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Peake and Malinong. Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 7/7/1980 to 6/8/1982.
In a search for economic Tertiary brown coal in the south-eastern Murray Basin, a large reconnaissance drilling programme was undertaken during February-April 1981 to test known carbonaceous sediments reported as encountered by previous drillholes and...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1982
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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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Kadlongaroo Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1981 to 10/8/1982.
Drilling of a 196 m deep vertical diamond hole to further investigate the oil shale potential of Permian strata in the axis of the Boorthanna Trough, north of Billa Kalina Homestead, intersected only Lower Permian glacial sediments below 30 m thick...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1982
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Karoonda. Final report at licence full surrender, combined with related partial surrender reports for Peake, Swan Reach, Waikerie and Malinong, covering the period 7/7/1980 to 6/7/1981.
Within the surrendered sections of the subject exploration licences in the Karoonda, Marmon Jabuk, Swan Reach, Blanchetown and Cooke Plains areas, following the conduct there of a 45.4 line km gravity survey and the drilling and geophysical logging of...-
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Published: 12 Jun 1981
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Bunabie Rockhole, Hughes and Nullarbor Plain. Progress reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Roxby Downs - type base metal deposits, potentially associated with linear and discrete magnetic anomalies of unknown origin in the basement, were the prime targets of exploration in an area extending between Koonalda and Hughes, adjacent to the SA/WA...-
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Koonalda. Progress reports for the period 7/8/79 to 18/7/82.
Following an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey, two rotary percussion holes totalling 819 m were drilled on negative magnetic anomalies to reach pre-Mesozoic basement (gabbro and meta-sandstone) in the Koonalda area of the Nullarbor Plain. No...-
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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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Exploration opportunity - Cooper Basin, third round - Acreage Release Blocks CO2000-A to H.
The South Australian part of the Cooper Basin had been under licence continuously since 1954, however on 27 February 1999 Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) 5&6 expired. The former PEL 5&6 area is being released in four bidding rounds over...-
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Exploration opportunity - Otway Basin - Acreage Release Blocks OT2000-A to G.
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Exploration opportunity - Cooper Basin, second round - Acreage Release Blocks CO2000-A to H March 1999.
The South Australian part of the Cooper Basin had been under licence continuously since 1954, however on 27 February 1999 Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) 5&6 expired. The former PEL 5&6 area is being released in four bidding rounds over...-
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RB 53/00142 Photogeological study of the Coober Pedy Lake Eyre region.
A study of air photographs, bore-hole records and previous reports covering the Coober Pedy and Lake Eyre 8 mile sheets indicates the general thinness and flat lying nature of the Mesozoic sedimentary rocks to the west and southwest. Some small...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 57/00017 Detailed observations on outcrop material from the Oodnadatta area.
Detailed field studies of outcropping material from the Oodnadatta and Wintinna 4 mile areas, supplemented by analyses and petrological descriptions of selected samples, has revealed a rock assemblage of considerable complexity. The results obtained...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 57/00072 Geology of the Mount Dutton area, OODNADATTA 4-mile sheet.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 77/00020 Barabba gravity survey. Student project.
A gravity survey was carried out in the Mallala-Balaklava area located about 56 km north of Adelaide as shown on Fig. 1. Twelve days were spent in fieldwork. Reduction and interpretation of results occupied a further fourteen days.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00033 Logeval. A computer program for the evaluation of petroleum well logs.
The purpose of petroleum well log evaluation is quantitative determination of the possible presence of hydrocarbons. This necessitates making calculations of porosity and water saturation for many intervals within the well, using various log...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00005 Source book for the Officer Basin area in South Australia.
This is a bibliographic compilation with index and key maps on petroleum potential, geology, geophysics and palaeontology of the Proterozoic-Palaeozoic Officer Basin, post-Palaeozoic geology, tectonics and other related topics.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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RB 79/00088 Wilkinson 1. Well completion report.
Wilkinson 1 stratigraphic well was drilled by the SA Department of Mines and Energy in mid-1978, about 250 km south-west of Coober Pedy, in the Tallaringa Trough. Here a thick section of Cambrian claystones, limestones and evaporites, at least 594 m...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1979
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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 95/00014 Leigh Creek Lobe B. Sampling and analysis of Main Series overburden drillcore to determine oil yields.
This report summarises a program of sampling and analysis carried out by MESA in early 1994 on core samples from 7 holes by ETSA in 1988/89 through the Leigh Creek Lobe B Main Series overburden sequence. A total of 175 carbonaceous mudstone samples...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1995
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Garford Homestead. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 12/4/1983 to 11/4/1984.
After a regional review of the absorbent clay mineral potential of known palygorskite and attapulgite - bearing Middle Tertiary palaeochannel sediments in an area centred 110 km south-west of Coober Pedy, a possibly economic partly-exposed attapulgite...-
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Published: 21 Jun 1984
