The standing of crude oil on the beaches of southern Australia was first recorded approximately 150 years ago. This material, known locally as coastal bitumen, was used by the early maritime visitors and settlers to caulk their vessels and is the...

Highlights of the above 4 parts of the report include: 1) A brief review of the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cainozoic tectonic history. 2) The limited amount of useable seismic, aeromagnetic and gravity data hampers structural definition of the basin....

16 samples produced sparse, poorly preserved microfloras. In Argonaut-A1 palynofloras are correlated with Late Cretaceous and Eocene zones, with an unconformity between Cretaceous and Tertiary. Local unconformities may occur in the Campanian section....

This report is on the Otway Basin, South Australian sector. It covers the structural and tectonic history and the methodology of the seismic interpretation. Contour maps enclosed are time and depth structures of the Sherbrook Group, Eumeralla...

A promotional brochure for vacant offshore Otway Basin petroleum exploration acreage, designed for release overseas to potential corporate bidders, prior to gazettal of the area for permit applications in November 1992. Area S92-1 covering 4736 square...

A test aerial spectrometric and subsidiary aeromagnetic survey of the onshore Otway Basin in SA was proposed in 1991 by APIRA, the Commonwealth Government's petroleum research authority. Initially it was aimed at utilising possible signature responses...

In order to examine the prospectivity of EPP 23, for which they assumed the operatorship by a 65% farm-in in August 1990, BHP Petroleum have examined well palynological and geochemical data in and around the permit and have interpreted over 600 km of...

This compilation of available geological and geophysical data pertaining to PEL 27, and open file plus traded data from adjoining tenements, assembled in June 1992, was instigated by the PEL 27 joint venture to provide a comprehensive basis on which...

Promotional booklet intended to give oil industry analysts an up-to-date overview of the Otway Basin, plus separately some in-depth views of the hydrocarbon prospectivity of 5 (3 in SA) current Otway Basin petroleum exploration tenements in which the...

EPP 24 lies in the north-western corner of the Otway Basin, offshore from Robe, South Australia. The permit geology is dominated by sediments of the Early Cretaceous Otway Group. A tectonic hinge-line called the Chama Terrace runs obliquely from...

Contains drill cuttings and core descriptions, some brief results for conventional core analyses plus basic source rock quality evaluation of the Cretaceous section, and a detailed organic petrology study report. The latter study investigated 12...

During its permit tenure the BHP/Esso joint venture carried out 6 seismic surveys and drilled 4 exploratory wells in attempting to ascertain whether commercial hydrocarbon deposits existed within the area. Although the geological prognoses...

Thirty samples from the Tertiary, Cretaceous and pre-Cretaceous were examined for organic matter type and abundance and maturation level. The source potential of the Lower Cretaceous is fair to good, but the deepest part of the Eumeralla Formation...

Technical data related to the Banyula 1 well proposal, dealing with environmental protection, geological, drilling engineering and associated work practice methods.

This study concentrates on the correlation of lithostratigraphic units, establishing a model for the likely source rock maturity pattern, and elucidating the structure, seal and reservoir relationships. The Early Cretaceous Otway Group is considered...

AIM: A high resolution, digital marine airgun seismic reflection survey (33 lines totalling 53 line km) and a shallow resolution, analogue marine boomer seismic reflection survey (38 lines totalling 129 line km), plus secondary echosounder bathymetry...

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AIM: This detailed seismic survey of 12 lines totalling 90.2 line km was proposed to define an optimum location on the Katnook Structure at which to locate an appraisal well for further drilling evaluation of the Katnook gas discovery. In addition to...

A review of stratigraphic information for all the wells drilled in the PEL 62 area was undertaken to investigate the distribution of Cretaceous sedimentary units along part of the northern limiting boundary of the Otway Basin. The main prospective...

Permit EPP SA-1 in the South Australian Otway Basin covers the 3 nautical mile - wide State territorial waters between the coastline and the eastern boundaries of offshore permits EPP 24 and the relinquished EPP 23, and was essentially acquired by BHP...