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Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Bonaparte expulsion history hydrocarbon insights modelling Multiple Petrel petroleum Sub-basin subsidence systems thermal

Assessing a basin’s potential for geological sequestration of carbon dioxide: an example from the Mesozoic of the Petrel Sub-basin, NW Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's carbon dioxide geological Mesozoic NW Petrel potential sequestration Sub-basin

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

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,...

 

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Tags: discoveries Double Gibson Gipsy Hoover Island Lee Linda Little North Pedirka Plato Rose Sandy Simpson South Sub-basin Victoria

Basal Oligocene channelling, Barrow Sub-Basin, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon channelling Oligocene Sub-basin

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

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

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

Hydrocarbon accumulation processes in the Dampier Sub-basin as revealed by polar compounds

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...

 

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Tags: compounds Dampier hydrocarbon polar processes revealed Sub-basin

A heat flow map of the Dampier Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: Dampier flow Heat Map Sub-basin

Estimating formation water salinity from wireline pressure data: case study from the Vulcan Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: case data Estimating formation pressure salinity study Sub-basin wireline

Overcoming historical biases: an integrated geological and engineering assessment of the Coniston Prospect, Exmouth Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: biases Coniston Engineering Exmouth geological Historical integrated Prospect Sub-basin

Hydrodynamic analysis of the Early Cretaceous aquifers in the Barrow Sub-basin in relation to hydraulic continuity and fault seal

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 ...

 

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Tags: aquifers continuity Cretaceous. early fault hydraulic Hydrodynamic relation seal Sub-basin

Tidally influenced deposition on the delta plain: Lower Cretaceous Barrow Group sandstones, Barrow Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin

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

 

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Cretaceous. delta Deposition Group influenced Lower northern plain Sandstones Sub-basin Tidally

3D structural analysis of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea

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...

 

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Tags: hydrocarbon migration Sea structural Sub-basin Timor

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

The Ceduna Sub-Basin – An Exploration Update

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...

 

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Tags: Ceduna exploration Sub-basin Update

Geochemistry and Charge History of a Palaeo-Oil Column: Jerboa-1, Eyre Sub-Basin, Great Australian Bight

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...

 

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Tags: charge Column Eyre geochemistry Great Australian Bight history Jerboa-1 Palaeo-Oil Sub-basin

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

Evaluating Trap Integrity in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea, Australia, using Integrated Remote-sensing Geochemical Technologies

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. Evaluating Geochemical integrated integrity Remote Sea Sensing Sub-basin Technologies Timor trap

Hydrocarbon Charge in the Vulcan Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: charge hydrocarbon Sub-basin

Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history northern structural Sub-basin

Development of the Goodwyn Gas Field, Dampier Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: Dampier development field gas Goodwyn Sub-basin

The Coolcalalaya Sub-basin: A Forgotten Frontier ‘between’ the Perth and Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

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...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin's Carnarvon Coolcalalaya Forgotten Frontier Perth Sub-basin

Abstracts of Talks: Structural Evolution and Charge History of the Exmouth Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin – Noel Newell

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

 

 

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Tags: Carnarvon charge evolution Exmouth history Noel Newell northern structural Sub-basin Talks

Prospectivity: Is the Barrow Sub-basin Special? – Ted Jacobson

Prospectivity: Is the Barrow Sub-basin Special? – Ted Jacobson

Publication Name: PESA News
Authors: Ted Jacobson
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: June 1996

 

 

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Tags: prospectivity Special Sub-basin Ted Jacobson

A Salt-related Detachment Model for the Development of the Vulcan Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: Detachment development model related Salt Sub-basin

Oil Migration in the Cartier Trough, Vulcan Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: Cartier migration oil Sub-basin Trough

Mesozoic Structural Development of the Beagle Sub-basin – Implications for the Petroleum Potential of the Northern Carnarvon Basin

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...

 

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Tags: basin Beagle Carnarvon development implications Mesozoic northern petroleum potential structural Sub-basin

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

High Resolution Palynostratigraphy of the Tithonian Angel Formation in the Wanaea and Cossack Oil Fields, Dampier Sub-basin

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...

 

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Tags: Cossack Dampier fields formation High oil Palynostratigraphy Resolution Sub-basin Tithonian

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