detailed core facies analyses, the depositional environment for the Toolachee Unit 'C' sand reservoirs is interpreted to be a moderate to high sinuosity channel system. Core studies have shown that the Toolachee Unit 'C' sediments are domina...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin C Cooper field fluvial geometry Moomba Permian sand South Toolachee Trends Unit

Petrology and Diagenesis of the Flag Sandstone, Harriet Field, Barrow Sub-basin

Petrology and Diagenesis of the Flag Sandstone, Harriet Field, Barrow Sub-basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: R. de Boer and L.B. Collins
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The Flag Sandstone, a thick sequence of massive sandstones with minor intercalated claystones, is the producing reservoir in the Harriet Oilfield and other hydrocarbon accumulations in permit WA-192-P in the Barrow Sub-basin. The sandstones are homog...

 

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Tags: diagenesis field Flag Harriet Petrology Sandstone Sub-basin

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