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Petroleum geochemistry of the Otway Basin, and the significance of coastal bitumen strandings on adjacent southern Australian beaches. Volumes 1 to 5 source rock studies.
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...-
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RB 86/00077 Review of the structure, geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Otway Basin in South Australia.
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....-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
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RB 84/00100 Palynostratigraphy of Argonaut A1, Lake Bonney 1 and Kalangadoo 1 wells, Otway 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....-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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RB 92/00066 South Australia - Otway Basin Area S92-1 petroleum prospects.
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...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1992
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RB 95/00040 Otway Basin aeromagnetic/radiometric test survey.
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...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1995
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EPP 23, Otway Basin, South Australia. Evaluation report.
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...-
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PEL 27 permit review.
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...-
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Otway Basin, an emerging petroleum province.
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...-
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EPP 24, Otway Basin. Farmin evaluation report.
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...-
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Geltwood Beach 1. Test reports.
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...-
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EPP 2. Progress reports for the period 1/7/1968 to 17/3/1976.
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...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1976
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PEL 22 exploration guidelines and the prospects for locating hydrocarbons (in) the Gambier Embayment, South Australia.
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...-
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Hydrocarbon potential of S87-1 application area, Otway Basin.
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Penola Seismic Survey. Reports for the period 15/3/88 to 9/12/88.
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...-
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Published: 09 Dec 1988
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Correlation of Tertiary and Cretaceous sequences, PEL 62, Otway Basin - Summary of existing well data.
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...-
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EPP SA-1, South Australian State Territorial Waters, offshore Otway Basin. Quarterly and annual progress plus technical reports for the period 15/11/90 to 14/11/99.
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...-
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Porthos Prospect [re-]Mapping Project, PEL 62, Otway Basin.
During farm-in discussions with Oil Co. of Australia relating to PEL 27, the PEL 62 joint venture partners viewed OCA's recent seismic mapping of the Killanoola oil discovery area, extending into adjoining PEL 62. They discovered a discrepancy...-
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Seismic reprocessing report, PEL 62, Otway Basin.
Lakes Oil contracted Western Atlas in Adelaide to reprocess two reflection seismic lines, OHK85-03 and OHL86-102A, that had previously been recorded over the Wanda pinchout play in PEL 62. Both lines traverse northeast-southwest, and image the...-
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1991 Saint Clair Detail Seismic Survey. Reports for the period 2/1/91 to December 1991.
AIM: To add detail to several leads identified by the 1990 Saint Clair Seismic Survey, and to provide further regional coverage, particularly in the north-western part of the licence area. The proposed programme of dip and strike lines will address...-
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PEL 60, Otway Basin, South Australia. Technical Committee meeting [presentation notes], 29th November 1998.
The licensee's current understanding of the petroleum geology and geophysics for the PEL 60 area is discussed (in the form of presentation slide montages) under the topic headings Churinga 1 post-audit, Prospectivity review, New mapping and Future...-
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Published: 29 Nov 1998
