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RB 80/00116 Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Frome Embayment.
This study covers a southern lobe of the Eromanga Basin known as the Frome Embayment, which extends W-E from the Flinders Ranges to the Barrier Ranges, and southwards from the vicinity of Moolowatana Station to the Scott Hill-Mundaerno Hill region....-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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Hydrocarbon potential of the Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sediments from five wells in the Eromanga Basin, South Australia.
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...-
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Oil-source characterisation and correlation, Spencer 3 and Spencer 4, Eromanga/Cooper Basin.
Two oil samples from the Birkhead Formation oil reservoir in Spencer 3 and Spencer 4, and five sidewall cores taken from the Bulldog Shale, Murta Member, Hutton Sandstone, Poolowanna Formation and Patchawarra Formation in Spencer 3 were subjected to...-
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Published: 24 Dec 1986
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Merrimelia Field studies. Technical reports and data.
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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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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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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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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1980 seismic survey, Woolkanie, final report.
AIM:The 1980 Woolkanie Seismic Survey was primarily aimed at detailed gridding over areas of known commercial hydrocarbon accumulation, and more specifically was directed toward locating drilling exploration/appraisal sites on or near existing fields,...-
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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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Poonarunna 1. Test reports.
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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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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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1982 seismic survey, Christmas Creek, final report.
AIM:The 1982 Christmas Creek Seismic Survey was designed to cover a wide area of the sparsely explored western farmout blocks of PELs 5 and 6, where Eromanga Basin sediments thin and overly sub-basins of variously aged prospective sediments. Primary...-
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Palynology of nine Carboniferous to Cretaceous samples from the Eringa Trough, onshore South Australia.
9 Eringa Trough well rock samples were studied to provide age control for a thermal and tectonic history study being conducted by MESA and the NCPGG.-
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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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Organic petrology of the Birkhead Formation, Eromanga Basin (continued).
Drill cuttings samples of the Birkhead Formation from a further 16 wells to those originally sampled were selected for a petrographic study of the organic matter they contain. Comparisons were made between the organic petrographic characteristics of...-
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Preliminary evaluation of Eromanga Basin seals (Oil Project 88-12).
Primary regional seals for Eromanga Basin oil reservoirs in the Cooper Sector of PELs 5 and 6 are the Birkhead Formation and the basal part of the Murta Member. Intra-formational seals occur locally within the Poolowanna, Birkhead and Westbourne...-
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Published: 27 Oct 1988
