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Changes in palaeoenvironmental conditions in Late Devonian reef systems from the Canning Basin, WA – A biomarker and stable isotope approach
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Svenja TULIPANI, Kliti GRICE, Paul F. GREENWOOD, Peter HAINES, Roger E. SUMMONS, Michael E. BÖTTCHER, Clinton B. FOSTER, Martijn WOLTERING, Ted PLAYTON
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
During the Late Devonian one of the biggest mass extinctions in Earth’s history wiped out the extensive reef systems prominent in that era. The most severe loss of speciesoccurred at the Frasnian –Famennian (F-F) boundary; however also the Giveti...
The Seismic Stratigraphy of the Kimmeridgian–Tithonian Dupuy Formation in the Barrow Island Area
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: D. Gillam, K. Ehman, H. Posamentier, M. Trupp
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Kimmeridgian–Tithonian Dupuy Formation forms the injection reservoir for the Gorgon Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Injection Project. Understanding the reservoir architecture of the Dupuy Formation is a key aspect to ensuring the success of the injection...
Neotectonic Evidence for a Rustal Strain Gradient on the Central-west Western Australian Margin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A. McPherson, D. Clark, B. Whitney
- Date Published: August 2013
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Compressional deformation is a common phase in the post-rift evolution of passive margins and rift systems. The central-west Western Australian margin, between Geraldton and Karratha, provides an example of a strain gradient between inverting passive...
Analysis of Grant Group channel systems on the margin of the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin using 3D seismic data: implications for the Permo-Carboniferous ice sheet dynamics
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Jalal AL-HINAAI, Jonathan REDFERN
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Interpretation of Grant Group using a recent high quality 3D seismic data acquired on the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin integrated with data from 17 wells within the survey area, allows analysis of seismic facies and the depositional architecture of P...
Application of carbon isotope chemostratigraphy as a chronostratigraphic tool in Upper Devonian carbonate slopes: Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Kelly HILLBUN, David KATZ, Ted E. PLAYTON, Evan LEWARCH, Kate TRINAJSTIC, Eric TOHVER, Peter HAINES, Jeroen HANSMA, Roger HOCKING, Joseph KIRSCHVINK, Peter CAWOOD, Kliti GRICE, Maodu YAN, Ken RATCLIFFE, Sergei PISAREVSKY, Paul MONTGOMERY, Peter WARD
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Chronostratigraphic correlations are integral for sequence stratigraphic frameworks and subsurface reservoir characterization, however the generation of such frameworks are challenging due to dataset limitations and depositional heterogeneity.The Can...
Depositional Analogues & Subsurface Uncertainty Management – Implications for Reservoir Characterisation and Modelling
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S.P. Sadler, S.C. Lang, R.J. Seggie, K. Adamson, N.G. Marshall, D.P. Harris, J.A. Spilsbury-Schakel
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Understanding and managing subsurface uncertainty is one of the key elements in project maturation and delivery for both exploration and field development. A variety of geostatistical processes and methodologies are employed to address this issue, co...
A Regional Assessment of the CO2 Storage Potential of the Petrel Sub-basin (Bonaparte Basin), Offshore Northern Territory
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: C. Consoli, K. Higgins, D. Jorgensen, D. Lescinsky, K. Khider, R. Morris, V. Nguyen
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Geoscience Australia has completed a regional study investigating the carbon dioxide geological storage potential for the Petrel Sub-basin (Bonaparte Basin), offshore Northern Territory. The aims were to acquire pre-competitive data and to evaluate t...
Acme Field Discovery, Carnarvon Basin WA
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: R. Lawrence
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Acme Field was discovered in July 2010 by the Acme 1 well in permit WA-42-R in the North Carnarvon Basin by Chevron and its partner at the time, Shell. The discovery well was drilled in 878 m of water, and targeted a
27 km2 horst block located 5...
Discovery to Development – A Subsurface Case History of the Kitan Oil Field, Timor Sea
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: D. Wheller, G. Ellis, Y. Suhardiman, R. Yokote, D. Selvaggi, J. Derrij, G. Maniscalco
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Kitan Oil Field is located in the northern Bonaparte Basin within the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), an area jointly administered by Timor-Leste and Australia. The Kitan structure is a Jurassic E-W trending tilted fault block. The Kitan...
Middle Proterozoic Biostratigraphy and Log Correlations of the Kyalla and Chambers River Formations Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: John D. Gorter, Kathleen Grey
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Beetaloo Sub-basin, McArthur Basin, Northern Territory hosts some of the oldest proven hydrocarbon source rocks in Australia in the Mesoproterozoic Roper Group. Oil has been typed to organic matter from the Velkerri Formation, and the younger Kya...
A Paleozoic Perspective of Western Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: A.J. Mory, P.W. Haines
- Date Published: August 2013
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Inter-basinal correlations for the Cambrian to Carboniferous successions of Western Australia are mostly poorly constrained, largely due to unfavourable biogeographic factors, but also because biostratigraphic studies have been skewed to certain basi...
Permo-Carboniferous Glacial Channel Systems on the Margin of the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, Western Australia: Implication for Ice Sheet Dynamics
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J. Al-Hinaai, J. Redfern
- Date Published: August 2013
Abstract:
Interpretation of a recent high quality 3D seismic dataset acquired on the Lennard Shelf, Canning Basin, integrated with data from 20 wells within the survey area, allows analysis of seismic facies and the depositional architecture of PermoCarbonifer...
Impacts of Igneous Intrusions on Source and Reservoir Potential in Prospective Sedimentary Basins Along the Western Australian Continental Margin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: S.P. Holford, N. Schofield, C. A.-L. Jackson, C. Magee, P.F. Green, I.R. Duddy
- Date Published: August 2013
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Many prospective basins in rifted continental margins, including those located along the western Australian continental margin, contain extrusive and intrusive rocks generated during rifting and particularly during continental breakup. Intrusive igne...
Submarine Slide and Slump Complexes, Exmouth Plateau, NW Shelf of Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: N. Scarselli, K. McClay, C. Elders
- Date Published: August 2013
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Analysis of 3D seismic data shows that the Neogene to near seabed section along the NW flank of the Exmouth Plateau Arch has been affected by numerous slope failures. Seabed collapses originated at water depths of ~1000 m and extend down dip to depth...
The Impact of Multi-Azimuth Seismic Over Tidepole
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: D. Dickinson, S. Gagen
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Tidepole gas field, located in WA-5-L on the North West Shelf, Australia was discovered in 1971. The field is covered by the high-resolution Demeter 3D seismic survey acquired over the central North West Shelf in 2003, but further appraisal of th...
CO2 storage potential of the Gage Sandstone, Vlaming Sub-basin, offshore southern Perth Basin: A case study based on seismic facies mapping and well log interpretation
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Megan E LECH, Diane C. JORGENSEN, Liuqi WANG, David LESCINSKY, Irina BORISSOVA, Chris SOUTHBY, Stephen JOHNSTON, Danielle ROBERTSON
- Date Published: August 2013
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Geoscience Australia is conducting a study under the National Carbon Infrastructure Plan (NCIP) to assess the suitability of the Vlaming Sub-basin for CO2 storage. It involves characterisation of the Valanginian reservoir (Gage Sandstone) and the Ear...
Tectonic Evolution and Continental Fragmentation of the Southern West Australian Margin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J.M. Whittaker, J.A. Halpin, S.E. Williams, L.S. Hall, R. Gardner, M.E. Kobler, N.R. Daczko, R.D. Müller
- Date Published: August 2013
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Continental rocks dredged in 2011 show that the Batavia Knoll and Gulden Draak Knoll, two prominent bathymetric features located ~1600 km offshore Perth, are micro-continents. Plate tectonic modeling reconstructs the pre-rift position of these knolls...
Early Carboniferous Petroleum Source Rocks of the Southeastern Bonaparte Basin, Australia
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: J.D. Gorter, D.M. McKirdy
- Date Published: August 2013
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Palaeontological and geochemical resampling of cores from mineral exploration hole NBF 1002 in the southeastern Bonaparte Basin of northern Australia has led to the reevaluation of previously published source rock identifications and the Early Carbon...
Reservoir Fluid Property Variation at the Metre-scale: Origin, Impact and Mapping in the Vincent Oil Field, Exmouth Sub-basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium 2013
- Authors: A.P. Murray , D.A. Dawson , D. Carruthers, S. Larter FRS3
- Date Published: August 2013
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Oil in the Vincent Field is uniformly derived from gas and light-oil prone Jurassic source rocks. However, fluid samples from different parts of the reservoir show highly variable solution GOR and in-situ viscosity.
The excellent reservoir qualit...
Hunting for the Cracks: Identifying Fracture Permeability for Geothermal Exploration in the North Perth Basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: M. Ballesteros, R. Oppermann
- Date Published: August 2013
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Hot Sedimentary Aquifer (HSA) geothermal systems share many characteristics with petroleum systems, and similar data and work flows are used to define them. Key geological ingredients for a working geothermal system include a heat source and a heat t...
Detailed Stratigraphic Architecture of the Macedon Member Turbidite Reservoirs of the Stybarrow Field, NW Australia: An Integration of Well, Production and 3D/4D Seismic Data
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: C. Hurren, G. O’Halloran, G. Duncan, R. Hill1
- Date Published: August 2013
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The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Macedon Member turbidite sandstones of the lower Barrow Group form the reservoir intervals of the Stybarrow Oil Field in the Southern Exmouth Sub-basin. Individual sand units range from a few metres up to 20 m in ...
The potential for an unexplored unconventional hydrocarbon play in the southern onshore Carnarvon Basin
- Publication Name: Western Australian Basins Symposium
- Authors: Matthew Silverman, David Warner, Catherine Campbell
- Date Published: August 2013
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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...