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Petroleum Systems and Source Rocks in the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory

Petroleum Systems and Source Rocks in the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory

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

 

Abstract:

This paper briefly addresses the source rock characteristics and petroleum systems present in the Amadeus Basin. Previous work has shown that there is really only one quality source rock - the Ordovician Horn Valley Siltstone. New data from CSIRO (Ma...

 

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Tags: Amadeus basin northern petroleum rocks source systems Territory

Conodont biostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Triassic on the western, northwestern and northern margins of the Australian Plate

Conodont biostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Triassic on the western, northwestern and northern margins of the Australian Plate

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.S. Nicoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

In the Triassic the northern margin of Gondwanan Pangea opened onto the Meso-Tethys Ocean. The then continental margin was formed by the Lhasa and West Burma Blocks and the New Guinea portion of the Australian Plate. Along what would become the margi...

 

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Tags: Australian biostratigraphy Conodont margins northern northwestern palaeogeography Plate Triassic

Palynological zonation and correlations of Latest Triassic in the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Palynological zonation and correlations of Latest Triassic in the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J. Backhouse, B.E. Balme, R. Helby, N.G. Marshall & R. Morgan
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A revised palynological wnation for the latest Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) of the North West Shelf is presented. The definition of the AshmoripoUis reducta Spore-pollen wne is modified and three subrones are recognised within both the Minutosaccus cre...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon correlations Latest northern Palynological Triassic zonation

Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Integrated approach to platform- basin correlation and deciphering the evolution of Devonian reefs, northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.D. George, N. Chow & K.M. Trinajstic
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Upper Devonian reef complexes are well exposed in a number of ranges along the Kimberley margin of the Fitzroy Trough in the northern Canning Basin. The Napier Range exposes predominantly fore-reef strata with remnants of older and coeval platform re...

 

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Tags: approach Australia. basin Canning Correlation deciphering Devonian evolution integrated northern platform Reefs

Effects of igneous activity in the offshore northern Perth Basin – evidence from petroleum exploration wells, 2D seismic and magnetic surveys

Effects of igneous activity in the offshore northern Perth Basin – evidence from petroleum exploration wells, 2D seismic and magnetic surveys

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.D. Gorter & I. Deighton
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Two and possibly three periods of Phanerozoic igneous activity, involving extrusive and intrusive events, are documented from the offihore northern Perth Basin, Western Australia. A Late Permian-earliest Triassic intrusive event is proved by intersec...

 

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Tags: basin Effects evidence exploration igneous Magnetic northern offshore Perth petroleum Seismic Surveys

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.J. Bond, N. Mader, F.E. Burns, M. Thompson & A.D. George
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. delta Deposition Group influenced Lower northern plain Sandstones Sub-basin Tidally

The Tectono-stratigraphic history of the northern margins of the Australian Plate from the Carnarvon Basin to Papua New Guinea

The Tectono-stratigraphic history of the northern margins of the Australian Plate from the Carnarvon Basin to Papua New Guinea

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

 

 

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Tags: Australian basin Carnarvon history margins northern Papua New Guinea Plate stratigraphic Tectono

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

A New Tectonic Model for the Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Falih M. Daim and Paul G. Lennox
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Continental-scale lineaments, including the configuration of the sedimentary basins, show that Australia is subdivided by master west-northwesttrending transcurrent faults, which have been active intermittently since the Proterozoic. Differential mob...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon evolution model northern tectonic

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. Tindale, N. Newell, J. Keall and N. Smith
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Exmouth Sub-basin forms part of the Exmouth-Barrow- Dampier intra-cratonic rift system of the Northern Carnarvon Basin. These sub-basins contain significant thicknesses of Upper Jurassic Dingo Claystone, which constitutes the principal hydrocarbo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history northern structural Sub-basin

Petroleum Geology of the Peedamulah Shelf, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Petroleum Geology of the Peedamulah Shelf, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A. R. Yasin and R. P. Iasky
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Five main tectonic phases are recorded as unconformities in the ?Ordovician-Tertiary succession of the Peedamullah Shelf: Lower-Middle Devonian rifting, Upper Carboniferous rift rejuvenation, Upper Jurassic breakup movements, Neocomian and Lower Midd...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon geology northern Peedamulah petroleum shelf.

Evidence for a Submarine Oil Seep in the Offshore Northern Perth Basin

Evidence for a Submarine Oil Seep in the Offshore Northern Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: T. J. Currie, R. Alexander and R. I. Kagi
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Coastal bitumens collected from the Western Australian coastline have been analysed for chemical fossils and the results combined with similar data for crude oils from the western continental margin. One group of asphaltic bitumens that occur along t...

 

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Tags: basin evidence northern offshore oil Perth Seep Submarine

Late Tertiary-Quaternary Geological Evolution of the Houtman Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, Northern Perth Basin

Late Tertiary-Quaternary Geological Evolution of the Houtman Abrolhos Carbonate Platforms, Northern Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Lindsay B. Collins, Zhong Rong Zhu and Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Houtman Abrolhos coral reefs are three shelf-edge carbonate platforms which together form the discontinuously rimmed Abrolhos Shelf. During the Tertiary to Quaternary there was a vertical transition from cool-water ramp sedimentation to reefal pl...

 

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Tags: basin carbonate evolution geological Houtman Late northern Perth Platforms Quaternary Tertiary

Contributions to the Geology of the Wiso Basin (Middle Cambrian to Ordovician), Northern Territory

Contributions to the Geology of the Wiso Basin (Middle Cambrian to Ordovician), Northern Territory

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Robert S. Nicoll, Robyn Purcell and Sally E. Phillips
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

For an almost completely unexplored basin, the Lander Trough has the 'correct address' containing source and reservoir rocks of the same age as those known in surrounding petroliferous areas, like the Amadeus and Georgina basins. The basin needs at l...

 

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Tags: basin Cambrian Contributions geology middle northern Ordovician Territory Wiso

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

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

 

 

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Tags: Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history Noel Newell northern structural Sub-basin Talks

New Gas Discoveries in the Northern Cooper Basin

New Gas Discoveries in the Northern Cooper Basin

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1996
Authors: Wecker, H.R.B., Ziolkowski, V., & Powis, G.D.
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: September 1996

 

 

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Tags: basin Cooper discoveries gas northern

The Structural Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Offshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

The Structural Architecture and Stratigraphy of the Offshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P. Quaife, J. Rosser and S. Pagnozzi
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The offshore northern Perth Basin is part of an extensive system of genetically -linked structural terrains which record the progressive rifting and Early Cretaceous breakup of the Australian and Greater Indian plates. At least two significant period...

 

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Tags: architecture Australia. basin northern offshore Perth stratigraphy structural

Northern Carnarvon Basin Hydrocarbon Distribution and Future Petroleum Potential

Northern Carnarvon Basin Hydrocarbon Distribution and Future Petroleum Potential

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

 

Abstract:

To date, exploration in the greater northern Carnarvon Basin has resulted in at least 80 wildcat discoveries, including four giant fields and seven major fields. With indicated total basin reserves of some 9.1 BBOE, this is Australia's richest oil an...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon distribution Future hydrocarbon northern petroleum potential

The Structural Foundations of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

The Structural Foundations of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: H.M.J. Stagg and J.B. Colwell
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

In 1991-92, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 4500 km of deep-seismic data over the northern Carnarvon Basin on the North West Shelf. These data image basin-forming events down to depths of 10-12 seconds (15-...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon foundations northern structural

Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: J.E. Blevin, A.E. Stephenson and B.G. West
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Beagle Sub-basin is a complex, Mesozoic wrench basin that is transitional between the outer offshore Canning Basin and the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins of the Carnarvon Basin. Regional mapping of seismic data undertaken by the Bureau of Resource...

 

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Tags: basin Beagle Carnarvon development implications Mesozoic northern petroleum potential structural Sub-basin

A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin

A Proposed Third-order Sequence Framework for the Upper Devonian Outcrops of the Northern Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D.B. Whittam, J.M. Kennard, R.B. Kirk, J.F. Sarg and P.N. Southgate
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Preliminary outcrop studies of the Devonian reef complexes exposed at the northern margin of the Canning Basin have identified six third-order sequences within a second-order, transgressive-regressive sequence. Significant lowstand events that result...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Devonian Framework northern order Outcrops Proposed sequence Third upper

Structural Evolution of the Onshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Structural Evolution of the Onshore Northern Perth Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.J. Mory and R.P. Iasky
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Analysis of fault trends from seismic, and aeromagnetic and gravity images, shows that the onshore northern Perth Basin has a complex tectonic history. Two major phases of tectonism are recognised: 1) extension in a northerly direction in the Permia...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin evolution northern onshore Perth structural

The prospects for Eromanga oil accumulations in the northern Cooper Basin region, Australia

The prospects for Eromanga oil accumulations in the northern Cooper Basin region, Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: A.R. Gilby and I.R. Mortimore
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Although the Eromanga Basin where it overlies the northern Cooper Basin has not proved as prolific an oil province as in the southern Cooper Basin, a number of key discoveries have been made in recent years which offer the prospect of further economi...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Cooper Eromanga northern oil Prospects region

The Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the northern Eromanga Basin

The Stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the northern Eromanga Basin

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: T. Scholefield
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Two areas with the potential to contain economic accumulations of hydrocarbons are recognised in the northern Eromanga Basin region. In the east and south, on the crest of the Maneroo Platform, an overbank/backswamp depositional environment for the B...

 

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Tags: basin Eromanga hydrocarbon northern potential stratigraphy

Gas and Oil Fields of the Rankin Trend and Northern Barrow-Dampier Sub-basin

Gas and Oil Fields of the Rankin Trend and Northern Barrow-Dampier Sub-basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: P. Vincent and L. Tilbury
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

Several large gas fields and numerous small oil accumulations have been discovered within the northern Barrow-Dampier Sub-basin and along the Rankin Trend. The majority of these fields occur in Upper Triassic to lowermost Jurassic fluvial and margina...

 

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Tags: Dampier fields gas northern oil Rankin Sub-basin Trend

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

Upper Triassic Palynofacies and Environmental Interpretations for the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, W.A.

Upper Triassic Palynofacies and Environmental Interpretations for the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, W.A.

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: A.N. Bint and R. Helby
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The Upper Triassic sequence penetrated on the Rankin Trend consists of the upper part of the Mungaroo Formation and the Brigadier Formation. Palynological and lithofacies subdivision of the sequence have provided a framework for recognition of seven ...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon environmental Interpretations northern Palynofacies Rankin Trend Triassic upper

Behaviour of Petroleum in Northern Australian Waters

Behaviour of Petroleum in Northern Australian Waters

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: R.I. Kagi, S.J. Fisher and R. Alexander
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

Australian light crudes or ondensates released on the warm waters of northern Australia will be dispersed rapidly by spreading and evaporation. These processes also occur with No.2 fuel oil (diesel), but at a reduced rate. Under favourable conditions...

 

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Tags: Australian Behaviour northern petroleum

Regional Geology of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Regional Geology of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: R.M. Hocking
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

The Carnarvon Basin has two distinct parts: a southern, onshore, north-trending group of sub-basins which contain up to 7 km of predominantly Palaeozoic sediments, and a northern, largely offshore, northeasttrending group of sub-basins which are up t...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon geology northern Regional

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Basal Winning Group, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the Basal Winning Group, Northern Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: R.M. Hocking, J.W.K. Voon and L.B. Collins
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

Sands at the base ofthe Winning Group, immediately beneath the Muderong Shale, can be assigned to three broad groups, on the basis of core, outcrop and electric log data. The groups are distinct lithofacies associations, and correspond to established...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Group northern Sedimentology stratigraphy Winning

Some Results of High Resolution Seismic Surveying in the Sundown Area, Northern Canning Basin, W.A.

Some Results of High Resolution Seismic Surveying in the Sundown Area, Northern Canning Basin, W.A.

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: D. Norris, D. Taylor, J. Hall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

In 1983 a 51 km Vibroseis3 survey was conducted over the Sundown Field and environs. Careful selection of field parameters resulted in a dramatic improvement in data quality and greatly increased understanding of the structure and stratigraphy of the...

 

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Tags: Area basin Canning High northern Resolution results Seismic Sundown Surveying

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