Newman Energy Research Ltd conducted VIRF analysis on 10 cuttings samples from Echidna-1. VIRF (Vitrinite-Inertinite Reflectance and Fluorescence, or VRF®) utilises paired fluorescence and reflectance measurements as a numerical basis for...

Apatite fission-track analyses from the area north of Jameson Land, East Greenland, indicate that the region has undergone at least three phases of cooling during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Two major periods of cooling during the Tertiary have been...

Apatite fission-track and vitrinite reflectance data from Central England demonstrate how these techniques can reveal otherwise unrecognized tectonic and/or palaeothermal episodes in apparently tectonically stable areas. The results document the...

The North Atlantic continental margins have been subject to widespread exhumation, although the timing, magnitude and causes of this uplift and erosion are debated. Exhumation is thought to be most severe across the Irish Sea basin system (Western...

This study presents a quick review and interpretation of geochemical data available for wells of the PEL 32 and nearby areas. The study included the evaluation of source rock potential and maturity modelling. Source Rock Potential - The evaluation of...

6 selected drill core samples and 2 fossiliferous outcrop samples of Neoproterozoic Burra Group carbonate/dolomitic sediments from the Willouran Ranges were subjected to laboratory source rock analysis to determine their organic richness, kerogen type...

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...

During September-December 1976, Murnaroo 1 was drilled by the SA Department of Mines to TD 627.5 m near Observatory Hill in the central southern part of the Officer Basin, to investigate the local subsurface stratigraphy and economic potential, and...

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...

Oil shows in the Observatory Hill Beds in Byilkaoora 1 occur in a non-marine, alkaline playa lake sequence. Geochemical analysis suggests that they are immature and belong to 2 primary genetic families. The less altered oils are quite unlike...

Seven wells along a line of section in the southern Cooper Basin were studied. Examination of coals in Permian and Triassic sequences revealed marked vertical and lateral trends in vitrinite, inertinite and exinite content and their microlithotypes....

Organic matter in Jurassic and lower Cretaceous sediments from 5 wells in the central Eromanga Basin was studied microscopically. The lower Jurassic Birkhead Formation, upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous Murta Member and lower Cretaceous Transition...

A petrological study was carried out on a number of drill cuttings and core samples from the gas and oil producing Merrimelia Field, Cooper-Eromanga Basin.

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Five wells along a north-south trending section in the southern Eromanga Basin were studied using petrographic techniques to delineate petroleum source rocks and possibly aid in environmental interpretation. The dispersed organic matter (d.o.m.) in...

Ten samples of drill cuttings from Merrimelia 15 were examined in polished section under normally incident white light and under reflected light UV fluorescence mode. Brief descriptions of the dispersed organic matter contained in each sample, plus...

The depth interval 416-431 metres KB in Lake Maurice West 1 appears to contain excellent petroleum source material.

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...

Contains various detailed source rock analysis reports on drill core samples from the oil-bearing interval in the well.