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Constraints on the hydrocarbon charge history of sandstone reservoirs in the Strzelecki Field, Eromanga Basin, South Australia

Constraints on the hydrocarbon charge history of sandstone reservoirs in the Strzelecki Field, Eromanga Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: L. Kramer, D.M. McKirdy, K.R. Arouri, L. Schwark and D. Leythaeuser
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

The Strzelecki oil and gas field is located on the southern margin of the Nappamerri Trough, a major hydrocarbon kitchen in the Cooper/Eromanga petroleum province of central Australia. Its oil-bearing sandstones (Hutton, Birkhead, Namur) are all of M...

 

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Tags: Biomarkers chargehistory. CooperBasin. EromangaBasin. in-reservoir mixing migration residual oil solvent flow-through extraction

3D structural analysis of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea

3D structural analysis of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill & N. Hoffman
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A 3D structural model of the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea was constructed through interpreting and depth converting Geoscience Australia's VTT survey. The model was progressively back-stripped, decompacted and restored to reveal its palaeo-architectur...

 

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Tags: hydrocarbon migration Sea structural Sub-basin Timor

Coincidence of radiometric anomaly with surface petroleum near Sale, East Gippsland, Victoria

Coincidence of radiometric anomaly with surface petroleum near Sale, East Gippsland, Victoria

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 29
Authors: I.C.F. Stewart, B.L. Dickson, G.M. Taylor, M.J. Deuter, R.J. Annells and J.N. Mulready
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: June 2002

 

Abstract:

A large anomaly about 3 km across found in the uranium channel of an aerial gamma-ray survey over the onshore section of the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, has been shown to coincide with an accumulation of biodegraded hydrocarbons and radium ...

 

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Tags: Journal migration Radiometric Radium Surface Petroleum Uranium

Migration of Oil and Gas into the Maui Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Migration of Oil and Gas into the Maui Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: R.H. Funnell, V.M. Stagpoole, A. Nicol, S.D. Killops, A.G. Reyes and D. Darby
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The oil and gas/condensate Maui Field in the Taranaki Basin lies 30 km off the west coast of the North Island, New Zealand. The field consists of two broad anticlinal closures formed by Miocene compression, and structurally enhanced by Plio-Pleistoce...

 

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Tags: basin gas Maui Field migration New Zealand oil Taranaki

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

 

Abstract:

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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Tags: basin's Central Australia Cooper Eromanga migration Mixing Oil's

AFTA-Calibrated 2-D Modelling of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Using Temispack: Preliminary Results from the Otway Basin

AFTA-Calibrated 2-D Modelling of Hydrocarbon Generation and Migration Using Temispack: Preliminary Results from the Otway Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: I.R. Duddy and B. Erout
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Commercial hydrocarbon discoveries in the Otway Basin are currently limited to the Victorian Port Campbell Embayment, both onshore and offshore and the onshore Penola Trough in South Australia. Previous AFTA -based studies have shown that the regiona...

 

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Tags: basin Calibrated Generation hydrocarbon migration Otway preliminary results seismic interpretation Temispack

Addressing the Oil Migration Risks in the Great Australian Bight

Addressing the Oil Migration Risks in the Great Australian Bight

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: M. Lisk, D. Hall, J. Ostby and M.P. Brincat
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

An investigation of the oil migration risks in the Great Australian Bight has been completed using an integrated approach that combines conventional oil and gas shows with fluid inclusion evaluation techniques. Fluid nclusion 'oil shows' detected by...

 

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Tags: Great Australian Bight migration oil Risks

3D Palaeo-Migration Pathway Analysis: An Example from the Timor Sea

3D Palaeo-Migration Pathway Analysis: An Example from the Timor Sea

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill, N. Hoffman and G.W. O'Brien
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

To determine the hydrocarbon migration paths into a trap, it is necessary to know the 3D structural architecture of the reservoir horizon(s) and the extent of the source rock horizon(s) at the time(s) of hydrocarbon generation and expulsion. In 3DMov...

 

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Tags: migration Palaeo Pathway Timor Sea

Hydrous pyrolysis of samples from Bayu 1, Zone of Co-operation, Bonaparte Basin, Australia: Relevance to the potential misidentification of source rock facies in cap rocks and interbedded reservoir shales

Hydrous pyrolysis of samples from Bayu 1, Zone of Co-operation, Bonaparte Basin, Australia: Relevance to the potential misidentification of source rock facies in cap rocks and interbedded reservoir shales

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 26
Authors: John D. Gorter and Birgitta Hartung-Kagi
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The occurrence of migrated hydrocarbons in lithologies traditionally thought of as being impermeable to invasion by hydrocarbons, that is, cap rocks or interbedded nonreservoir shales, has the potential for misinterpretation of source facies. Supersa...

 

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Tags: cap rock Hydrous pyrolysis migration misidentification source rock

Industry News: AMF Celebrates 25 Years, ALF Survey Indicates Oil Migration, Guardian Data Adds To High Density Media Capabilities

Industry News: AMF Celebrates 25 Years, ALF Survey Indicates Oil Migration, Guardian Data Adds To High Density Media Capabilities

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

 

 

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Tags: Capabilities Celebrates data Density Guardian High Indicates Industry Media migration News oil Survey Years

Technical articles: Hydrocarbon potential of the North West Cape area Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Technical articles: Hydrocarbon potential of the North West Cape area Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 24
Authors: A. Crostella
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: December 1996

 

Abstract:

The initial attractions of the North West Cape area were the large surface anticlines of the Rough, Cape and Giralia Ranges. Thirty-six petroleum exploration and appraisal wells were drilled in the area between 1953 and 1992. The first well, Rough Ra...

 

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Tags: Birdrong Sandstone Carnarvon Basin Hydrocarbon raps migration North West Cape retention. Rough Range 1 strike-slip faults

Technical articles: Geohistory modelling of hydrocarbon migration and trap formation in the Arafura Sea

Technical articles: Geohistory modelling of hydrocarbon migration and trap formation in the Arafura Sea

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 24
Authors: Aidan Moore, John Bradshaw and Dianne Edwards
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: December 1996

 

Abstract:

Exploration for hydrocarbons in the Arafura Sea to the north and east of Darwin has been concentrated in the Goulburn Graben. Nine wells have been drilled without finding a commercial accumulation. Therefore, exploration ceased in this area which was...

 

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Tags: Geohistory Journal migration Trap Formation

Oil Migration in the Cartier Trough, Vulcan Sub-basin

Oil Migration in the Cartier Trough, Vulcan Sub-basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Mark Lisk and Peter Eadington
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In currently water wet sandstones of the Plover Formation from Octavius-2 the high percentage of quartz grains containing oil bearing inclusions is comparable to oil zone samples from Jabiru-1A. This evidence for high palaeo-oil saturation in samples...

 

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Tags: Cartier migration oil Sub-basin Trough

Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin

Timing of Hydrocarbon Migration into the Admiral bay Fault Zone, Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Stuart McCracken
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Admiral Bay Fault Zone (ABFZ) was initiated in the earliest Ordovician (Tremodocian) as extensional faults on the northern margin of a half graben, the Willara Sub-basin. Growth of the ABFZ ceased during the late Early Ordovician when thermal sub...

 

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Tags: basin bay Canning fault hydrocarbon migration timing Zone

Heat Flow Regime and Implications for Oil Maturation and Migration in the Offshore Northern Carnarvon Basin

Heat Flow Regime and Implications for Oil Maturation and Migration in the Offshore Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: M.G. Swift, H.M.J. Stagg and D.A. Falvey
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The present day heat-flow distribution in the Exmouth Plateau region has now been compiled from 74 direct seabed measurements on the plateau and over the Kangaroo Syncline, and from bottom hole and seabed temperatures of23 offshore oil exploration we...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon flow Heat implications maturation migration northern offshore oil Regime

Oil Migration in the Northern Canning Basin – A Regional Review

Oil Migration in the Northern Canning Basin – A Regional Review

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: E.J. (Ted) Ellyard
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Oil generation and migration in the Fitzroy Trough and adjacent shelf regions of the northern Canning Basin has been reviewed. Optical maturity indicators were used to define the maturity versus depth relationship at well locations between Lake Betty...

 

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Tags: basin Canning migration northern oil Regional Review

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