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Clues to the Structural History of the Rankin Trend from 3-D Seismic Data
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Steve Newman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
The Rankin Trend is a structurally high area within the north Carnarvon Basin, and marks the north-western edge of the Dampier Sub-basin. It is divided into a number of discrete blocks by a series of northeasttrending faults. These blocks include the...
Structure of the Offshore Canning Basin: First Impressions from a New Regional Deep-seismic Data Set
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.B. Colwell and H.M.J. Stagg
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
In mid-1993, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) acquired approximately 3600 km of high-quality regional deep (16-second record length) seismic reflection data over the offshore Canning Basin. This data-set is linked to the previousl...
The Role of Regional Seismic Surveys in the Exploration of the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J. Ostby and C. Johnston
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Since late 1990 approximately 25 000 km of regional, deep-seismic, well-tie data on the North West Shelf have
been acquired and processed using parameters and techniques which have not previously been routinely applied to data from this region. The r...
Industry News: Restructuring the Victorian Gas Industry – Jim Plowman, Petroleum Geo-Services Employs Military Designed Hull for Latest Seismic Vessel – Brian Wickins
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Jim Plowman, Brian Wickins
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: June 1994
Abstract:
- "Restructuring the Victorian Gas Industry": A speech given by the Hon. jim Plowman, Minister for Energy and Minerals, Victoria to PESA Vic/Tas Branch on Wednesday 16th March, 1994.
- Petroleum Geo-Services e...
Industry News: WAPET 30 seismic programme creates a first for WA, Carnarvon Basin – Focus for Hadson Energy Limited, PGS Subsidiary Establishes a Presence in South East Asia – Brian Wickins, SAGASCO Plans an Active 1994
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: April 1994
Deep Seismic Reflection Profiling in the Gunnedah Basin: Regional Tectonics and Basin Responses
- Publication Name: New Petroleum Symposium 1993
- Authors: R.J. Korsch, K.D. Wake-Dyster and D.W. Johnstone
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: December 1993
Abstract:
Several major tectonic events have occurred in the New England Orogen from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Triassic. At the same time, subsidence or uplift were occurring in the adjacent Gunnedah Basin in northem New South Wales. The tectonic even...
Environment: Dune Restoration and Seismic Line Rehabilitation on Shell 1991/1992 Canning Basin Seismic Surveys: Ep 353 – Jon Akerman
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Jon Akerman
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: January 1993
Seismic Interpretation Problems Caused by Miocene Channels in the Central Part of the Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Gippsland Basin Symposium, Melbourne, 22 ? 23 June 1992
- Authors: T U MAUNG, S J CADMAN
- Reference Type: Conference Proceedings
- Date Published: December 1992
Abstract:
The central part of the Gippsland Basin is surrounded by existing major
petroleum accumulations and although six exploration wells have been
drilled in the area, none are significant petroleum discoveries. Post
drilling analyses indicate that the wel...
A review of seismic acquisition trials and procedures in the Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J.R. Hughes and N.A. Fitzgerald
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
During recent years, as the exploration phase in the Cooper Basin has reached a mature level, it has become
necessary for the seismic data to achieve increased structural and stratigraphic resolution while subject to the economic constraints brought ...
Lateral changes in seismic velocities and their effect on depth prediction
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: J. Pinchin and M. Bayly
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Seismic reflection resolution has improved to the point where two-way times may be mapped with a precision of
a few milliseconds, and the greatest error in depth prediction, especially across many of the fields in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, is m...
Seismic character delineation of fluvial sandbody geometry, upper Toolachee Formation, central Patchawarra Trough, Cooper Basin, South Australia
- Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
- Authors: R.J. Taylor and A.D. Thomas
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: June 1989
Abstract:
Within the Late Permian Toolachee Formation of the central Patchawarra Trough a fluvial sandstone complex of
low sinuosity can be traced by mapping a seismic anomaly. The anomaly is characterised by an additional seismic peak developed below the Tool...
Seismic Exploration on Barrow Island
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P.A. Jelley and M.J. Sayers
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Seismic exploration for oil on Barrow Island began in 1963 with the recording of two seismic refraction lines. Since then, three regional surveys and a recent semi-detailed survey have been conducted. The early seismic work supported surface geologic...
A Case Study of Seismic Exploration in the Offshore Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: J. Durrant and A. Young
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
Exploration permit NT/P40, operated by Western Mining Corporation Limited (WM C), is situated in the north-eastern Bonaparte Basin.
Early seismic exploration failed to delineate the primary objective section because of its significant depth of buria...
A Case Study of the Development of a Seismic Streamer for Use in the Timor Sea
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: P. Grant, J. Rasidi and I. Ward
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
In recent years the geophysical industry has changed from analogue cables to digital marine streamers, with an increase in the number of the groups and the corresponding fold of coverage. Unfortunately this change has not always provided the commensu...
Shallow Water Seismic Operations on the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: T.J. Allen, D. Brown and J. Wardell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
The North West Shelf includes large areas with water depths less than 20 m, and which require specialised
shallow water seismic surveying procedures. A shallowwater crew operating in the area during late 1987-early
1988 collected approximately 4000 k...
Palynological Age-dating of Seismic Horizons D, E and F in the Beagle and Dampier Sub-basins
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M. Aziz Islam
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
A palynological review of relevant sections of eleven wells from the Beagle and Dampier sub-basins was carried out to date the Seismic Horizons D, E and F, recognised in and around the Exmouth Plateau. Horizon F is dated as Rhaetian and is overlain b...
Seismic Atlas of the North West Shelf
- Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
- Authors: M.F. Middleton
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1988
Abstract:
More than 300 000 km of seismic reflection surveying has been shot on the North West Shelf of Australia. A selection of these data, showing some features of structural and stratigraphic importance, are reviewed in this atlas. TheN orth West Shelf is ...
The limitations of seismic modelling of geological structures
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: B.L.N. Kennett
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Seismic wave-field modelling for reflection seismic studies can be used in a number of ways to aid with exploration work, at both the survey and interpretation stages. However, effective use of such techniques requires an understanding of their limit...
The ‘Geoseis’ system: seismic prospecting with detonating cord – a line energy source
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: D.W. Thompson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
The 'Geoseis' system is a surface energy source developed by ICI to suit Australian conditions. It provides an economic method of seismic prospecting and overcomes the problems associated with drilling techniques. Utilizing strands of 'Geoflex' or Re...
A 3D seismic interpretation – Flounder Field, Gippsland Basin
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: A.J. Young and R.R. Coenraads
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Flounder-1, drilled in 1968, proved the presence of intra-Latrobe hydrocarbon-bearing sands of Late Cretaceous age. Five step-out wells were drilled before the field could confidently be classified as commercial. Prior to development, it was decided ...
Tectonic development of Victoria’s Otway Basin – a seismic interpretation
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: M. Megallaa
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
This paper is essentially an extract from the author's contribution in a recent appraisal of regional seismic
mapping in the Victorian sector of the Otway Basin by the Department of Industry, Technology and Resources
(Megallaa, in press). Geological ...
Seismic stratigraphy and crustal structure of offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica
- Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
- Authors: H.M.J. Stagg, J.J. Veevers, S.L. Eittreim and J.R. Childs
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1986
Abstract:
Multichannel seismic and other geophysical data from the Wilkes Land continental margin reveal that continental crust thins oceanwards by extension in fault-blocks of the lowermost strata. Near the mid Cretaceous continent-ocean boundary, the contine...
The Role of Seismic in Play Type and Prospect Development: Eastern Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: Ted Jacobson
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
The eastern part of the Canning Basin covers an area of 125,000 square kilometres. Because of its remoteness
from the coast, this area remained relatively unexplored as late as 1980. This remoteness, together with poor
seismic data, held back the ide...
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...
Use of Thousand-Channel Seismic in Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: A. Moore and E. Allison
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
WMC is the operator, on behalf of itself, Poseidon and Australian Hydrocarbons, of EPs 143 and 225 in the central Canning Basin.
The area poses particular problems for seismic exploration including poor signal-to-noise ratio, great range of depth of...
The Seismic Definition of the Main Structural Elements of the Canning Basin
- Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
- Authors: P.G. Purcell and J. Poll
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1984
Abstract:
Selected seismic sections show some of the main tectonic elements and provinces of the Canning Basin, clearly revealing the structural complexity and diversity in the basin. In the north, the deep Fitzroy /Gregory graben is bounded by major listric f...
Seismic Prospecting – Review and Reflections on Future Events
- Publication Name: Petroleum in Queensland - A Stocktake for the Future
- Authors: L. W. Pfitzner
- Reference Type: Journal Article
- Date Published: November 1977
Abstract:
A little over 1000 crew months of seismic exploration has been conducted in Queensland from its start, in 1958, until the end of 1976. Eighty six percent of this work was done prior to 1967 - a period when field and nterpretation methods were unsoph...