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Fraser Island and Hervey Bay-a classic modern sedimentary environment

Fraser Island and Hervey Bay-a classic modern sedimentary environment

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: R. Boyd, K. Ruming, S. Davies, T. Payenberg and S. Lang
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

Facies models built on a range of examples from modern and ancient sedimentary environments are often used as the basis for petroleum exploration and production strategies. Many of the examples have been traditionally drawn from Northern Hemisphere l...

 

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Tags: coastal estuary facies Fraser Island Hervey Bay Sedimentary environment shelf.

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

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

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

Prospectivity of the Peedamullah Shelf and Onslow Terrace revisited

Prospectivity of the Peedamullah Shelf and Onslow Terrace revisited

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.P. Iasky, A.J. Mory, K.A. Blundell & K.A.R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

The Peedamullah Shelf and adjacent Onslow Terrace, on the southeastern margin of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, are an established petroleum province containing the Tubridgi Gas field. Isotopic and molecular data indicate biodegradation of both oil an...

 

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Tags: Onslow Peedamullah prospectivity revisited shelf. Terrace

Hydrocarbons and Mississippi Valley-type Sulfides in the Devonian reef complexes of the eastern Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Hydrocarbons and Mississippi Valley-type Sulfides in the Devonian reef complexes of the eastern Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: M.W. Wallace, H.A. Middleton, B. Johns & S. Marshallsea
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

A wide range of maturation parameters indicates that near-surface Devonian sequences of the eastern Lennard Shelf are immature (peak temperatures of 70-90?C). Fluid inclusion microthermometry indicates that peak temperatures in the Palaeozoic were pr...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning complexes Devonian eastern hydrocarbons Lennard Mississippi reef shelf. Sulfides type Valley

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

Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Wave-Dominated Continental Shelf Margins

Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Wave-Dominated Continental Shelf Margins

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

 

Abstract:

The level of hydrocarbon exploration in Queensland has fallen dramatically in recent years. This is disturbing, as Queensland, with its many large sedimentary basins, has traditionally been a leader in onshore exploration activities both in seismic d...

 

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Tags: Continental Dominated margins Sedimentology sequence shelf. stratigraphy

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

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

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.

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.

The Lennard Shelf Revisited

The Lennard Shelf Revisited

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

 

Abstract:

Hydrocarbon exploration in the Lennard Shelf was prompted by the occurrence of Devonian reefs, outcropping spectacularly in the region. Following the discovery of accumulations within clastic reservoirs, Permo-Carboniferous rocks became the focus of ...

 

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Tags: Lennard revisited shelf.

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

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

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: Palaeozoic Rift Basin Evolution in the Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf – Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: Palaeozoic Rift Basin Evolution in the Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf – Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Heike I. M. Struckmeyer, Ken Baxter, Jane E. Blevin & Donna L. Cathro
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1997

 

 

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Tags: basin Browse Donna Cathro evolution Focus Heike Struckmeyer Jane Blevin Ken Baxter Northwest Palaeozoic Regional Rift shelf.

Regional Focus – Timor Sea: AGSO ‘Sniffer’ Results From The Yampi Shelf

Regional Focus – Timor Sea: AGSO ‘Sniffer’ Results From The Yampi Shelf

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Geoff O'Brien and Melissa Fellows
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1996

 

 

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Tags: Focus Regional results Sea shelf. Sniffer Timor Yampi

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

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: New Play Fairway Generates Excitement On The Yampi Shelf, Browse Basin – Paul Cartwright

Regional Focus – Browse Basin: New Play Fairway Generates Excitement On The Yampi Shelf, Browse Basin – Paul Cartwright

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

 

 

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Tags: basin Browse Excitement Fairway Focus Generates Paul Cartwright Play Regional shelf. Yampi

Towards an Early to Middle Jurassic Palaeogeography for the North West Shelf: A Marine Perspective

Towards an Early to Middle Jurassic Palaeogeography for the North West Shelf: A Marine Perspective

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

 

Abstract:

Hettangian to Bathonian marine sequences in some petroleum exploration wells on the North West Shelf of Australia are summarized. Six marine pulses are recognised, and their distribution indicated. The problems caused by acceptance of purely palynolo...

 

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Tags: early Jurassic marine middle North palaeogeography perspective shelf. Towards

The Role of Regional Seismic Surveys in the Exploration of the North West Shelf

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...

 

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Tags: exploration North Regional Role Seismic shelf. Surveys

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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