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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

Application of Combined Fluorescence and Reflectance (CFR) analysis to thermal maturity assessment in the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins

Application of Combined Fluorescence and Reflectance (CFR) analysis to thermal maturity assessment in the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: A.R. Kaiko
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 2002

 

Abstract:

Previous application of systematic thermal modelling techniques has identified large areas within the Barrow and Dampier sub-basins that yield measured vitrinite reflectance data that significantly underestimates the maturity of the region. As well a...

 

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Tags: Application CFR Combined Dampier Fluorescence maturity Reflectance sub-basins thermal

K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

K-Ar Dating, Petrographic and Thermal Modelling Constraints on Illite Origin in the Cooper Basin, South Australia

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: H. Zwingmann, P.R. Tingate, N.M. Lemon and P.J. Hamilton
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Petrographic observations of Late Carboniferous and Early Permian sandstones of the Cooper Basin in South Australia indicate illite to be present in abundance. It occurs with different morphologies comprising detrital grains, authigenic grains with p...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Constraints Cooper Illite K-Ar Dating modelling Origin. Petrographic thermal

Re-Evaluating Thermal History Models for the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Using Apatite Fission Track and (U-Th)/He Data From Well Sections

Re-Evaluating Thermal History Models for the Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Using Apatite Fission Track and (U-Th)/He Data From Well Sections

Publication Name: Eastern Australian Basins Symposium 2001
Authors: P.V. Crowhurst, P.F. Green and P.J.J. Kamp
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: November 2001

 

Abstract:

Reliable reconstruction of thermal histories in sedimentary basins is a key aspect of reducing exploration risk, e.g. In defining the timing of hydrocarbon generation in source kitchens and identifying tectonic episodes which may have caused disrupti...

 

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Tags: Apatite basin data Fission history Models New Zealand Sections Taranaki thermal Track

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Neoproterozoic Officer Basin, Western Australia

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Neoproterozoic Officer Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. A. R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Geochemical analyses confirm the presence of good quality but thin oil source rocks within the Neoproterozoic succession of the western Officer Basin. The available geochemical dataset, however, is insufficient to positively identify the source of oi...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Generating history Neoproterozoic Officer petroleum potential thermal

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Petroleum Generating Potential and Thermal History of the Palaeozoic, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: K. A. R. Ghori
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1998

 

Abstract:

Geochemical analyses confirm the presence of Silurian, Upper Devonian, Lower Permian and Upper Permian source rock intervals within the Carnarvon Basin. Oil-prone source beds within the Silurian Dirk Hartog Group on the Gascoyne Platform have fair to...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Carnarvon Generating history Palaeozoic petroleum potential thermal

Lower Palaeozoic Correlations and Thermal Maturity, Carnarvon Basin, WA

Lower Palaeozoic Correlations and Thermal Maturity, Carnarvon Basin, WA

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

 

Abstract:

Pre-Middle Devonian conodonts recovered from ten wells and drillholes in the Carnarvon Basin provide improved age control for, and are the basis for a revision of, the Silurian stratigraphy and depositional history in the basin: The lithologically di...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon correlations Lower maturity Palaeozoic thermal

Technical Focus: Semblance Technology and DHI Analyses, Kupe, New Zealand – Mark L. Sloan and Angus Ruddock, Thermal History In Hydrocarbon Exploration – Paul F. Green, Kerry A. Hegarty, Ian R. Duddy

Technical Focus: Semblance Technology and DHI Analyses, Kupe, New Zealand – Mark L. Sloan and Angus Ruddock, Thermal History In Hydrocarbon Exploration – Paul F. Green, Kerry A. Hegarty, Ian R. Duddy

Publication Name: PESA News
Reference Type: Magazine Article
Date Published: December 1997

 

 

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Tags: Angus Ruddock DHI exploration Focus history hydrocarbon Ian Duddy Kerry Hegarty Kupe Mark Sloan New Zealand Paul Green Semblance Technical technology thermal

Flourescence Alteration and Thermal Maturation Modelling of Carnarvon Basin Wells

Flourescence Alteration and Thermal Maturation Modelling of Carnarvon Basin Wells

Publication Name: The Sedimentary Basins of WA
Authors: R.W.T. Wilkins, N.J. Russell and M.V. Ellacott
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1994

 

Abstract:

Fluorescence alteration of multiple macerals (FAMM) is a powerful new CSIRO technique based on fluorescence alteration properties of macerals. FAMM provides equivalent vitrinite reflectance (EVR) data that are internally corrected for reflectance sup...

 

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Tags: basin Carnarvon Flourescence maturation modelling thermal

Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons

Thermal maturity and other geological controls on the distribution and composition of Cooper Basin hydrocarbons

Publication Name: The Cooper & Eromanga Basins Australia
Authors: J.W. Hunt, R.S. Heath, and P.F. McKenzie
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: June 1989

 

Abstract:

The Permo-Triassic Cooper Basin is Australia's major onshore hydrocarbon province. Hydrocarbons discovered in the Basin to date comprise mainly gas (approximately 6 TCF recoverable) although one large oil pool, in the Tirrawarra Sandstone of the Tirr...

 

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Tags: basin composition controls Cooper distribution geological hydrocarbons maturity thermal

The Use of Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Assessment of Thermal Histories of Sediments

The Use of Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Assessment of Thermal Histories of Sediments

Publication Name: The North West Shelf Australia
Authors: R. Alexander, R.I. Kagi, E. Toh and W. van Bronswijk
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: July 1988

 

Abstract:

Palaeogeothermal gradients have been inferred for three sedimentary sequences on the North West Shelf, by detailed examination of the relative concentrations of aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments. The procedure used is based upon laboratory-measu...

 

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Tags: Aromatic Histories hydrocarbons sediments thermal Use

Regional evaluation of the tectonic and thermal history of the Gippsland Region

Regional evaluation of the tectonic and thermal history of the Gippsland Region

Publication Name: Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium - Technical Papers
Authors: K.A. Hegarty, I.R. Duddy, P.F. Green, A.J.W. Gleadow, I. Fraser and J.K. Weissel
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1986

 

Abstract:

The subsidence history at several locations within the Gippsland Basin is reconstructed using biostratigraphic and lithostratigraphic data from onshore and offshore wells. Four distinct Zones which correspond to different patterns of subsidence are i...

 

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Tags: evaluation Gippsland history region Regional tectonic thermal

Fission Track Dating and Thermal History Analysis of Apatites from Wells in the North-West Canning Basin

Fission Track Dating and Thermal History Analysis of Apatites from Wells in the North-West Canning Basin

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: A.J.W. Gleadow and I.R. Duddy
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Fission track dating of detrital apatites recovered from sediments in hydrocarbon exploration wells in the northwestern Canning Basin shows two distinct trends in apatite annealing behaviour. One trend is the normal reduction in fission track length ...

 

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Tags: Apatites basin Canning Dating Fission history North-West thermal Track

Interpretation of Additional Conodont Colour Alteration Data and the Thermal Maturation and Geothermal History of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Interpretation of Additional Conodont Colour Alteration Data and the Thermal Maturation and Geothermal History of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: The Canning Basin, W.A.
Authors: Robert S, Nicoll and John D. Gorter
Reference Type: Book Section
Date Published: December 1984

 

Abstract:

Examination of conodont colour alteration (CAl) in samples from 59 petroleum exploration wells and extensive outcrop collections along the northern margin of the Lennard Shelf forms the basis for a study of the thermal maturation and geothermal histo...

 

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Tags: Australia. basin Canning Colour Conodont data geothermal history Interpretation maturation thermal

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