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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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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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RB 91/00050 Tight gas definition and reservoir selection criteria.
The objectives of this study were to establish permeability and effective porosity limits for a definition of tight gas, and to determine selection criteria for tight gas reservoir development candidates. The study forms Part 1 of a program to define...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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SADME source rock analysis research and development (project 1/1/237). Progress reports nos 1-6, 21 December 1979 to 26 May 1981.
These reports describe the development of an innovative analytical system for petroleum source rock assessment, using both pyrolysis - gas chromatography and pyrolysis - flame ionization detection methods, plus gas condensate and drill cuttings gas...-
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Published: 26 May 1981
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Marree, Mount Alford, Meta Hill and Etadunna. Joint first progress and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/6/1980 to 19/12/1980.
An assessment of the oil shale potential of marginal Great Artesian Basin sediments in South Australia was carried out, due mainly to their perceived stratigraphic and lithological similarity to Cretaceous strata in Queensland which host the very...-
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Published: 25 Nov 1980
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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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Proposal to relinquish permit EPP 21, South Australia.
A complete re-evaluation of all known prospects and leads within EPP 21 was undertaken by the permittees in order to define any prospects worthy of drilling in permit Year 4, ending 28 June 1986, by which time a commitment to drill one well and...-
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Petroleum geochemistry and source-rock potential of the Arrowie, Pedirka, Cooper and Eromanga Basins, central Australia.
Samples of ?Ordovician to Cretaceous sediments taken from 5 Pedirka Basin petroleum exploration wells, and of crude oils recovered from the Jurassic Poolowanna and Triassic Peera Peera Formations intersected in Poolowanna 1, were examined. The...-
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Source rock and oil analyses on samples from Poolowanna no. 1 and Macumba no. 1, 'Pedirka Basin', South Australia.
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Preliminary evaluation of the source rock potential of the Eumeralla Formation in Chama 1A and Geltwood Beach 1, Otway Basin.
Organic petrology, total organic carbon (TOC), Rock-Eval pyrolysis and preliminary biological marker data are summarised to provide an assessment of the source rock potential of the Eumeralla Formation in the subject wells. The findings are as...-
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Geochemical analysis of samples from Platypus 1 and Echidna 1, Duntroon Basin, offshore South Australia.
30 cuttings samples from Platypus 1 and 10 cuttings samples from Echidna 1 were analysed for total organic carbon (TOC), and appropriate samples then underwent Rock-Eval pyrolysis, if such pyrolysis data was not available from previous studies, to...-
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Cooper Basin: Patchawarra Trough. Petrology of coals and dispersed organic matter from the Tirrawarra, Merrimelia and un-named formations.
Reports on the first phase of a joint SADME/CSIRO/Delhi Petroleum research program studying hydrocarbon generation in the Cooper Basin, this being the petrographic evaluation of the hydrocarbon source potential of the Permian shales in certain wells...-
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RB 00759 Basin study of [sub-basins to] the Great Artesian Basin, South Australia: Palaeozoic and Triassic [sediments].
Report discusses via a series of maps the subsurface geology of the Cooper and Pedirka regions underlying the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. A general tectonic and depositional environmental framework is delineated for each of 3 layers of...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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MIS 039 Coal deposits in South Australia
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RB 2000/00032 Source rock potential and algal matter abundance, Cooper Basin, South Australia.
The Late Palaeozoic Cooper Basin is a major source of hydrocarbons and is especially important in providing the natural gas needs of much of south-eastern Australia. The basin is now a mature petroleum province, with more than 1200 wells drilled and...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2000
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Geochemical evaluation of six wells from the Otway Basin, South Australia (attachment to 1982 annual report for EPP 18).
The well sections analysed are mainly of Cretaceous age and are largely in the early to middle mature zones for oil generation. The Lower Cretaceous sections in Geltwood Beach 1 and Chama 1a have attained sufficient maturity for the commencement of...-
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Moorlands. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in three separate parts of the Moorlands Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of three appraisal cable tool percussion/core...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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Clinton. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in the Clinton Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of two appraisal rotary/core holes with a total penetration of 533 feet, to...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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Coal exploration and potential in SA. Discontinued series, for historical reference only.
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Mullaquana. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/12/1980 to 7/12/1982.
The target was lignite or oil shale hosted by Tertiary sediments possibly preserved on top of a series of tilted fault blocks bordering the western shoreline of Spencer Gulf, due south-west of Whyalla. 29 vertical rotary mud drillholes (total 2729...-
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