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Strzelecki Field studies.
Contains results of whole oil analyses of Jurassic oil reservoir crude oil samples, obtained as DST recoveries, to determine detailed compositional parameters and aromatic maturity factors. Also includes a cross-reference to a student Honours thesis...-
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Eromanga Basin source rock studies. Reports.
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Hydrocarbon potential and environmental interpretations of the Jurassic - Lower Cretaceous section in five wells in the Eromanga Basin.
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...-
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Wirrarie 1. Test reports.
Contains results of the general maceral analysis and vitrinite reflectance studies performed on 7 composite drill cuttings samples taken from selected intervals between 1380 and 6760 feet depth.-
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Organic petrology of a suite of samples from Merrimelia 15 and a comparison with Merrimelia 6 and 7.
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...-
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Crude oil characterisation and correlation study of twenty crude oils from the Cooper-Eromanga Basin, South Australia.
Organic geochemical analyses of 20 crude oil samples from twelve wells were performed to determine if any genetic oil families could be identified within the Eromanga-Cooper Basin area. The results have been plotted graphically to demonstrate the...-
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1981 seismic survey, Rainbow Plains, final report.
AIM:The 1981 Rainbow Plains Seismic Survey semi-detailed programme was designed by the PELs 5 and 6 Birdsville Track Ridge Block partners to further define the Haddon Downs structural feature, which in 1979 had been identified on regional line 79-QAM...-
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Crude oil to parent source rock correlation study, Wancoocha Field.
Organic geochemical analyses were performed on 14 conventional core samples taken from the Epsilon, Murteree and Patchawarra formation intervals in Wancoocha 1 and on 3 similar samples from the Birkhead Formation in Wancoocha 4. The rock sample...-
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PEL 46. Progress and technical reports for the period September 1990 to April 1992.
PEL 46 was cancelled on 6/4/92 following receipt of a geological evaluation and review of petroleum potential in the region, but no subsequent action on the seismic reprocessing portion of the Year One work commitment for the licence. The withdrawal...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1992
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Novel approaches to the determination of the origins of petroleum hydrocarbons in the Cooper-Eromanga Basin system.
In June 1996 MESA commissioned the Centre for Petroleum and Environmental Organic Geochemistry at Curtin University with $30 000 to investigate the applications to the Cooper-Eromanga Basin system of new molecular geochemical concepts recently...-
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1980 seismic survey, Koomarinna, final report.
AIM:To define a variety of structures indicated by earlier regional seismic work (the 1976 Pillan Hill and 1979 Peera Peera Seismic Surveys), and establish three possible drilling locations.METHODS: Survey dates: 25/6/80 - 8/11/81. Energy source:...-
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Notes on the source affinity and thermal maturity of Eromanga Basin crude oils.
Gasoline range hydrocarbon analysis, carbon isotope analysis of C12+ saturates and aromatics and GC-MS analysis of C12+ naphthenes provide a consistent picture of the source affinity and thermal maturity of Cretaceous (Murta Member-type) and Jurassic...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1984
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Pedirka Sector: a reassessment of geology, porosity, maturity and maturity history.
A review of the Permo-Triassic and Mesozoic distribution of reservoir units. Data for some Birdsville Track Ridge wells are included as the development of the Pedirka Sector basins and the Birdsville Track Ridge are closely related.-
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PEL 50, Eromanga Basin, South Australia. Farm-out brochure and supporting data.
Petroleum Exploration Licence 50 in northern South Australia covers approximately 9714 square km of the prospective Eromanga Basin, in which over 400 million barrels of oil in place have been discovered since 1977. To date, only 3 exploratory wells...-
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Special core analysis, Wancoocha 3 and Wancoocha 4.
Three core plug samples from the Birkhead Formation oil reservoir interval in Wancoocha 3 and Wancoocha 4 were subjected to special core analysis investigations of their electrical properties, after cleaning and pressure saturation with a simulated...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1985
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Progressive report on the PhD research project entitled: Source rock and petroleum geochemistry of the Poolowanna Formation (basal Jurassic), Eromanga Basin.
This report describes the work performed during the first year of a 3-year PhD research project, which commenced on 24/2/93. To start with the author carried out a literature review of previous work on petroleum geochemistry in the Cooper and Eromanga...-
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Vitrinite reflectance data from the Cooper and Eromanga Basins.
The vitrinite reflectance technique is considered by the PELs 5 and 6 and ATP259P licensees to be the most reliable means of measuring the maturity of a sedimentary sequence. This subject suite of isoreflectance maps was prepared using vitrinite...-
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Results of rock-evaluation pyrolysis measurements carried out on selected drill cuttings and core samples from 9 Patchawarra Trough wells.
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Published: 30 Jul 1986
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Petroleum exploration review, PEL 55, Eromanga Basin, South Australia.
This report examines the prospectivity of PEL 55 in considerable detail, in order to construct a dataset suitable for attracting new farminees so that outstanding drilling work on the licence may be progressed. The favourable setting of the licence...-
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Source rock and petroleum geochemistry of the Simpson [Desert] Basin and superjacent western Eromanga Basin (Pandieburra 1, Poonarunna 1, Putamurdie 1).
This is the final in a series of reports prepared for MESA, in which the hydrocarbon source potential of the Pedirka, Simpson and western Eromanga Basins is re-evaluated. Previous work focused on the Eringa Trough of the Pedirka Basin and the...-
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