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Paleozoic to Triassic continental-scale sediment provenance of the Canning, Offcer and Northern Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

Paleozoic to Triassic continental-scale sediment provenance of the Canning, Offcer and Northern Carnarvon Basins, Western Australia

Publication Name: West Australian Basins Symposium 2019
Authors: S. Morón, P.A.Cawood, P. W. Haines, S.J. Gallagher, S. Zahirovic, C.J. Lewis & L. Moresi
Date Published: September 2019

 

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The provenance of Paleozoic and Mesozoic sedimentary sequences in Western Australia remains controversial. Better understanding of sediment provenance has implications for the characterisation of reservoir quality and potential correlation between kn...

 

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Unravelling the Lower Keraudren Petroleum System in the Bedout Sub-basin: Some Early Observations

Unravelling the Lower Keraudren Petroleum System in the Bedout Sub-basin: Some Early Observations

Publication Name: West Australian Basins Symposium 2019
Authors: Melissa Thompson, Jack Woodward, Jon Minken & Rebecca Ryan
Date Published: September 2019

 

Abstract:

Since 2014, Santos Limited (formerly Apache/Quadrant Energy Limited) has had considerable exploration success in the Bedout Sub-basin with the Phoenix South, Roc and Dorado hydrocarbon discoveries within what has historically been called the Lower Ke...

 

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Oil Exploration Potential in the Greater Northern Australian – New Guinea Super Gas Province

Oil Exploration Potential in the Greater Northern Australian – New Guinea Super Gas Province

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: P.M. Barber
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Greater Northern Australia–New Guinea Super Gas Province lies on the Northern Australian continental margin, within which over 230 Tcf gas and 7.2 billion bbls oil have been discovered. The province extends from the Northern Carnarvon Basin, th...

 

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Unlocking the Origin of Hydrocarbons in the Central Part of the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia

Unlocking the Origin of Hydrocarbons in the Central Part of the Rankin Trend, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: D. Jablonski, J. Preston, S. Westlake, C.M. Gumley
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Rankin Trend has proven to be one of the most prospective areas within the Westralian Superbasin. It has a wide variety of hydrocarbon trap types, varying from simple structural with a single hydrocarbon-water contact to complex reservoir-trappin...

 

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Biozonation and stratigraphy	of the Canning Basin – updated to	the 2012 timescale

Biozonation and stratigraphy of the Canning Basin – updated to the 2012 timescale

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Tegan E. SMITH, Dianne S. EDWARDS, Andrew P. KELMAN, John R. LAURIE, Arthur J. MORY, Robert S. NICOLL, James G. OGG
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Canning Basin in northwestern Australia covers an area of over 506,000 sq. km, of which 430,000 sq. km are onshore. The maximum sediment thickness is over 15,000 m, concentrated in two north-west trending depocentres: the Fitzroy Trough – Grego...

 

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Insights from the Automated Extraction of Surfaces from the Bunda 3D Seismic Survey

Insights from the Automated Extraction of Surfaces from the Bunda 3D Seismic Survey

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: J.K. Dirstein, T. Rudge, R. Li, A.J. Stanley
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Lennard Shelf in the Canning Basin has long held the lure of commercial hydrocarbons. Home Energy discovered the Blina Oil Field in 1981, the first of several small fields found during the 1980’s on the shelf. Buru Energy’s predecessor ARC En...

 

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THE DEPOSITIONAL STYLES OF THE CAMPANIAN – MAASTRICHTIAN INTERVAL, BROWSE – BONAPARTE BASINS

THE DEPOSITIONAL STYLES OF THE CAMPANIAN – MAASTRICHTIAN INTERVAL, BROWSE – BONAPARTE BASINS

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Marcus Lemberger, David Little
Date Published: August 2013

 

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TGS has completed a sequence stratigraphic study of the Browse and Bonaparte Basins on the North West Shelf, Australia. The aim of the study was to create one, consistent interpretation for both basin’s depositional history. Interpretations from 26...

 

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The Stratigraphy of the Pyrenees Member of the Ravensworth, Crosby and Stickle Fields, Exmouth Sub-Basin, Northwest Australia – A Wave- and Storm-Dominated Shelf-Margin Delta

The Stratigraphy of the Pyrenees Member of the Ravensworth, Crosby and Stickle Fields, Exmouth Sub-Basin, Northwest Australia – A Wave- and Storm-Dominated Shelf-Margin Delta

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: M. Woodall, C. Stark
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Pyrenees Member of the Lower Barrow Group within the Exmouth Sub-basin, offshore Western Australia, forms part of the Pyrenees Shelf Margin Delta which constitutes the highly productive reservoirs of the Ravensworth, Crosby and Stickle oil and ga...

 

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The Influence of Exhumation on Petroleum Prospectivity in the Sedimentary Basins of WA

The Influence of Exhumation on Petroleum Prospectivity in the Sedimentary Basins of WA

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: P.F. Green, I.R. Duddy
Date Published: August 2013

 

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Exhumation tends to be viewed by many as highly negative for hydrocarbon prospectivity, leading to basin models and regional assessments which downplay the possibility that preserved basin sequences have been more deeply buried by section that has su...

 

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An Integrated Regional Triassic Stratigraphic Framework for the Carnarvon Basin, NWS, Australia

An Integrated Regional Triassic Stratigraphic Framework for the Carnarvon Basin, NWS, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: T.H.D. Payenberg, H. Howe, T. Marsh, P. Sixsmith, W.S. Kowalik, A. Powell, K. Ratcliffe, V. Iasky, A. Allgoewer, R.W. Howe, P. Montgomery, A. Vonk, M. Croft
Date Published: August 2013

 

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Stratigraphic correlation in kilometres-thick Triassic fluvial successions of the Carnarvon Basin, Northwest Shelf (NWS), Australia, has traditionally been hindered by a lack of continuous seismic events, low biostratigraphic resolution and the pract...

 

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Stratigraphic Interpretation and Reservoir Modelling of the Barrow Group Below Barrow Island

Stratigraphic Interpretation and Reservoir Modelling of the Barrow Group Below Barrow Island

Publication Name: West Australian Basins Symposium 2013
Authors: I. Barranco, E. Mahon, P. Sixsmith
Date Published: August 2013

 

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An integral component of the Chevron operated Gorgon Project is the proposal to dispose of reservoir carbon dioxide by underground injection into the Dupuy Formation below Barrow Island. As part of this project, Chevron has undertaken a new assessmen...

 

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Late Triassic – Mid-Jurassic to Neogene Extensional Fault Systems in the Exmouth Sub-Basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia

Late Triassic – Mid-Jurassic to Neogene Extensional Fault Systems in the Exmouth Sub-Basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: S. Jitmahantakul, K. McClay
Date Published: August 2013

 

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This paper documents a detailed tectono-stratigraphic analysis of five merged 3D seismic surveys that cover the greater part of the Exmouth Sub-basin in the Northern Carnarvon Basin on the North West Shelf of Australia. ...

 

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Offshore West Australian Basins, Fuelling a Decade of Conventional Prosperity for Industry and Woodside

Offshore West Australian Basins, Fuelling a Decade of Conventional Prosperity for Industry and Woodside

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: M.J. Thompson
Date Published: August 2013

 

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This plenary paper reviews industry trends* and Woodside‟s achievements during the decade 2002 to end 2011 (the period since the last dedicated WABS Symposium)....

 

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Stable Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopic Compositions of Paleozoic Marine Crude Oils from the Canning Basin: Comparison with Other West Australian Crude Oils

Stable Carbon and Hydrogen Isotopic Compositions of Paleozoic Marine Crude Oils from the Canning Basin: Comparison with Other West Australian Crude Oils

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: D.S. Edwards, C.J. Boreham, J. Chen, E. Grosjean, A.J. Mory, J. Sohn, J.E. Zumberge
Date Published: August 2013

 

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This study focuses on the stable carbon (δ13C) and hydrogen (δD) isotopic compositions of bulk, saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons in 19 Paleozoic marine crude oils from the Canning Basin, Western Australia....

 

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Use of U-Pb geochronology to delineate provenance of North West Shelf sediments, Australia

Use of U-Pb geochronology to delineate provenance of North West Shelf sediments, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: C.J. Lewis, K.N. Sircombe
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS) has been the premier hydrocarbon exploration and production province for over 30 years. Despite the large number of geological studies completed in this region, numerous geological questions remain to be answered ...

 

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Structural Interpretation of the Northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Structural Interpretation of the Northern Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Y. Zhan, A.J. Mory
Date Published: August 2013

 

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Seismic profiles in the northern Canning Basin reveal a major WNW-oriented strike-slip fault zone in the Fitzroy Trough. The zone bisects the trough and was generated during the Triassic–Jurassic Fitzroy Transpression. It contains likely flower str...

 

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Process-oriented gravity modelling in the Browse Basin: constraints on crustal structure, stretching and thermal state

Process-oriented gravity modelling in the Browse Basin: constraints on crustal structure, stretching and thermal state

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Ron HACKNEY, Tony WATTS
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

For many basins along the western Australian margin, knowledge of basement and crustal structure is limited, yet both play an important role in controlling basin evolution. To provide new insight into these fundamental features in the Browse Basin, w...

 

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Insights on Upper Devonian Reef Complex Depositional Heterogeneity and Architecture Unraveled Through Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Insights on Upper Devonian Reef Complex Depositional Heterogeneity and Architecture Unraveled Through Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Ted Playton, Roger Hocking, David Katz, Peter Haines, Kelly Hillbun, Eric Tohver, Kate Trinajstic, Maodu Yan, Jeroen Hansma, Sergei Pisarevsky, Joseph Kirschvink, Paul Montgomery, Peter Cawood, Kliti Grice, Svenja Tulipani, Ken Ratcliffe, David Wray, Samuel Caulfield-Kerney, Peter Ward, Phillip Playford
Date Published: August 2013

 

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High-resolution chronostratigraphic correlations are integral to meaningful stratigraphic frameworks in depositional systems, but may be difficult to achieve due to biostratigraphic limitations and geological complexity. In steep-sided carbonate plat...

 

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CO2 storage prospectivity of the offshore Vlaming Sub-basin – evaluating containment

CO2 storage prospectivity of the offshore Vlaming Sub-basin – evaluating containment

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Irina BORISSOVA, George BERNARDEL, Chris SOUTHBY, Megan LECH, Steven JOHNSTON, Nadege ROLLET, Chris LEWIS
Date Published: August 2013

 

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As part of the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP), Geoscience Australia is undertaking evaluation of the Vlaming Sub-basin, offshore Western Australia, for the long-term storage of CO2. The Early Cretaceous Gage Sandstone is a quality reservoir ...

 

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Influence of Early Cretaceous paleotopography on deposition and the sealing potential of the South Perth Shale, Vlaming Sub-basin

Influence of Early Cretaceous paleotopography on deposition and the sealing potential of the South Perth Shale, Vlaming Sub-basin

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Stephen JOHNSTON, Chris SOUTHBY, Irina BORISSOVA, Megan LECH, Chris LEWIS, Diane JORGENSEN, Liuqi WANG
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

Geoscience Australia is currently conducting a study under the National CO2 Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to assess suitability of the Vlaming Sub-basin for CO2 storage. It involves characterisation of the potential seal, the Early Cretaceous South Pert...

 

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Magnetostratigraphy as a correlation tool for carbonate environments – Examples from the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Magnetostratigraphy as a correlation tool for carbonate environments – Examples from the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: Eric TOHVER, Sergei PISAREVSKY, Maodu YAN, Jeroen HANSMA, Ted E. PLAYTON, Joseph KIRSCHVINK, Kate TRINAJSTIC, Peter HAINES, Roger HOCKING, Paul MONTGOMERY
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The margins of the Canning Basin of Western Australia were the loci for extensive carbonate accumulation throughout Middle to Late Devonian times. The irregular coastline of the Lennard Shelf produced a variety of depostional settings, including isol...

 

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Have We Deciphered the Canning? Discovery of the Ungani Oil Field

Have We Deciphered the Canning? Discovery of the Ungani Oil Field

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: P.B. Edwards, E. Streitberg
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

The 2011 discovery of the Ungani oil field by Buru Energy has driven a far-reaching change in perceptions of the prospectivity of the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Previously the basin had been portrayed as ‘difficult’, with a number of pot...

 

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The Gorgon Field: An Overview

The Gorgon Field: An Overview

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: A. Maftei, E.J. King, M.C. Flores
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

The Gorgon Field, a giant gas accumulation discovered in 1980, remained undeveloped for over three decades due to challenging subsurface and commercial factors. Situated in the Northern Carnarvon basin in 200–300 m of water, the Gorgon Field lies 1...

 

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Detrital Zircon U–Pb Ages from the Paleozoic of the Canning and Officer Basins, Western Australia: Implications for Provenance and Interbasin Connections

Detrital Zircon U–Pb Ages from the Paleozoic of the Canning and Officer Basins, Western Australia: Implications for Provenance and Interbasin Connections

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: P.W. Haines, M.T.D. Wingate, C.L. Kirkland
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The U–Pb age spectra of detrital zircons separated from sandstone were determined for twelve Canning Basin samples, two western Officer Basin samples, and one basement sample from the centre of the Canning Basin. The basement sample has an early Ne...

 

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Development of a Regional Stratigraphic Framework For Upper Devonian Reef Complexes Using Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Development of a Regional Stratigraphic Framework For Upper Devonian Reef Complexes Using Integrated Chronostratigraphy: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: T.E. Playton, R. Hocking, P. Montgomery, E. Tohver, K. Hillbun, D. Katz, P. Haines, K. Trinajstic, M. Yan, J. Hansma, S. Pisarevsky, J. Kirschvink, P. Cawood, K. Grice, S. Tulipani, K. Ratcliffe, D. Wray, S. Caulfield-Kerney, P. Ward, P. Playford
Date Published: August 2013

 

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Questions regarding heterogeneity and architecture of reefal carbonate platform systems may be resolved by wellconstrained chronostratigraphic frameworks, developed from the integration of multiple independent signals in the rock record. This makes p...

 

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Seismic Stratigraphy of a Plio-quaternary Intra-shelf Basin (Bonaparte Shelf, NW Australia)

Seismic Stratigraphy of a Plio-quaternary Intra-shelf Basin (Bonaparte Shelf, NW Australia)

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: J. Bourget, R. Nanson, R.B. Ainsworth, S. Courgeon, S.J. Jorry, H. Al-anzi
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Bonaparte Basin is marked by the development of a wide (ca. 630 km) continental shelf where carbonate and siliciclastic sediments accumulated during the Late Pliocene and Quaternary (ca. 3.5 Ma BP onwards). This unusually large platform is associ...

 

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Analysis of Seabed Features and Shallow Stratigraphy for Indications of Fault Reactivation and Seepage: Results from the 2012 Marine Surveys in the Southern Perth and Bonaparte Basins

Analysis of Seabed Features and Shallow Stratigraphy for Indications of Fault Reactivation and Seepage: Results from the 2012 Marine Surveys in the Southern Perth and Bonaparte Basins

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: D. Jorgensen, I. Borissova, G. Bernardel, A. Carroll, C. Consoli, H. Dulfer, K. Higgins, T. Nicholas, K. Picard
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

In 2012, Geoscience Australia carried out marine surveys in the Vlaming Sub-basin (Perth Basin; GA0334) and Petrel Sub-basin (Bonaparte Basin; SOL5463). The purpose of these surveys was to gather pre-competitive geophysical and biophysical data on th...

 

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Depositional and Volcanic History of the Early to Middle Jurassic Deltaic Reservoirs in Calliance and Brecknock Fields (Plover Formation), Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Depositional and Volcanic History of the Early to Middle Jurassic Deltaic Reservoirs in Calliance and Brecknock Fields (Plover Formation), Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: F. Tovaglieri, A.D. George, T. Jones, H. Zwingmann
Date Published: August 2013

 

Abstract:

The Early to Middle Jurassic Plover Formation in the Browse Basin hosts reservoirs currently targeted for gas exploration and development. Integration of core-based sedimentology, igneous petrology, borehole image and wireline log analysis, with bios...

 

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Late Authigenic Pyrite – an Indicator of Oil Migration and Entrapment in the Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea, Australia

Late Authigenic Pyrite – an Indicator of Oil Migration and Entrapment in the Bonaparte Basin, Timor Sea, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: G. K. Ellis
Date Published: August 2013

 

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Late authigenic pyrite cementation is common to abundant in the Middle Jurassic Laminaria and Plover Formation sandstone in numerous wells on the Laminaria High and in the Vulcan Sub-basin of the northern Bonaparte Basin. Pyrite cementation developed...

 

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A New Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the North West Shelf, Australia

A New Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for the North West Shelf, Australia

Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
Authors: N.G. Marshall, S.C. Lang
Date Published: August 2013

 

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The Mesozoic and Cenozoic of the North West Shelf can be subdivided into 18 broad stratigraphic intervals that show a remarkable degree of geological similarity from basin to basin. These intervals are termed “regional play intervals” and are rel...

 

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