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Casino Gas Field, offshore Otway Basin, Victoria – the appraisal story and some stratigraphic enlightenment

Casino Gas Field, offshore Otway Basin, Victoria – the appraisal story and some stratigraphic enlightenment

Publication Name: PESA's Eastern Australasian Basin Symposium II
Authors: N.C. Sharp and G.R. Wood
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2004

 

Abstract:

The drilling of two wells on the Casino structure in the offshore Otway Basin, Victoria, in 2002 proved the presence of gas in two separate Cretaceous Waarre Formation sands, the Waarre A and C. Uncertainty regarding the pressure regime of the Waarre...

 

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Tags: Casino gas field drilling results geology Mussel Platform Otway Basin palynology. Shipwreck Trough stratigraphy Waarre Formation

Palaeokarst, pseudokarst, and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Palaeokarst, pseudokarst, and sequence stratigraphy in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: P. Playford
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Limestones in Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin have been subjected to several episodes of karstification, during the Late Devonian, latest Devonian or Early Carboniferous, Early Permian, and Cainozoic. Subaerial Devonian palaeokarst forme...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning complexes Devonian Palaeokarst pseudokarst reef sequence stratigraphy

Reducing Uncertainty with Palaeogeographic Mapping Using Integrated 3D Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy – Examples from the Baryulah Field Area, Cooper Basin

Reducing Uncertainty with Palaeogeographic Mapping Using Integrated 3D Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy – Examples from the Baryulah Field Area, Cooper Basin

Authors: Simon C. Lang, Nathan Ceglar, Gregg Spencer, Stephen Forder and Jochen Kassan
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Reducing uncertainty in both the exploration and reservoir development phases is a significant aspect of the upstream petroleum business. A methodology is outlined combining palynostratigraphy, core and log sedimentology using modern depositional ana...

 

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Tags: Area basin Cooper examples field integrated mapping Palaeogeographic Reducing Seismic sequence stratigraphy Uncertainty

Revised Stratigraphy of the Sherbrook Group, Otway Basin

Revised Stratigraphy of the Sherbrook Group, Otway Basin

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: A.D. Partridge
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Upper Cretaceous sediments were first discovered along the Southern Margin of Australia in the Otway Basin during the 1950' s, and the principal formations assigned to the Sherbrook Group were first described from early petroleum exploration wells in...

 

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Tags: basin Group Otway Revised Sherbrook stratigraphy

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

Research & Development: Applied Stratigraphy at UWA, R&D into Time-lapse 3-D Seismic with Analogue Sandbox Models – Don Sherlock

Research & Development: Applied Stratigraphy at UWA, R&D into Time-lapse 3-D Seismic with Analogue Sandbox Models – Don Sherlock

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

 

 

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Tags: Applied development Don Sherlock Models R&D Research Sandbox Seismic stratigraphy Time-lapse UWA

Stratigraphy, reservoir Geometry and Facies Architecture of a Modern Arid Playa Lacustrine Delta; Neals River Delta, Lake Eyre, Australia

Stratigraphy, reservoir Geometry and Facies Architecture of a Modern Arid Playa Lacustrine Delta; Neals River Delta, Lake Eyre, Australia

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

 

 

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Tags: architecture Arid Australia. delta Eyre facies geometry lacustrine Lake Modern Neals Playa reservoir. River stratigraphy

Revised Upper Permian Stratigraphy of the Bonaparte Basin

Revised Upper Permian Stratigraphy of the Bonaparte Basin

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

 

Abstract:

Recent well correlations have shown four regionallyextensive Upper Permian limestones in the Bonaparte Basin. The regional extent and mapability of these carbonates dictates revision of Upper Permian sequences. The Cape Hay Member and Tern Member of ...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte Permian Revised stratigraphy upper

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the M. australis Sandstone, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of the M. australis Sandstone, Barrow and Dampier Sub-basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Ian A. Dyson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

The M. australis Sandstone is a glauconite-rich reservoir within the Lower Cretaceous greensand succession of the Carnarvon Basin. There have been problems with stratigraphic nomenclature for the greensand succession and these may be resolved by a re...

 

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Tags: australis Dampier Sandstone Sedimentology stratigraphy sub-basins

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Middle to Upper Devonian Sequences in the Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Arthur Mory and Robert S. Nicoll
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

This new interpretation of the facies relationships within the Nannyarra, Gneudna and Munabia formations illustrates the distribution of source, reservoir and seal within the latest Middle and lower Upper Devonian (latest Givetian to Famennian) seque...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Devonian hydrocarbon middle potential sequence Sequences southern stratigraphy upper

Revision of Gippsland Stratigraphy

Revision of Gippsland Stratigraphy

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

 

 

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Tags: Gippsland Revision stratigraphy

Prospectivity: New Sequence Stratigraphy Study of the Barrow-Exmouth Area Released – Vidas Labutis

Prospectivity: New Sequence Stratigraphy Study of the Barrow-Exmouth Area Released – Vidas Labutis

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: February 1995

 

 

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Tags: Area Exmouth New prospectivity Released sequence stratigraphy study Vidas Labutis

The Central Australian Basins Workshop: Abstracts: Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Cambro-Ordovician successions, eastern Warburton Basin, South Australia

The Central Australian Basins Workshop: Abstracts: Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Cambro-Ordovician successions, eastern Warburton Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 22
Authors: Xiaowen Sun, W.J. Stuart and J.K. Warren
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: December 1994

 

 

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Tags: Cambro-Ordovician Journal Sedimentology South Australia stratigraphy

Sequence Stratigraphy and the North West Shelf of Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy and the North West Shelf of Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: V.R. Labutis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

An abundance of papers based on various approaches to sequence stratigraphy has appeared in the international and Australian literature in recent years. That not all have shown a thorough understanding of the basic concepts is understandable, given t...

 

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Tags: Australia. North sequence shelf. stratigraphy

Sequence stratigraphy of the Flamingo Group, Southern Bonaparte Basin

Sequence stratigraphy of the Flamingo Group, Southern Bonaparte Basin

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: B.E.J. Messent, A.K. Goody, E.Collins and S. Tobias
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

The Flamingo Group comprises two second-order cycles, the Lower Flamingo cycle and the Upper Flamingo cycle, which are themselves divided into a total of eight third-order sequences on the basis of integrated seismic and well sequence stratigraphy. T...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte Flamingo Group sequence southern stratigraphy

Lower Palaeozoic Facies in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Lower Palaeozoic Facies in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter, Robert S. Nicoll and Clinton B. Foster
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Lower Palaeozoic sediments in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia have potential for commercial petroleum accumulations. Resampling of cores from exploration wells in the southeastern Carnarvon Basin for conodonts and palynomorphs has resulted i...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon facies hydrocarbon Lower Palaeozoic prospectivity stratigraphy

Triassic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Triassic Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

A new stratigraphic framework of the Triassic system in the Carnarvon Basin, established using new conodont biostratigraphy, allows a more precise correlation of sea level events to the global chronostratigraphic schemes than is available using palyn...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon sequence stratigraphy Triassic

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Neocomian Barrow Delta, Exmouth Plateau, Northwestern Australia

Sequence Stratigraphy of the Lower Neocomian Barrow Delta, Exmouth Plateau, Northwestern Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Malcolm I. Ross and Peter R. Vail
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

During the Berriasian-early Valanginian (early Neocomian), the southern Exmouth Plateau is characterized by a northward-prograding clastic delta system: the Barrow Delta. An integrated sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Barrow Delta based o...

 

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Tags: Australia. delta Exmouth Lower Neocomian northwestern Plateau sequence stratigraphy

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

A Review of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia

A Review of the Sedimentology and Stratigraphy of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: Jonathan Redfern and Emma Millward
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Detailed analysis of fully cored sections from exploration wells drilled by Western Mining Corporation on the Barbwire Terrace has allowed a better understanding of the sedimentology and depositional history of the Permo-Carboniferous Grant Group. H...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning Grant Group Permo-Carboniferous Review Sedimentology stratigraphy

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

Revision of Triassic stratigraphy at the Cooper Basin to Eromanga Basin transition

Revision of Triassic stratigraphy at the Cooper Basin to Eromanga Basin transition

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: G.D. Powis
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

In recent years it has become apparent that all of the Triassic-aged strata overlying the Cooper Basin cannot adequately be placed into the only formally defined Triassic formation, the Nappamerri Formation. Not only do these strata not conform litho...

 

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Tags: basin Cooper Eromanga Revision stratigraphy Transition Triassic

Mesozoic stratigraphy and palaeogeography, eastern Australia

Mesozoic stratigraphy and palaeogeography, eastern Australia

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: M. J. Wiltshire
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

Detailed time-stratigraphic and palaeogeographic analysis of contemporaneous Permo-Triassic, Mid to Late Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous sequences in the Eromanga, Surat, Carpentaria, Laura, Clarence-Moreton, and Sydney Basins is currently being un...

 

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Tags: Australia. eastern Mesozoic palaeogeography stratigraphy

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

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

The stratigraphy of the Aure Scarp, Papua New Guinea

The stratigraphy of the Aure Scarp, Papua New Guinea

Publication Name: PESA Journal No. 11
Authors: George J. Carman
Reference Type: Journal Article
Date Published: September 1987

 

 

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Tags: Aure Scarp Journal stratigraphy

Seismic stratigraphy and crustal structure of offshore Wilkes Land, Antarctica

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...

 

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Tags: Antarctica Crustal land offshore Seismic stratigraphy structure Wilkes

The Gippsland Basin – development and stratigraphy

The Gippsland Basin – development and stratigraphy

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: B.R. Thompson
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The Gippsland Basin is a post-Early Cretaceous and hydrocarbons within a 4500 m thick sedimentary pile. Tectonic activity in the Late Cretaceous resulted in the formation of a narrow graben over an infilled. Early Cretaceous rift and gradually enlar...

 

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Tags: basin development Gippsland stratigraphy

The Devonian Stratigraphy of the Central Pillara Range

The Devonian Stratigraphy of the Central Pillara Range

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: R.W. Cooper, W.D.M. Hall and G.R. Styles
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

A sequence of gently dipping, shallow-water limestone up to 800 m thick is exposed in the central Pillara Range and forms part of a Middle to Late Devonian carbonate platform developed on the Lennard Shelf. A lower Amphipora members rests unconformab...

 

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Tags: central Devonian Pillara Range stratigraphy

The Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Petroleum Potential of the Lower to lower Upper Devonian Sequence in the Canning Basin

The Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Petroleum Potential of the Lower to lower Upper Devonian Sequence in the Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: P.R. Lehmann
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Devonian reefs provided much of the early incentive to Canning Basin explorers. Extensive studies of the Devonian Reef Complex in outcrop, related by analogy to the very productive time equivalent reefs in Canada produced great expectations for the r...

 

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Tags: basin Canning Devonian Lower palaeogeography petroleum potential sequence stratigraphy upper

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