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Dewatering investigations, Lake Phillipson area, South Australia.
An initial investigation programme aimed at obtaining hydraulic data from part of the Lake Phillipson Permian coal field been successfully completed. The initial area under consideration for mining is of approximately 130 hectares within the Western...-
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Report on preliminary feasibility study of use and mining of coal from deposits in an area near Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
Exploration drilling by Utah Development Co. during 1973 and 1974 in the area covered by EL 125 has outlined at least 2,000 million tonnes of medium quality steaming coal, of a quality considered to be comparable to that for coal from ETSA's Leigh...-
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Water resources assessment for Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
The Lake Phillipson coal deposits currently under consideration by Utah Development Company as a potential mine, are located in a remote and arid region of Australia. Surface water sources simply do not exist in this area and any development will...-
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[Results of in-house] Bench scale epsomite testwork.
Results of a programme of laboratory scale testwork conducted to investigate fresh water leaching of epsomite ore originating from Coober Pedy in South Australia are as follows: 1). The ore when leached readily producing brines of uniform...-
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Published: 16 Apr 1986
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Data release - as updated : Boundary Dam. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/7/2007 to 29/7/2016.
A small area centred ~130 km north of Marla, and abutting the Northern Territory border along the northern side of Tieyon Station, has been explored for possible economic buried secondary uranium deposits, which Tianda Uranium (Tianda) thought could...-
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Mount Distance. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 3/9/1970 to 2/9/1971.
In a search for possible roll-front type secondary uranium deposits emplaced in piedmont alluvial sediments over an area adjacent to the north-western edge of the Mount Painter Block, the licensees drilled 6 scout vertical rotary holes totalling 2151...-
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Oolgelima Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 15/7/1983 to 14/7/1984.
Investigation of a reported occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a black shale at the base of the Cretaceous Bulldog Shale, found previously about 50 km north-east of Coober Pedy near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin, was initially...-
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Published: 24 Aug 1984
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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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Rawlinson Hill, Mount Sabine, Snow Hill and Billa Kalina Homestead (Stuart Shelf / Arckaringa Basin). Joint progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 28/4/1987.
Over the report period Agip Australia completed the drilling and geophysical logging of 39 open rotary holes totalling 3845 m to investigate if economic coal seams occur within Permian sediments of the southern Arckaringa Basin. Although the Permian...-
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Block review, basin analysis and hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Pedirka Block in the Pedirka Sector.
The Purni, Peera Peera and Poolowanna Formations were evaluated in terms of depositional and structural basin analysis using the model of Genetic Increments of strata (GIS). Eight reservoir intervals have been identified and the pertinent reservoir...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1986
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Pedirka Block. Acreage assessment report.
An assessment of the petroleum potential of the Pedirka farmout area, occasioned by the February 1989 compulsory 25% acreage relinquishment of PELs 5 and 6. Items reviewed include Block geology, farmout arrangements, future commitments, an inventory...-
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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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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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Purni 1. Test reports.
Contains results of government consultants' palynological and palaeontological studies of drill cuttings and cores, plus data obtained from DST fluid sample water and gas analyses and from conventional core analyses and source rock analytical...-
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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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Petrographic thin section descriptions of 76 selected drill core and cuttings samples from the Mesozoic sequence intersected in 7 wells.
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Published: 10 Mar 1982
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Analysis of Borehole samples for Residual Hydrocarbons, Mulka and Arckaringa Blocks, Eromanga Basin.
Six rock samples (2 core, 4 cuttings) from Mesozoic acquifers within old water boreholes in the Mulka and Arckaringa Block areas were analysed geochemically for traces of residual oil, using solvent extraction, liquid and gas chromatography and Rock...-
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PEL 31, southwestern Eromanga Basin. Progress and final reports for the period 30/9/85 to 30/9/88.
TARGET:Primary target was migrating oil trapped in Algebuckina Sandstone at sites along the Cooryaninna Anticline.EXPLORATION: - Landsat survey, - reconnaissance seismic survey (Curdimurka - Marree Seismic Survey) over the Marree Block in 1985, - soil...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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Technical assessment of the petroleum geology and hydrocarbon prospects within PEL 55.
This review of the geological and geophysical data from the PEL 55 area forms a major part of the Year 1 work commitment on the licence, apart from the remaining obligation to carry out reprocessing of 200 line km of seismic. Available reports from...-
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Billa Kalina Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 30/6/1977 to 14/2/1979.
Airborne and ground geophysical surveys were undertaken in the Billa Kalina area, prior to commencing to drill in a search for Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au mineralised haematitic breccias, in order to delineate and detail several broad magnetic anomalies...-
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