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Petroleum geology of New Zealand’s Northwest Frontier: The Northland sector of the greater Taranaki Basin

Petroleum geology of New Zealand’s Northwest Frontier: The Northland sector of the greater Taranaki Basin

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: C.I. Uruski
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

In recent years, data have been gathered and knowledge accumulated about the geology of the Taranaki Basin frontier. Historically, Taranaki Basin has been considered to consist of the Taranaki Peninsula and the adjacent continental shelf, out to the ...

 

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Tags: Cretaceous. greater Taranaki Jurassic New Zealand Northland Basin petroleum potential rifting

Leaf biomass – a new paradigm for sourcing the terrestrial oils of Taranaki Basin

Leaf biomass – a new paradigm for sourcing the terrestrial oils of Taranaki Basin

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: R. Sykes, L.R. Snowdon and P.E. Johansen
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

Late Cretaceous-Eocene coal measures have sourced waxy, paraffinic crude oils in the otherwise gas-rich Taranaki Basin, but incomplete understanding of organofacies controls on the generation and expulsion of non-volatile oil has hindered prediction ...

 

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Tags: coal cutinite kinetics. Late Cretaceous liptinite New Zealand oil potential pyrolysis Rakopi Formation Taranaki Basin

Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Late Cretaceous-Eocene basin evolution in the SW Pacific from integrated geology; marine geophysics, and global mantle convection models

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: R. Sutherland, P. King and R. Herzer
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

There are two significant events during the evolution of the South Pacific since 100 Ma that allow its history to be subdivided. The first event was the Late Cretaceous final fragmentation of Gondwana. Seafloor magnetic anomalies show that oceanic se...

 

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Tags: Antarctica Australia. basin's continental deformation hotspots New Zealand South Pacific tectonics

Miocene Turbidite Reservoir Systems in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: Established Plays and Analogues for Deep-Water Exploration

Miocene Turbidite Reservoir Systems in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: Established Plays and Analogues for Deep-Water Exploration

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P.R. King and G.H. Browne
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Two turbidite formations, Moki and Mount Messenger, represent discrete progradational sandy pulses in an otherwise mud-dominated regressive Miocene succession in the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. The fairways for these formations overlap, with best de...

 

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Tags: Deep-Water Established exploration Miocene New Zealand plays reservoir. systems Taranaki Basin turbidite

Geophysical Definition of the Kapuni Coastal Facies of the Western Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Geophysical Definition of the Kapuni Coastal Facies of the Western Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: E. Matthews and C. Lewis
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Coastal sand bodies within the Eocene-Paleocene Kapuni Group are a prime target for exploration in the Taranaki Basin. While regional amplitude mapping can be used to map the major facies belts, more detailed local mapping is needed to identify indiv...

 

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Tags: Definition Geophysical Kapuni Coastal New Zealand Taranaki Basin

Cook Strait, New Zealand – A New Frontier Basin

Cook Strait, New Zealand – A New Frontier Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: G.R. Holdgate and R. Shaw
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Cook Strait lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. Understanding the basin geology beneath Cook Strait has been hampered by a lack of modern seismic, as all existing petroleum seismic was shot before 1974. In 1998 NIWA obtained over...

 

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Tags: basin Cook Strait Frontier New Zealand

Re-Evaluating Thermal History Models for the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Using Apatite Fission Track and (U-Th)/He Data From Well Sections

Re-Evaluating Thermal History Models for the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Using Apatite Fission Track and (U-Th)/He Data From Well Sections

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P.V. Crowhurst, P.F. Green and P.J.J. Kamp
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Reliable reconstruction of thermal histories in sedimentary basins is a key aspect of reducing exploration risk, e.g. In defining the timing of hydrocarbon generation in source kitchens and identifying tectonic episodes which may have caused disrupti...

 

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Tags: Apatite basin data Fission history Models New Zealand Sections Taranaki thermal Track

Interpretation of Burial and Diagenetic History of Northland Allochthon Rocks, Northland Basin, New Zealand

Interpretation of Burial and Diagenetic History of Northland Allochthon Rocks, Northland Basin, New Zealand

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: N. Aadil, P. Black and P.F. Ballance
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Northland Allochthon is a structurally displaced rock unit comprising an originally fining-upwards passive margin wedge which accumulated adjacent to northeastern New Zealand between the Middle Cretaceous and Late Oligocene. The wedge was obducted on...

 

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Tags: basin Burial Diagenetic history Interpretation New Zealand Northland Allochthon rocks

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

New Zealand

New Zealand

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: October 1999

 

 

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Tags: New Zealand

New Zealand: Update of Exploration And Production Activity

New Zealand: Update of Exploration And Production Activity

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1999

 

 

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Tags: exploration New Zealand production Update

New Zealand: Greig Gailey, Chief Executive, Fletcher Challenge Energy, Fletcher Challenge Energy – A Company Profile

New Zealand: Greig Gailey, Chief Executive, Fletcher Challenge Energy, Fletcher Challenge Energy – A Company Profile

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: Challenge Chief Company energy Executive Fletcher Greig Gailey New Zealand profile

New Zealand: North Island – Onshore & Offshore Activity

New Zealand: North Island – Onshore & Offshore Activity

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: October 1998

 

 

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Tags: Island New Zealand North offshore onshore

New Zealand: New Zealand’s Petroleum Exploration Pulse Continues To Beat Strong – Beatrice Mare

New Zealand: New Zealand’s Petroleum Exploration Pulse Continues To Beat Strong – Beatrice Mare

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Beatrice Mare
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: August 1998

 

 

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Tags: Beat Beatrice Mare Continues exploration New Zealand petroleum Pulse Strong

New Zealand: New Zealand Gas Flows

New Zealand: New Zealand Gas Flows

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1998

 

 

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Tags: Flows gas New Zealand

New Zealand: New Zealand Petroleum Conference – Rick Wilkinson

New Zealand: New Zealand Petroleum Conference – Rick Wilkinson

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Rick Wilkinson
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1998

 

 

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Tags: Conference New Zealand petroleum Rick Wilkinson

New Zealand: New Zealand’s Summer Of Exploration Underway

New Zealand: New Zealand’s Summer Of Exploration Underway

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1998

 

 

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Tags: exploration New Zealand Summer Underway

Technical Focus: Semblance Technology and DHI Analyses, Kupe, New Zealand – Mark L. Sloan and Angus Ruddock, Thermal History In Hydrocarbon Exploration – Paul F. Green, Kerry A. Hegarty, Ian R. Duddy

Technical Focus: Semblance Technology and DHI Analyses, Kupe, New Zealand – Mark L. Sloan and Angus Ruddock, Thermal History In Hydrocarbon Exploration – Paul F. Green, Kerry A. Hegarty, Ian R. Duddy

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

 

 

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Tags: Angus Ruddock DHI exploration Focus history hydrocarbon Ian Duddy Kerry Hegarty Kupe Mark Sloan New Zealand Paul Green Semblance Technical technology thermal

New Zealand: Enegy Burst for New Zealand’s Oil and Gas Future, Exploration and Production News

New Zealand: Enegy Burst for New Zealand’s Oil and Gas Future, Exploration and Production News

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

 

 

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Tags: Burst Enegy exploration Future gas New Zealand News oil production

New Zealand: AFO Underlined For Exploration Applications

New Zealand: AFO Underlined For Exploration Applications

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

 

 

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Tags: Applications exploration New Zealand Underlined

No. 22_New Zealand – Regional Focus.pdf

No. 22_New Zealand – Regional Focus.pdf

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

 

 

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Tags: Focus New Zealand Regional Suppliment

New Zealand: New Dynamics In New Zealand – Rick Wilkinson

New Zealand: New Dynamics In New Zealand – Rick Wilkinson

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Rick Wilkinson
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1996

 

 

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Tags: Dynamics New New Zealand Rick Wilkinson

Technical Articles: Petroleum potential of Western Southland, South Island, New Zealand

Technical Articles: Petroleum potential of Western Southland, South Island, New Zealand

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 21
Authors: Chris Uruski
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: July 1993

 

 

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Tags: compressive faulting Journal New Zealand petroleum potential seismic interpretation strike-slip faulting structural closures tensional faulting Western Southland

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

The coal basins of western New Zealand – an introduction

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: P. G. Purcell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Cretaceous-Lower Tertiary coal measures in west central New Zealand include the Pororari Group (Albian), the Paparoa Group (Maastrichtian-Paleocene), the Pakawau Group (Maastrichtian-Eocene) and the Brunner Coal Measures and Kapuni Group (EoceneEarly...

 

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Tags: basin's coal Introduction New Zealand

Establishing the elusive paleo-play – a case study of the Kahurangi Fault Zone, Southern Taranaki, New Zealand

Establishing the elusive paleo-play – a case study of the Kahurangi Fault Zone, Southern Taranaki, New Zealand

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: B.A. Sissons and R.D. Walsh
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

Main hydrocarbon sources and reservoirs within the Taranaki Basin are Upper Cretaceous through Lower Tertiary fluvial to paralic sediments deposited in and around fault-angle depressions associated with the breakaway of New Zealand from eastern Austr...

 

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Tags: elusive Establishing fault Kahurangi New Zealand paleo-play southern Taranaki Zone

Evolution of the Karamea Basin, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Evolution of the Karamea Basin, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: H. McQuillan
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The complex tectonic evolution of the South Island portion of New Zealand's West Coast Cretaceous through Tertiary sedimentary basin has resulted in the formation of a series of discrete sub-basins. Most hydrocarbon exploration effort to date has bee...

 

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Tags: basin Coast evolution Island Karamea New Zealand South

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