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The North Queensland Power Project

The North Queensland Power Project

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

 

Abstract:

The North Queensland project was first promoted by the Queensland Government in 2000 on the basis of a base load gas fired power station in Townsville. The project did not proceed at that time and the Government requested submissions and went through...

 

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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

Recent discoveries in the Barrow Sub-basin: Linda, Gipsy, North Gypsy, Rose, Lee, Gibson, Simpson, South Plato, Double Island, Victoria, Little Sandy, Pedirka and Hoover

Recent discoveries in the Barrow Sub-basin: Linda, Gipsy, North Gypsy, Rose, Lee, Gibson, Simpson, South Plato, Double Island, Victoria, Little Sandy, Pedirka and Hoover

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Apache Energy Ltd
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Apache Energy Ltd and its TL/1,5,6 co-venturers {Kufpec Australia Pty Ltd and Tap {Harriet) Pty) have drilled several discovery wells in the Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin since 1998. These include eight new discoveries (Gibson, South Plato,...

 

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Tags: discoveries Double Gibson Gipsy Hoover Island Lee Linda Little North Pedirka Plato Rose Sandy Simpson South Sub-basin Victoria

Pressure seal and deep overpressure modeling in the Barrow Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Pressure seal and deep overpressure modeling in the Barrow Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S. He & M. Middleton
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A deep overpressured system occurs in the thick Jurassic sequence, and parts of the Cretaceous BarrowGroup of the Barrow Sub-basin. This has been confirmedby repeat formation tests and drill stem tests which reveal excess pressures ranging from 24 MP...

 

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Tags: Australia. deep Modeling North overpressure pressure seal shelf. Sub-basin

Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.N.F. Hull & C.M. Griffiths
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A high-resolution sequence stratigraphic study has been conducted to investigate the evolution of the Albian to Recent section of the Dampier Sub-basin. The section has been divided into sequences, the ages of which are constrained by biostratigraphi...

 

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Tags: Australia. Dampier evolution North recent section sequence shelf. stratigraphic Sub-basin

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Revised tectonic evolution of the North West Shelf of Australia and adjacent abyssal plains

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: C. Heine, R.D. M?ller & M. Norvick
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: Australia. evolution North plains shelf. tectonic

Geohistory of the North West Shelf: a tool to assess the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic motion of the Australian Plate

Geohistory of the North West Shelf: a tool to assess the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic motion of the Australian Plate

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G.D. Borel & G.M. Stampfli
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Phanerowic motion of the Australian plate was compared with the geohistory of the North West Shelf of Australia, combining stratigraphic, sedimentary and palaeontological data from 42 wells drilled offshore and onshore along the North West Shelf....

 

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Tags: Australian Geohistory Mesozoic motion North Palaeozoic Plate shelf.

Tertiary foundations and Quaternary evolution of coral reef systems of Australia’s North West Shelf

Tertiary foundations and Quaternary evolution of coral reef systems of Australia’s North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: L.B. Collins
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The North West Shelf is a modem tropical ramp, which is underlain by Cretaceous-Tertiary carbonates, with clastic reservoirs at depth. Coral reef systems, discontinuously developed during the Late Tertiary-Quaternary, vary from fringing reefs to isol...

 

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Tags: Australia's coral evolution foundations North Quaternary reef shelf. systems Tertiary

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Trace fossils as tools in glauconitic reservoirs: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of the Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: F.E. Burns
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Trace fossil analysis is a key tool in the understanding of reservoir heterogeneity within the glauconitic Lower Cretaceous strata of the Carnarvon Basin. Twelve wells with core through the M australis and Mardie Greensand intervals in the Stag Field...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. examples fossils glauconitic Lower North reservoirs shelf. Tools Trace

The North West Shelf of Australia – a Woodside perspective

The North West Shelf of Australia – a Woodside perspective

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: I.M. Longley, C. Buessenschuett, L. Clydsdale, C.J. Cubitt, R.C. Davis, M.K. Johnson, N.M. Marshall, A.P. Murray, R. Somerville, T.B. Spry & N.B. Thompson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The North West Shelf of Australia is a world class gas province with minor oily sweet spots. It is a marginal rift with pre-rift Permo~ Triassic intracratonic sediments, overlain by Jurassic to Cainozoic syn- and post-rift successions. These were dep...

 

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Tags: Australia. North perspective shelf. Woodside

Cenozoic History of the North and East Australian Margins

Cenozoic History of the North and East Australian Margins

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

 

Abstract:

By the Late Mesozoic the Australian continent was surrounded by passive margins. At the east Australian margin spreading began between the Tasman Sea and the Coral Sea. The character of rifting was similar to that which occurred several times during ...

 

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Tags: Australian Cenozoic East history margins North

Technical Focus: Improved 30 Seismic Imaging Expands North Sea Vision. Workstation Interpretive Depth Imaging Solves Gas Cloud Problem – Thad Dunbar and Mark Lance

Technical Focus: Improved 30 Seismic Imaging Expands North Sea Vision. Workstation Interpretive Depth Imaging Solves Gas Cloud Problem – Thad Dunbar and Mark Lance

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Thad Dunbar and Mark Lance
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1999

 

 

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Tags: Cloud Depth Expands Focus gas Imaging Improved Interpretive Mark Lance North Problem Sea Seismic Solves Technical Thad Dunbar Vision Workstation

Mechanisms of Dynamic Seal Failure in the Timor Sea and Central North Sea Basins

Mechanisms of Dynamic Seal Failure in the Timor Sea and Central North Sea Basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Richard R. Hillis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The seals to hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Timor Sea and central North Sea often fail, despite being thick shales that should not be prone to capillary leakage. It is likely that fracturing of these seals, herein termed dynamic seal failure, contribu...

 

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Tags: basin's central Dynamic Failure Mechanisms North Sea seal Timor

Structural Evolution of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf: New Concepts from Deep-seismic Data

Structural Evolution of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf: New Concepts from Deep-seismic Data

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Heike I.M. Struckmeyer, Jane E. Blevin, Jacques Sayers, Jennifer M. Totterdell, Ken Baxter and Donna L. Cathro
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

In 1996 and 1997, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) conducted an integrated analysis of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf, based on the structural and sequence stratigraphic interpretation of AGSO's regional deep-seismic and high-...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Concepts data deep evolution New North Seismic shelf. structural

Tectonostratigraphic Framework and Petroleum Systems of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf

Tectonostratigraphic Framework and Petroleum Systems of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. E. Blevin, H. I. M. Struckmeyer, D. L. Cathro, J. M. Totterdell, C. J. Boreham, K. K. Romine, T. S. Loutit and J. Sayers
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

A regional study of the Browse Basin, undertaken at AGSO during 1996-97, sought to develop a structural and stratigraphic model for the evolution of the basin, with particular emphasis on the evolution of petroleum systems in the prospective Mesozoic...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Framework North petroleum shelf. systems Tectonostratigraphic

An Effective Lower Cretaceous Petroleum System on the North West Shelf: Evidence from the Browse Basin

An Effective Lower Cretaceous Petroleum System on the North West Shelf: Evidence from the Browse Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. E. Blevin, C. J. Boreham, R. E. Summons, H. I. M. Struckmeyer and T. S. Loutit
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Recent discoveries at Cornea 1 and Gwydion 1 on the southeastern margin of the Browse Basin (Yampi Shelf) have highlighted the potential for liquid hydrocarbon generation in what was previously perceived to be a gas-prone basin. As part of AGSO's Bro...

 

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Tags: basin Browse Cretaceous. Effective evidence Lower North petroleum shelf. system

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.

Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Indicators of Biodegredation in North Western Australian Reservoirs

Aromatic Hydrocarbons as Indicators of Biodegredation in North Western Australian Reservoirs

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S. J. Fisher, R. Alexander, R. I. Kagi and G. A. Oliver
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The weathering of condensate released into intertidal coastal sediments in north Western Australia was studied by analysing sediment samples collected on eleven occasions over a three-year period. Chemical analysis of the saturated and aromatic hydro...

 

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Tags: Aromatic Australian Biodegredation hydrocarbons Indicators North reservoirs

Hydrocarbon Leakage on the North West Shelf, Australia: New Information from the Integration of Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) and Structural Data

Hydrocarbon Leakage on the North West Shelf, Australia: New Information from the Integration of Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) and Structural Data

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G. T. Cooper, C. R. Barnes, J. D. Bourne and G. J. Channon
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Airborne Laser Fluorosensor (ALF) data from the AC/PlS region of the Timor Sea have been interpreted in conjunction with high quality 2D Andromeda reflection seismic data. ALF anomalies are observed to occur at or near the tips of major Mesozoic faul...

 

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Tags: Australia. data Fluorosensor hydrocarbon Information Integration Laser leakage. New North shelf. structural

Neogene Deformation of the North West Shelf, Australia

Neogene Deformation of the North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M. Keep, C. McA. Powell and P. W. Baillie
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Changing angles of collision between the Indo- Australian and Eurasian plates result in a variety of reactivation structures along the North West Shelf. Specific reactivation patterns vary depending on the convergence angle at any point around the Sh...

 

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Tags: Australia. Deformation Neogene North shelf.

Palaeogeography and its Impact on the Petroleum Systems of the North West Shelf, Australia

Palaeogeography and its Impact on the Petroleum Systems of the North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. Bradshaw, J. Sayers, M. Bradshaw, R. Kneale, C. Ford, L. Spencer and M. Lisk
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Palaeogeographic studies of the North West Shelf region give insights into the operation of a number of prolific petroleum systems. Some systems are currently being exploited (Dampier Sub-basin) while others have yet to fulfil their potential (Exmout...

 

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Tags: Australia. impact North palaeogeography petroleum shelf. systems

Higher Plant Biomarkers on the Nmth West Shelf: Application in Stratigraphic Correlation and Palaeoclimate Reconstruction

Higher Plant Biomarkers on the Nmth West Shelf: Application in Stratigraphic Correlation and Palaeoclimate Reconstruction

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: B. G. K. van Aarssen, R. Alexander and R. 1. Kagi
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Recently developed biomarker technology has been used to correlate sedimentary sequences on the North West Shelf. Higher plants present at time of deposition of the sediments leave a fingerprint in the form of chemical fossils. This fingerprint refle...

 

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Tags: Application Biomarkers Correlation Higher North palaeoclimate Plant Reconstruction shelf. stratigraphic

First Gas to North West Queensland-An End User’s Perspective

First Gas to North West Queensland-An End User’s Perspective

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1998
Authors: Ross Thompson
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1998

 

 

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Tags: End first gas North perspective Queensland User's

Exploration: North Browse 3D Survey Acquired For Frontier Exploration

Exploration: North Browse 3D Survey Acquired For Frontier Exploration

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

 

 

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Tags: Browse exploration Frontier North Survey

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

The PNG Gas Pipeline to North Queensland

The PNG Gas Pipeline to North Queensland

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1997
Authors: Ron Black
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1997

 

 

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Tags: gas North Pipeline PNG Queensland

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

Technical Focus: The North West Shelf Stress Map – Richard Hillis, Scott Mildren, Chris Pigram and Don Willoughby, Seismic Data – Are We Realising Its Full Potential? – Phil Williams and Mick Cook

Technical Focus: The North West Shelf Stress Map – Richard Hillis, Scott Mildren, Chris Pigram and Don Willoughby, Seismic Data – Are We Realising Its Full Potential? – Phil Williams and Mick Cook

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

 

 

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Tags: Chris Pigram data Don Willoughby Focus Full Map Mick Cook North Phil Williams potential Richard Hillis Scott Mildren Seismic shelf. Stress Technical

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Depositional System in the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and Petroleum Potential of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous Depositional System in the Dampier Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia

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

 

Abstract:

A diminishing prospect-inventory, based on traditional structural targets, has placed increasing emphasis upon finding commercially-viable stratigraphic traps. This is especially true in the Dampier Sub-basin where recent drilling has identified at l...

 

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Tags: Australia. Cretaceous. Dampier depositional Jurassic Lower North petroleum potential sequence shelf. stratigraphy Sub-basin system upper

Deep Reflections on the North West Shelf: Changing Perceptions of Basin Formation

Deep Reflections on the North West Shelf: Changing Perceptions of Basin Formation

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: AGSO North West Shelf Study Group
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Australian Geological Survey Organisation has recently acquired a unique grid of regional, deep-seismic data across all of the major structural elements of the North West Shelf. Interpretation of a set of 'dip' profiles across the northern Carnar...

 

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Tags: basin Changing deep formation North Perceptions Reflections shelf.

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