Contains a petrological consultant's brief explanatory letter concerning the source by depth of drill cuttings samples, his mode of thin section preparation and suggested interpretation of introduced sample staining as an indication of mineralogy.

This report summarises a geological review and evaluation of Outback Oil's EPP 15 permit area over the Polda Trough. The review is of a reconnaisance nature, with the main purposes being to determine the significance of the Gemini 1 well results,...

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During their 7 year tenure of EPP 15, which comprised an area of 200 offshore graticular blocks covering the portion of the Polda Basin underlying the continental shelf, the permit operator(s) carried out the following major exploratory work: (1)...

The age of the redbed drill cuttings samples submitted, which were derived from the depth interval 1417.7 to 1442.5 metres KB, could not be determined either on palaeontological or palynological evidence due to downhole cavings or drilling mud...

Two drill cuttings samples from 2842 and 2860 feet depth KB in Apollo 1 (economic basement) were examined for their heavy mineral composition as an aid to stratigraphic correlation with Precambrian sediments found in the adjacent onshore. The well...