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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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RB 92/00066 South Australia - Otway Basin Area S92-1 petroleum prospects.
A promotional brochure for vacant offshore Otway Basin petroleum exploration acreage, designed for release overseas to potential corporate bidders, prior to gazettal of the area for permit applications in November 1992. Area S92-1 covering 4736 square...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1992
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Otway EV 68 Land Gravity Survey OEL 22, South Australia.
The Otway EV68 Gravity Survey was comprised of 2088 new gravity stations recorded over tracks and roads covering the entire OEL 22 licence area. Stations were recorded at approximate half mile intervals during December 68 and January 1969 for Esso...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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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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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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Stansbury Basin, South Australia. Bitumen strandings on Kangaroo Island beaches. Field survey report.
Field examination of common asphaltite occurrences on Kangaroo Island beaches has concluded that they are relatively recent strandings of unknown origin and age. Their presumed sea floor mode of transport indicates a likely nearby source within the...-
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Preliminary report on the biomarker geochemistry of rock extracts from Chama 1A and Geltwood Beach 1: comparison with some Otway oils and coastal bitumens.
Organic geochemical analyses were carried out on 6 rock sample pyrolysis extracts from Chama 1A and 7 from Geltwood Beach 1 to determine whether the Crayfish and/or Eumeralla formations in these wells could be a source for the asphaltites and bitumens...-
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South-East SA [coal and oil shale] Project. Data release : relinquishment report at licences' joint partial surrenders, for the period 3/11/1978 to 15/12/1982.
In a rationalisation of its extensive exploration acreage formerly held in the upper South-east of South Australia for the purpose of coal exploration, Western Mining Corp. (WMC) has partially relinquished most of the ground that it previously held...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1983
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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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SENRAC Project 20/87: Otway Basin. Location of oil seeps by micro-tremor analysis.
This report is the first in a series of coastal bitumen fieldwork studies being carried out in South Australia over the duration of one year by the Organic Geochemistry Unit, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Adelaide and the South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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