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Successful Development Of Technology for Commercial Exploitation of the Stuart Oil Shale Deposit, Central Queensland

Successful Development Of Technology for Commercial Exploitation of the Stuart Oil Shale Deposit, Central Queensland

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

 

Abstract:

Southern Pacific Petroleum NL (SPP) is currently producing about 2,700 barrels of oil per stream day (bpsd) from the $360 million Stuart Demonstration Module (Stage 1). Since operation commenced in late 1999, the plant has produced a total of 965,000...

 

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Tags: central commercial Deposit development Exploitation oil Queensland Shale Stuart Successful technology

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 2003

 

 

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Tags: exploration gas Gippsland oil petroleum Victorian

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

Controls on the Trap Integrity of the Skua Oil Field, Timor Sea

Controls on the Trap Integrity of the Skua Oil Field, Timor Sea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A. Gartrell, M. Lisk & J. Underschultz
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A new fill-spill model has been produced for the Skua Oil Field that challenges the importance of Mio-Pliocene fault reactivation as the principal control on trap integrity. Integration of contemporary and palaeo-fluid-flow indicators within a 3D str...

 

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Tags: controls field integrity oil Sea Skua Timor trap

Evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge in the Bayu gas-condensate field, Timor Sea

Evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge in the Bayu gas-condensate field, Timor Sea

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: S.C. George, M. Lisk, P.J. Eadington & R.A. Quezada
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The distribution of oil-bearing fluid inclusions (FI) in Jurassic reservoir sandstones from Bayu 1 (Northern Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea) is consistent with the presence of a palaeo-oil column of at least 20 m height, beneath a 46-53 m thick palaeo-ga...

 

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Tags: Bayu charge Condensate early evidence field gas marine oil Sea sourced Timor

Geological history of the western Barrow Sub-basin: Implications for hydrocarbon entrapment at Woollybutt and surrounding oil and gas fields

Geological history of the western Barrow Sub-basin: Implications for hydrocarbon entrapment at Woollybutt and surrounding oil and gas fields

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D.J. Hearty, G.K. Ellis & K.A. Webster
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Woollybutt Oil Field, discovered in 1997, is located approximately 50 km west of Barrow Island in the Barrow Sub-basin of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The under-saturated oil accumulation occurs in sandstones of the Early Cret...

 

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Tags: entrapment fields gas geological history hydrocarbon implications oil Sub-basin surrounding Woollybutt

Rough Range Oil Field, Carnarvon Basin

Rough Range Oil Field, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: G.K. Ellis & K.E. Jonasson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Rough Range Oil Field in the onshore Carnarvon Basin was discovered in 1953 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd with the drilling of Rough Range 1, which intersected an 8.6 m gross oil column in the Early Cretaceous Birdrong Sandstone. Twelve ap...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon field oil Range Rough

Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin

Blina Oil Field, Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K.E. Jonasson & R.F. Reiser
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Blina Oil Field, a Famennian carbonate reefal structure situated on the Lennard Shelf in the onshore Canning Basin, was discovered in 1981 by Home Oil Australia. Blina 1 intersected a 58 m oil column in the Late Devonian Nullara Limestone and 50-...

 

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Tags: basin Blina Canning field oil

The Cliff Head Oil Discovery – Offshore Perth Basin

The Cliff Head Oil Discovery – Offshore Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: N.T. Jones & A.D. Hall
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The intersection of a 36 m gross oil column in Cliff Head 1 in the offshore North Perth Basin has proven that an established onshore play-type is valid offshore and has confirmed the hydrocarbon potential of the Beagle Ridge. The play concept, Permo-...

 

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Tags: basin Cliff discovery Head offshore oil Perth

Queensland – 101 Years of Oil and Gas Discoveries

Queensland – 101 Years of Oil and Gas Discoveries

Authors: Rod Brown
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2001

 

 

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Tags: discoveries gas oil Queensland Years

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 Oil from a Mature Gas Field – The History of the Moomba Oil Discoveries

New Oil from a Mature Gas Field – The History of the Moomba Oil Discoveries

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

 

Abstract:

In 1997, after 31 years of gas production and 89 wells, oil was discovered in the Jurassic-Cretaceous Eromanga Basin strata overlying the Moomba Gas Field in the Permian Cooper Basin. Of the 140 wells drilled in Moomba to date, 22 wells have targeted...

 

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Tags: discoveries field gas history Mature Moomba oil

Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils

Charge Histories of Petroleum Reservoirs in the Gippsland and Taranaki Basins – Evidence From the Analysis of Oil Inclusions and Crude Oils

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H. Volk, S.C. George, M. Lisk, S.D. Killops, M. Ahmed and R.A. Quezada
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Two case studies from the Blackback (Gippsland Basin) and the McKee oilfields (Taranaki Basin) demonstrate the potential of the Molecular Composition of Inclusions (MCI) technique to provide detailed charge histories of petroleum reservoirs. In Black...

 

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Tags: basin's charge crude evidence Gippsland Histories Inclusions oil petroleum reservoirs Taranaki

Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight

Character, Maturity and Distribution of Potential Cretaceous Oil Source Rocks in the Ceduna Sub-Basin, Bight Basin, Great Australian Bight

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H.I.M. Struckmeyer, J.M. Totterdell, J.E. Blevin, G.A. Logan, C.J. Boreham, I. Deighton, A.A. Krassay and M.T. Bradshaw
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

The Ceduna Sub-basin of the Bight Basin is a frontier region containing only one petroleum exploration well. Therefore, our assessment of the distribution of potential source rocks in the area is based on an understanding of the regional sequence str...

 

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Tags: basin Bight Ceduna character Cretaceous. distribution Great Australian Bight maturity oil potential rocks source Sub-basin

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

The Future of New Floats in the Oil and Gas Sector

The Future of New Floats in the Oil and Gas Sector

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 2000
Authors: Andrew Williams
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2000

 

 

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Tags: Floats Future gas oil Sector

Status of the Stuart Oil Shale Project

Status of the Stuart Oil Shale Project

Publication Name: PESA (QLD) Petroleum Symposium 1999
Authors: Graham Pope
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1999

 

 

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Tags: oil Project Shale status Stuart

Data Management: PPDM Manages Oil & Gas Data Better Faster – Yogi Schulz, Dave Fisher and Trudy Curtis

Data Management: PPDM Manages Oil & Gas Data Better Faster – Yogi Schulz, Dave Fisher and Trudy Curtis

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

 

 

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Tags: Better data Dave Fisher Faster gas management Manages oil PPDM Trudy Curtis Yogi Schulz

Research & Development: Schlumberger and Curtin University Open International Centre for Integrated Reservoir Studies, 125% R&D Tax Incentive, The Origins of Life, Sex and Oil

Research & Development: Schlumberger and Curtin University Open International Centre for Integrated Reservoir Studies, 125% R&D Tax Incentive, The Origins of Life, Sex and Oil

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

 

 

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Tags: Centre Curtin development Incentive integrated International Life oil Open Origin's R&D Research reservoir. Schlumberger Sex studies Tax University

International Opportunities: Brazil’s Oil Business: History and Future Opportunities in E & P – Roberto Fainstein

International Opportunities: Brazil’s Oil Business: History and Future Opportunities in E & P – Roberto Fainstein

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Roberto Fainstein
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1999

 

 

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Tags: Brazil's E&P Future history International oil Opportunities Roberto Fainstein

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

Continuous Oil Pools and Self-sourcing Reservoirs: International Examples and Australian Possibilities

Continuous Oil Pools and Self-sourcing Reservoirs: International Examples and Australian Possibilities

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John Scott
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Continuous oil pools form in source rocks where kerogen has been converted to oil but has not been completely expelled. Self-sourcing reservoirs occur where a continuous oil pool is sufficiently fractured to provide permeability and allow production ...

 

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Tags: Australian Continuous examples International oil Pools Possibilities reservoirs Self sourcing

Geochemistry of a Palaeo-oil Column, Octavius 2, Vulcan Sub-basin

Geochemistry of a Palaeo-oil Column, Octavius 2, Vulcan Sub-basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Simon C. George, Mark Lisk, Peter J. Eadington and Robinson A. Quezada
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Octavius 2 is a plugged and abandoned exploration well in the Vulcan Sub-basin that penetrated waterwet sandstones of the Plover Formation. However, the abundance of oil-bearing fluid inclusions determined using the GOI? technique suggests that the s...

 

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Tags: Column geochemistry Octavius oil Palaeo Sub-basin

Lambert 2 Oil and Gas Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

Lambert 2 Oil and Gas Discovery, Carnarvon Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: D. R. Kingsley, M. J. Thompson, D. P. Harris and J. Fowles
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

In 1973 Lambert 1 penetrated an 11 in oil column in Upper Jurassic Angel Formation sands, but for twenty-two years the Lambert Field was considered too small to warrant additional investigation. In 1995, detailed time and velocity interpretation of t...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon discovery gas Lambert oil

Dongara Oil and Gas Field, Perth Basin

Dongara Oil and Gas Field, Perth Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Grant K. Ellis and Richard H. Bruce
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The Dongara oil and gas field in the onshore northern Perth Basin was discovered in 1966 by West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd. Subsequent appraisal drilling defined an oil and gas accumulation with inplace gas of 14.3 Gm3 (508 BCF) and in-place oil o...

 

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Tags: basin Dongara field gas oil Perth

No. 33_Victorian Supplement – Oil & Gas in Victoria – Acreage and Markets

No. 33_Victorian Supplement – Oil & Gas in Victoria – Acreage and Markets

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

 

 

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Tags: gas Markets oil Supplement Victorian

Accent on APPEA: Marine Park Proposal Gains Qualified Support from Oil and Gas Explorers

Accent on APPEA: Marine Park Proposal Gains Qualified Support from Oil and Gas Explorers

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

 

 

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Tags: Explorers Gains gas marine oil Park Proposal Qualified Support

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 oil production

Oil and Gas Production in Victoria – Brij Agrawal

Oil and Gas Production in Victoria – Brij Agrawal

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Brij Agrawal
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: April 1997

 

 

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Tags: Brij Agrawal gas oil production Victoria

Product Focus: The Jason Geoscience Workbench: “Teamware” For Finding Oil & Gas – The Smart Way – Paul D. Vrolijk, GeoQuest Releases Framework 3D and SurfViz

Product Focus: The Jason Geoscience Workbench: “Teamware” For Finding Oil & Gas – The Smart Way – Paul D. Vrolijk, GeoQuest Releases Framework 3D and SurfViz

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

 

 

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Tags: Finding Framework gas GeoQuest Geoscience Jason oil Paul Vrolijk Product Focus Releases Smart SurfViz Teamware Workbench

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