A review of the depositional setting, reservoir, seal and trapping potential of the Poolowanna Formation in the Eromanga Basin has been undertaken covering PELs 5 and 6. Extensive interpretation of wireline logs and available palynological data...

The Stansbury Basin is a relatively unexplored Cambrian sedimentary basin in South Australia. Good quality seismic data has defined a large untested prospect, the Investigator prospect, which has the potential to contain 200 to 300 mmbbl of oil, or...

In a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits, a resistivity survey and a 19 hole, 2818 m reconnaissance open hole rotary drilling and downhole geophysical logging programme were carried out in parts of the Tertiary Curnamona...

The geological settings of Birkhead Formation oil fields in the study area are characterised by access to Permian-sourced hydrocarbons. This study has shown that in over 60% of the fields the main Nappamerri Group seal is absent; for those fields...

The Ouldburra Formation (Early Cambrian) is a newly defined sequence of carbonates, mixed carbonate/siliciclastics and evaporites in the northeastern Officer Basin, northern South Australia. Deposition took place during the late stages of...

This report forms part of a continuing study of the Permian in the Cooper Basin by the PELs 5 and 6 licensees. All cuttings and cores from wells drilled in the Moomba and Big Lake field areas, and from Burley 1 in the Nappamerri Low depocentre, have...

This study has concentrated on mapping Unit-defined reservoir distribution trends within the Patchawarra Formation and Tirrawarra Sandstone in the central Patchawarra Trough. Recognition of these trends will impact on the exploration potential of the...

This report critically reassesses the biomarker geochemistry of the crude oil show encountered in the Wilkatana 1 well, using new analytical data, then compares its molecular composition with that of other Australian Cambrian oils, and discusses the...

Santos Ltd requested the services of the author to undertake detailed petrological descriptions and a sedimentological interpretation of Late Carboniferous to Early Permian sediments of the lower Gidgealpa Group in the Big Lake Field. The study was...

17 samples of Early Cambrian Mount McDonnell Formation shallow marine mudstone outcropping on the northern coastline of Kangaroo Island near Hummocky Point were analysed geochemically to determine their source rock richness and thermal maturity, and...

Exploration included : - drilling of Moorowie 1, - 1984 Hogarth - ARR, 1985 Morphett - ARR, 1986 Fletcher - ARR and 1987 Mitchell - ARR Seismic Surveys, - experimental seismic survey on Lake Frome (November 1985), - processing of 1982...

A licence area centred approximately 150 km north of Yunta, and bordering the south-eastern Flinders Ranges, was taken up to try to locate basinward extensions of a previously found Lower Tertiary palaeochannel sequence, in order to evaluate the...

TARGET: Potash in Devonian evaporites within deep Palaeozoic basins. Secondary targets were coal and sulphur in the Devonian to Permian section. The area was selected because of the recent discovery of Devonian evaporites in SADM Cootanoorina 1....

A programme of rotary drilling on Kangaroo Island of 56 shallow exploratory holes for 191 m, conjointly carried out by Comalco on its ELs 396 and 408, was designed to test for possible economic bauxite and low iron bauxite claystone occurrences...

The stratigraphic, tectonic setting and evolution of mainly Cambrian sediments are considered in relation to hydrocarbon generation and entrapment. Index maps were prepared of geological, aeromagnetic, gravity and seismic data and interpreted to...

Report presents the results of eight weeks (August-September 1977) spent in the licence area under application, measuring and describing nine stratigraphic sections, with the aim of examining possible sedimentary controls on the known widespread...

During the period January 1946-December 1985 under review, the following petroleum exploration work was carried out over the Arrowie Block: 6 gravity, 2 aeromagnetic and 10 seismic surveys (total seismic coverage 2781 line km), plus 4 wells, all dry....

In 1861, a shepherd, Patrick Ryan, discovered traces of copper in earth burrowed oui of a wombat hole on the pastoral lease of W.W. Hughes. The discovery was made in a patch of dense scrub known by aboriginals as Moonta-Moontera. By 1876. Moonta was...

A guide to the walking trail within the historic Almanda Silver mine site located in the Scott Creek Conservation Park. The interpretive walking trail was established in conjunction with the Department of Mines and Energy. ALMANDA, copper ore was...

A guide to the walking trail within the historic Barossa Goldfield mine site. The Goldfield extends northward for a distance of 4 kilometres from the South Para River and is now located partly on private property and Para Wirra Recreation Park.