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Advanced Techniques for On-Line Monitoring of Brown Coal Quality
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: R.M. Borsaru, N.G. Cutmore, A.L. Ottrey, B.D. Sowerby
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Moisture and ash are the two most significant coal quality parameters for combustion. They determine the energy content which can be derived from the coal and the problems arising from the presence of ash in the process (eg ash fouling, corrosion, er...
Environmental Issues Deriving from the Energy Winning Activities in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: S. Hancock, H. Grynberg, P. Lindon, J. Wardrop
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin is unique in Australia in that it is a major resource based industry centre within a sensitive and special environmental context supplying Melbourne, a major urban/industrial environment with most of its energy 'on-line.' The envi...
New Technologies for Environmentally Friendly Use of Brown Coal for Power Generation
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: B. Anderson, D. Huynh, T. Johnson
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The State Electricity Commission of Victoria is conducting a program of research and development into alternatives to the use of conventional boilers for the generation of electricity from brown coal. The objectives of the program are to reduce the c...
Dealing with Organic Wastes and Byproducts – One Economic and Environmentally Sound Solution
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: A.J. Morton, B.A. Keet, J.S. Waid
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin is one of Australia's most important producers of petroleum products. An inevitable byproduct of the production, refinement and transport of the millions of barrels of oil is thousands of tonnes of waste. These wastes are generate...
Brown Coal Resource Evaluation – A Case Study of the Loy Yang Deposit
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: F. Woskoboenko, A.L. Ottrey, W.D. Hibbert
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The behaviour of coal in a process is a function of both the coal properties and the processing conditions. In the case of the Loy Yang coal deposit, extensive testing has been undertaken to determine: 1) the extent, distribution and structure of the...
Gippsland Basin Resources for Long Term Economic Prosperity
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: S. Derrick
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
It has long been recognised that Australia can benefit substantially in an economic sense from its rich resource base. The significant resources of the Gippsland Basin are a good example of the wealth of this nation. As cited in popular debate, Austr...
Steam-Fiuidised Bed Drying and its Significance for Electricity Generation and Gas Production in the Latrobe Valley
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: O.E. Potter
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Currently raw brown coal is fired in the Latrobe Valley boilers, carrying with it two major penalties, (a) boiler efficiency of 65 - 70 per cent (in terms of GCV), (b) much higher boiler cost than for black coal. Drying the coal, in energy-efficient,...
Estimates of Heat Flow and Geothermal Gradients in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: J.P. Cull, G.R. Beardsmore
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Geothermal gradients in the Gippsland Basin commonly exceed 35°C/km. Consequently models of thermal maturation may indicate exploration targets with an anomalous age/depth distribution. However, regional geothermal models are constrained primarily b...
Effect of Petroleum Production on Onshore Groundwater Aquifers in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: G. Walker
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Large scale fluid extraction from the Latrobe Group in the Gippsland Basin is occurring as a result of offshore petroleum production and coal mine dewatering in the Latrobe Valley. Groundwater extraction in the Latrobe Valley exceeds recharge and is ...
Property Trends in Latrobe Valley Brown Coals and Implications for Future Utilisation
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: R. Gaulton, W. Wood, A. Bell
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Brown coal production in Victoria's Latrobe Valley Region (Figure I) continues to rise and currently stands at around 50 Mt per annum. With the exception of around 2 Mt used to produce some 700 Kt of brown coal briquettes, this coal is mined by the S...
Recent Petroleum Exploration Activity – Onshore Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: J. Carmody
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Gippsland has perhaps the most colourful history of exploration of any area in Australia. Hydrocarbons were first discovered in the Gippsland Basin in 1924 when a water well at Lakes Entrance encountered oil and gas shows. In 1942, the Commonwealth a...
Hydrologic and Environmental Changes in the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: C.R. Lawrence
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia, has an Upper Cainozoic history of episodic change of hydrology and the related environment, reflected in the geomorphology and surficial deposits of the onshore basin and the hydrodynamically controlled ac...
A Relational Data Base and Data Management System for the Onshore Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: G. Simpson, R. Gaulton
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The Commission maintains a data base first computerised in 1957 and containing information from over 18,000 boreholes located mainly in the Latrobe Valley area. Some of the borehole derived information dates from the tum of the century, although most...
Gippsland Basin South Platform: Unprospective or Underexplored?
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: P.W. Baillie
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The South Platform of the Gippsland Basin is an extensive area of shallow basement covered by a relatively-thin Late Mesozoic-Cainozoic section. Although the sporadic exploration to-date has not resulted in any hydrocarbon discoveries, the area is un...
Development of a Parametric Estuarine Model for Gippsland Resource Planning
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: J.B. Hinwood, E.J. McLean
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The resources of the Gippsland Basin include not only the coal and oil for which it is well known, but also the tourism resource and the quality of life which it offers its residents and visitors. To manage this group of resources requires an underst...
Isotopic Constraints on Mineral Diagenesis and Pore Water Evolution in Latrobe Group Sandstones: Implications for Basin Hydrology, Oil-Field Distribution, and Reservoir Quality
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: J.M. Bodard, P.J. Hamilton, A.A. Andrew
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Constraints on pore water evolution in the aquifers of a sedimentary basin may be realised through stable isotope analyses of present day waters, and their comparison with water compositions calculated to have been in isotope equilibrium with the pro...
Energy, Economics and Environment – Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992) Summary Papers
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Over the last decade, no single global issue has been as divisive as that of the environment in relation to the development of resources. The interwoven relationship between material economic policy, resource assessment and environmental sustainabili...
Gippsland Basin Exploration: Recent Results and Outlook for Australia’s Oldest Producing Offshore Area
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: K. Evans
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
During the period 1981 - 1991, Esso Australia and their Joint Venture partners have discovered about 180 MB of liquids (crude and condensate), 60MB natural gas liquids and 800 - 1000 GCF of gas. A total of 48 wildcat wells were drilled including 12 n...
Fuel Cells: Clean Alternative Energy Technology of 21st Century
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: S.P.S. Badwal, K. Foger, M.J. Murray
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
The growing need for electricity generation by the most efficient and environmentally acceptable routes predicts a promising future for a technology such as fuel cells which fulfill both requirements. With the use of fuel cells, the consumption of fu...
Tectonic Development of the Gippsland Basin and Environs: Identification of Key Episodes Using Apatite Fission Track Analysis (AFTA)
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: I. R. Duddy, P.F. Green
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Apatite Fission Track Analysis (AFTA) is a thermal history reconstruction tool that enables determination of magnitude and timing of maximum paleotemperature and paleo-geothermal gradient at the time of maximum paleotemperatures. From this informatio...
Managing the Impact of Environmental Law on Major Resource Development Projects
- Publication Name: Energy, Economics and Environment - Gippsland Basin Symposium (June 1992)
- Authors: P. Rose
- Date Published: June 1992
Abstract:
Ensuring the success of a major resource development project, whether in the Gippsland Basin or elsewhere, is typically both a complex and costly process. It is therefore imperative from the point of view of the proponents of such a project - and in ...
Offshore Gippsland Silver Jubilee
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: B. R. Brown
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
During the past twenty-five years, since BHP acquired the Victorian offshore permits PEP 38 and PEP 39, over 71,000 km of seismic data have been collected and 136 exploration and appraisal wells drilled excluding junked wells. BHP and Esso have colle...
Late Mesozoic – Cenozoic trans – Tasman tectonics: evidence from the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: P.R. Evans
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Generally accepted reconstructions of the Australian, Antarctic and related cratonic plates adjacent to the southwest Pacific in pre-Late Cretaceous times place the Gippsland Basin, southeast Australia, and the Taranaki Basin of western New Zealand o...
A comparison of hydrocarbon plays in the Bass, Gippsland, Otway and Taranaki Basins
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: J.K. Davidson and K.C. Morrison
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
A modified version of the Global Basin Classification (Kingston et al., 1983) can be used to identify the geological controls of hydrocarbon plays in, and between, sedimentary basins. The input data are descriptive, requiring minimal interpretation w...
Non-petroleum gas accumulations, Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: S. Ozimic
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences of the Gippsland, Bass and Otway Basins contain concentrations of non-petroleum gases, principally carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide and helium, ranging in purity from trace to 98.9 per cent. Normally the...
The Gippsland Basin – development and stratigraphy
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: B.R. Thompson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The Gippsland Basin is a post-Early Cretaceous and hydrocarbons within a 4500 m thick sedimentary pile. Tectonic activity in the Late Cretaceous resulted in the formation of a narrow graben over an infilled. Early Cretaceous rift and gradually enlar...
Regional evaluation of the tectonic and thermal history of the Gippsland Region
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: K.A. Hegarty, I.R. Duddy, P.F. Green, A.J.W. Gleadow, I. Fraser and J.K. Weissel
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The subsidence history at several locations within the Gippsland Basin is reconstructed using biostratigraphic
and lithostratigraphic data from onshore and offshore wells. Four distinct Zones which correspond to different patterns of subsidence are i...
Recent exploration in PEPs 109 and 110, onshore Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: S.R. Greaves
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Detailed airborne magnetic surveys in the Barracouta – Whiting area, Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: D.H. Tucker, R.J. Henderson, R. Franklin and S. Dennis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Airborne magnetic surveys can now provide much more detailed results due to improved equipment sensitivities and survey procedures. New techniques for the analysis of the results, such as image processing and computer-based routines, can reveal more ...
Lithostratigraphic and depositional architecture of the Latrobe Group, offshore Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: J.M. Bodard, V.J. Wall and R.A. Kanen
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Sediments making up the Upper Cretaceous-Eocene Latrobe Group in the offshore part of the Gippsland Basin comprise a thick amalgamated sequence of arenites, siltstones, variably carbonaceous mudstones, common coal beds and minor volcanics. The nature...