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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
Abstract:
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...
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...
Identification of Fluid Flow Features in the Seafloor and Subsurface and their Implications for Prospect and Geohazard Assessment: Examples from the Australian Northwest Shelf
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J.K. Dirstein, J.V. Hengesh, A.J. Stanley
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Automated data extraction and analysis techniques were applied to open-file 3D seismic volumes from the North West Shelf creating visual databases of virtually all peak and trough surfaces. Examples from the Gorgon, Glencoe and Bonaventure 3D seismic...
New Observations of the Post-Triassic Succession in the Central Beagle Sub-basin, Northern Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: M.E. Lech
- Date Published: August 2013
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In this study detailed mapping of seismic data from the 1529 km2 Beagle multi-client 3D seismic survey was undertaken to provide a better understanding of the geological history of the central Beagle Sub-basin. Situated in the Northern Carnarvon Basi...
Newly-recognised Continental Fragments Rifted from the West Australian Margin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S.E. Williams, J.M. Whittaker, R. D. Müller
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The southwest Australian margin formed at the nexus of rifting and breakup between India, Australia and Antarctica in the Early Cretaceous. Studying the basin evolution along this margin has been hampered by a lack of data from the offshore Perth Aby...
Beyond the Deltas: Late Triassic Isolated Carbonate Build-ups on the Exmouth Plateau, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S.L. Grain, W.M. Peace, E.C.D. Hooper, E. McCartain, P.J. Massara, N.G. Marshall, S.C. Lang
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Upper Triassic isolated carbonate build-ups have emerged as a new exploration play on the outer Exmouth Plateau. The presence of Upper Triassic carbonates in the Northern Carnarvon Basin has been known for many years from Exmouth Plateau well-based s...
Seismic Stratigraphic Relationships within a Lowstand Reservoir System – Examples from the Barrow Group, Southern Exmouth Sub-Basin, NW Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: G. O’Halloran, C. Hurren, T. O’Hara
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Eskdale and Macedon members of the lower Barrow Group comprise some of the main oil-bearing reservoirs in the Exmouth Sub-basin. These high quality sandstones form the reservoirs in the Stybarrow and Eskdale oil f...
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
Abstract:
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...
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...
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
Abstract:
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...
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
Abstract:
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Abstract:
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...
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...
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. ...
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)....
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....
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 ...
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...
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
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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...
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...
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 ...
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
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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...
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
Abstract:
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...
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
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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...
The Gorgon Field: An Overview
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A. Maftei, E.J. King, M.C. Flores
- Date Published: August 2013
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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...
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...
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
Abstract:
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...