Datasets

The mesac Open Data Portal datasets contain detailed records of seismic surveys and geochemical data, and they are made available here to industry, researchers and the public.

  • Exploration opportunities, Otway Basin, South Australia.

    Four areas (OT95-A to D) located in the South Australian sector of the onshore Otway Basin, are available for application until 30/6/95 as Petroleum Exploration Licences. The areas range in size from 255 sq km to 2 023 sq km, and seismic line...
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  • Petroleum geochemistry of the Otway Basin, and the significance of coastal bitumen strandings on adjacent southern Australian beaches. Volumes 1 to 5 source rock studies.

    The standing of crude oil on the beaches of southern Australia was first recorded approximately 150 years ago. This material, known locally as coastal bitumen, was used by the early maritime visitors and settlers to caulk their vessels and is the...
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  • PEL 27 permit review.

    This compilation of available geological and geophysical data pertaining to PEL 27, and open file plus traded data from adjoining tenements, assembled in June 1992, was instigated by the PEL 27 joint venture to provide a comprehensive basis on which...
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  • Otway Basin, an emerging petroleum province.

    Promotional booklet intended to give oil industry analysts an up-to-date overview of the Otway Basin, plus separately some in-depth views of the hydrocarbon prospectivity of 5 (3 in SA) current Otway Basin petroleum exploration tenements in which the...
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  • PEL 60, Otway Basin, South Australia. Technical Committee meeting [presentation notes], 29th November 1998.

    The licensee's current understanding of the petroleum geology and geophysics for the PEL 60 area is discussed (in the form of presentation slide montages) under the topic headings Churinga 1 post-audit, Prospectivity review, New mapping and Future...
      Document Published: 29 Nov 1998
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  • 1991 seismic survey, Mount Hope, final report.

    AIM: The Mount Hope Seismic Survey main objective was to obtain additional detail of, and mature for drilling in 1992, two leads confirmed by the 1990 Hatherleigh Seismic Survey. The Mount Hope lead on the SE flank of the Beachport High required more...
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  • Zema 1. Test reports.

    Contains a report by the wireline logging contractor Schlumberger on the checkshot survey of the well used to calibrate the sonic log and generate synthetic seismograms, a separate pre-interpretation report by Schlumberger on MSD (mean square dip)...
      Document Published: 31 Mar 1992
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