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Overcoming historical biases: an integrated geological and engineering assessment of the Coniston Prospect, Exmouth Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: N. Smith, C. Dempsey, M. Jackson & J. Preston
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The discovery of heavily biodegraded oil in Novara 1 in 1982 by Esso/BHP branded the Exmouth Sub-basin as a
"difficult" exploration province for almost two decades. A total of 24 barrels of biodegraded, 16.7? API oil was
recovered from a drill-stem t...
Hydrodynamic analysis of the Early Cretaceous aquifers in the Barrow Sub-basin in relation to hydraulic continuity and fault seal
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.L. Hennig, J.R. Underschultz & C.J. Otto
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Formation pressure measurements from the Mardie Greensand and the Barrow Group were of sufficient quantity and quality to enable a hydrodynamic analysis of the flow systems to determine how flow systems interact laterally and across formations. This ...
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
3D structural analysis of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G. Chen, K.C. Hill & N. Hoffman
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
A 3D structural model of the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea was constructed through interpreting and depth converting Geoscience Australia's VTT survey. The model was progressively back-stripped, decompacted and restored to reveal its palaeo-architectur...
Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.M. Kennard, I. Deighton, D.S. Edwards, C.J. Boreham & A.G. Barrett
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Subsidence and thermal history analysis of24 wells and seismically-defined depocentre sites has been undertaken to investigate the generation and expulsion history of the Early Carboniferous and Permian petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin. Youn...
Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: C.M. Gibson-Poole, S.C. Lang, J.E. Streit, G.M. Kraishan & R.R. Hillis
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Assessing the suitability of a sedimentary basin for C02 sequestration requires detailed geological and geophysical studies. An example is presented from the Mesozoic succession of the Petrel Snb-basin. Two stratigraphic intervals were investigated a...
Recent discoveries in the Barrow Sub-basin: Linda, Gipsy, North Gypsy, Rose, Lee, Gibson, Simpson, South Plato, Double Island, Victoria, Little Sandy, Pedirka and Hoover
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Apache Energy Ltd
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Apache Energy Ltd and its TL/1,5,6 co-venturers {Kufpec Australia Pty Ltd and Tap {Harriet) Pty) have drilled several discovery wells in the Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin since 1998. These include eight new
discoveries (Gibson, South Plato,...
Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.D. Gorter, D.J. Hearty, J.P. Rexilius & S.L. Powell
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
In the area east of the Woollybutt Oil Field in the northern Barrow Sub-basin of the Carnarvon Basin, Australian North West Shelf, channels are dearly defined on 2D and 3D seismic profiles, and by isochrons within mostly
carbonate middle Tertiary str...
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...
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...
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...
Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Dampier Sub-basin as revealed by polar compounds
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: T.P. Bastow, B.G.K. van Aarssen, R. Alexander, R.I. Kagi & K. Liu
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Kendrew Trough system of the Dampier Sub-basin were investigated using phenols and carbazole abundance in crude oils. Crude oils were placed into two groups based on the relationship between phenols and carba...
A heat flow map of the Dampier Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G.R. Beardsmore & M.J. Altmann
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
The Dampier Sub-basin hosts a number of significant hydrocarbon discoveries. The origin of these hydrocarbons
remains contentious due in part to poorly constrained maturity models. To address this problem, Santos Limited
undertook a study of the ther...
Estimating formation water salinity from wireline pressure data: case study from the Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: J.R. Underschultz, G.K. Ellis, A. Hennig, E. Bekele & C. Otto
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 2002
Abstract:
Characterising the concentration of total dissolved solids (TDS) in formation water is important for wireline log analysis, reserves calculations, and understanding the hydrodynamic processes occurring in the subsurface.
Unfortunately, measured TDS v...
Geochemistry and Charge History of a Palaeo-Oil Column: Jerboa-1, Eyre Sub-Basin, Great Australian Bight
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: T.E. Ruble, G.A. Logan, J.E. Blevin, H.I.M. Struckmeyer, K. Liu, M. Ahmed, P.J. Eadington and R.A. Quezada
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
A collaborative investigation was undertaken to assess the prospectivity and hydrocarbon charge history of the Eyre Sub-basin at Jerboa-1 in the Great Australian Bight. These results provide the only reliable geochemical information on this newly rec...
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...
The Ceduna Sub-Basin – An Exploration Update
- Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
- Authors: J. Bruins, I.M. Longley, J.P. Fitzpatrick, S.J. King and R.M. Somerville
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: November 2001
Abstract:
The Ceduna Sub-basin comprises one of the major untested potential petroleum provinces in Australia. It is located in the Great Australian Bight with water depths ranging from 100 metres in the north to over 4,000 metres in the south (Figure 1). The...
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...
Evaluating Trap Integrity in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea, Australia, using Integrated Remote-sensing Geochemical Technologies
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: G. W. O'Brien, P. Quaife, R. Cowley, M. Morse, D. Wilson, M. Fellows and M. Lisk
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
Poor trap integrity, which relates to Mio-Piiocene continental convergence and fault reactivation, is the principal exploration uncertainty within Australia's Timor Sea. In this area, the style of the Neogene structural reactivation is a direct funct...
Hydrocarbon Charge in the Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: M. Lisk, M. P. Brincat, P. J. Eadington and G. W. O'Brien
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
A comprehensive examination of hydrocarbon charge history has been completed for the central Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea. Analyses on thirteen hydrocarbon discoveries and evaluation of thirty five plugged and abandoned wells have revealed that oil fi...
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...
Development of the Goodwyn Gas Field, Dampier Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A. Young
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
It is ten years since the Goodwyn Field was last described in a PESA publication (Vincent & Tilbury, 1988). This period has seen the installation of the GWA platform and commencement of condensate and gas production from the partly developed GE/GFA r...
The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Arthur J. Mory, Robert P. Iasky and Sergey I. Shevchenko
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: December 1998
Abstract:
The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin is bound by the Darling Fault to the east and the Ajana-Yandi and Urella faults to the west. The only petroleum data are gravity and aeromagnetics from the 1960s and 1970s, and one seismic line shot in 1964. More than eight...
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
Prospectivity: Is the Barrow Sub-basin Special? – Ted Jacobson
- Publication Name: PESA News
- Authors: Ted Jacobson
- Reference Type: Magazine Article
- Date Published: June 1996
A Salt-related Detachment Model for the Development of the Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: E.P. Woods
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Recent seismic data, in conjunction with wells drilled in basinal settings, has re-established unconformity relationships within the Jurassic section of the Vulcan Sub- basin. The Callovian Unconformity marks the onset
of basin-wide subsidence and s...
Oil Migration in the Cartier Trough, Vulcan Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: Mark Lisk and Peter Eadington
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
In currently water wet sandstones of the Plover Formation from Octavius-2 the high percentage of quartz grains containing oil bearing inclusions is comparable to oil zone samples from Jabiru-1A. This evidence for high palaeo-oil saturation in samples...
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...
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...
High Resolution Palynostratigraphy of the Tithonian Angel Formation in the Wanaea and Cossack Oil Fields, Dampier Sub-basin
- Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
- Authors: A.N. Bint and N.G. Marshall
- Reference Type: Book Section
- Date Published: July 1994
Abstract:
Detailed palynological analysis of rich dinoflagellate assemblages from the upper Tithonian Angel Formation of the Wanaea - Cossack area has resulted in definition of a high resolution biostratigraphy. Nine dinoflagellate subzones are recognised with...