Areas NT07-3, NT07-4, NT07-5 and W07-4
Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin
References
Online Technical Papers
The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) sponsored online document search and delivery website PROFDOCS contains many of the technical papers referenced below, and can be found at http://www.profdocs.com.
VAN AARSSEN, B.G.K., ALEXANDER, R. AND KAGI, R.I., 1998a. Higher plant biomarkers on the North West Shelf: application in stratigraphic correlation and palaeoclimate reconstruction. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 2, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1998, pp. 123–128.
VAN AARSSEN, B.G.K., ALEXANDER, R. AND KAGI, R.I., 1998b. Molecular indicators for palaeoenvironmental changes. PESA Journal No. 26, 98–105.
AGSO NW SHELF STUDY GROUP, 1994—Deep reflections on the North West Shelf: changing perceptions of basin formation. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1994, 63–76.
AGSO AND GEOTECH, 2000. Characterisation of Natural Gases from West Australian Basins. Bonaparte Module. Non-Exclusive Study. Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra and Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd, Perth, Australia.
BAILLIE, P.W., POWELL, C.McA., LI, Z.X. AND RYALL, A.M., 1994—The tectonic framework of western Australia’s Neoproterozoic to Recent sedimentary basins. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1994, 45–62.
BARRETT, A.G., HINDE, A.L. AND KENNARD, J.M., 2004—Undiscovered resource assessment methodologies and application to the Bonaparte Basin. In: ELLIS, G.K., BAILLIE, P.W. and MUNSON, T.J. (editors), Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience, Proceedings of the Timor Sea Symposium, Darwin, 19–20 June 2003. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 1, 353–372.
BAXTER, K., 1996—Flexural isostatic modelling. In: COLWELL, J.B. and KENNARD, J.M., Petrel Sub-basin Study 1995–1996. Australian Geological Survey Organisation Record 1996/40, 68–77.
BAXTER, K., COOPER, G.T., O’BRIEN, G.W., HILL, K.C. AND STURROCK, S., 1997—Flexural isostatic modelling as a constraint on basin evolution, the development of sediment systems and palaeo-heat flow: application to the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea. The APPEA Journal, 37(1), 136–153.
BISHOP, D.J. and O’BRIEN, G.W., 1998—A multi-disciplinary approach to definition and characterisation of carbonate shoals, shallow gas accumulations and related complex near-surface sedimentary structures in the Timor Sea. The APPEA Journal, 38(1), 93–114.
BOTTEN, P.R. and WULFF, K., 1990—Exploration potential of the Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation. The APEA Journal, 30(1), 53–68.
BRADSHAW, M.T., BRADSHAW J., MURRAY A.P., NEEDHAM D.J., SPENCER L., SUMMONS R.E., WILMOT J. AND WINN S., 1994—Petroleum systems in western Australian basins. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1994, 93–118.
BRADSHAW, M., EDWARDS, D., BRADSHAW, J., FOSTER, C., LOUTIT, T., McCONACHIE, B., MOORE, A., MURRAY, A.P. AND SUMMONS, R.E., 1997—Australian and Eastern Indonesian petroleum systems. In: HOWES, J.V.C. and NOBLE, R.A. (editors), Proceedings of the Conference on Petroleum Systems of SE Asia and Australasia, Indonesian Petroleum Association, Jakarta, May 1997, 141–153.
BRADSHAW, M.T., YEATES, A.N., BEYNON, R.M., BRAKEL, A.T., LANGFORD, R.P., TOTTERDELL, J.M. AND YEUNG, M., 1988—Palaeogeographic evolution of the North West Shelf region. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R., (editors), The North West Shelf, Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1988, 29–54.
BROOKS, D.M., GOODY, A.K., O’REILLY, J.B. AND MCCARTY, K.L., 1996a—Discovery and petroleum geology of the Bayu-Undan gas-condensate field: Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation, Area A. Proceedings of the Indonesian Petroleum Association, Twenty–fifth Silver Anniversary Convention, October 1996, 25(1), 131–145.
BROOKS, D.M., GOODY, A.K., O’REILLY, J.B. AND McCARTY, K.L., 1996b—Bayu/Undan gas-condensate discovery: western Timor Gap Zone of Cooperation, Area A. The APPEA Journal, 36(1), 142–160.
CADMAN, S.J. AND TEMPLE, P.R., 2004—Bonaparte Basin, NT, WA, AC and JPDA, Australian Petroleum Accumulations Report 5, 2nd Edition, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, GEOCAT # 60865.
CARROLL, P.G. AND SYME, A., 1994. Hydrocarbon Habitat Study of the Vulcan Graben (Browse and Bonaparte Basins) Permits: AC/P2 & AC/P4 and Licenses: AC/L1, 2, 3, 4. A study commissioned by the AC/P2 & AC/P4 Joint Ventures. BHP Petroleum Pty. Ltd. report, unpublished.
CHEN, G., HILL, K.C. AND HOFFMAN, N., 2002—3D structural analysis
of hydrocarbon migration in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea. In: KEEP, M.
and MOSS, S.J. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3,
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Perth, 2002, 377–388.
COLWELL, J.B. AND KENNARD, J.M. (Compilers), 1996—Petrel Sub-basin
Study 1995–1996: Summary Report. Australian Geological Survey Organisation
Record 1996/40, 122p.
DAWSON, D. GRICE, K., ALEXANDER, R. AND EDWARDS, D., 2006a—Evaluation of the source and maturity of sedimentary organic matter from the Vulcan Sub-basin (Timor Sea, northern Australia) using stable hydrogen isotope ratios of individual hydrocarbons. Organic Geochemistry, in press.
DAWSON, D. GRICE, K., MASLEN, E., ALEXANDER, R. AND EDWARDS, D.S., 2006b—Insights into the source/maturity of sedimentary organic matter from the Vulcan Sub-basin (Timor Sea) using stable isotope ratios of individual hydrocarbons. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.
DE RUIG, M.J., TRUPP, M., BISHOP, D.J., KUEK, D. AND CASTILLO, D.A., 2000—Fault architecture and the mechanics of fault reactivation in the Nancar Trough/Laminaria area of the Timor Sea, northern Australia. The APPEA Journal, 40(1), 174–193.
DURRANT, J.M., FRANCE, R.E., DAUZACKER, M.V. AND NILSEN, T., 1990—The southern Bonaparte Gulf Basin: new plays. The APEA Journal, 30(1), 52–67.
EARL, K.L., 2004—The Petroleum Systems of the Bonaparte Basin. Geoscience Australia GEOCAT # 61365.
EDGERLEY, D.W. AND CRIST, R.P., 1974—Salt and diapiric anomalies in the southern Bonaparte Basin. The APEA Journal, 14(1), 84–94.
EDWARDS, D.S., BOREHAM, C.J., ZUMBERGE, J.E., HOPE, J.M., KENNARD, J.M., AND SUMMONS, R.E., 2006—Hydrocarbon families of the Australian North West Shelf: a regional synthesis of the bulk, molecular and isotopic composition of oils and gases. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.
EDWARDS, D.S., KENNARD, J.M., PRESTON, J.C., SUMMONS, R.E., BOREHAM, C.J. AND ZUMBERGE, J.E., 2000—Bonaparte Basin. Geochemical characteristics of hydrocarbon families and petroleum systems. AGSO Research Newsletter, December, 14–19.
EDWARDS, D.S., PRESTON, J.C., KENNARD, J.M., BOREHAM, C.J., VAN AARSSEN, B.G.K., SUMMONS, R.E. AND ZUMBERGE, J.E., 2004—Geochemical characteristics of hydrocarbons from the Vulcan Sub-basin, western Bonaparte Basin, Australia. In: ELLIS, G.K., BAILLIE, P.W. and MUNSON, T.J. (editors), Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience, Proceedings of the Timor Sea Symposium, Darwin, 19–20 June 2003. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 1, 169–201.
EDWARDS, D.S. AND SUMMONS, R.E., 1996—Petrel Sub-basin Study 1995–1996: Organic Geochemistry of Oils and Source rocks. Australian Geological Survey Organisation Record 1996/42, 77.
EDWARDS, D.S., SUMMONS, R.E., KENNARD, J.M., NICOLL, R.S., BRADSHAW, J., BRADSHAW, M., FOSTER, C.B., O’BRIEN, G.W. AND ZUMBERGE, J.E., 1997—Geochemical characterisation of Palaeozoic petroleum systems in north-western Australia. The APPEA Journal, 37(1), 351–379.
EDWARDS, D.S. AND ZUMBERGE, J.E., 2005—The oils of Western Australia II. Regional petroleum geochemistry and correlation of crude oils and condensates from Western Australia and Papua New Guinea. Geoscience Australia, Canberra and GeoMark Research Ltd, Houston.
ELLIS, G.K., BAILLIE, P.W. AND MUNSON, T.J. (editors), 2004—Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience, Proceedings of the Timor Sea Symposium, Darwin, 19–20 June 2003. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 1.
ETHERIDGE, M.A. AND O’BRIEN, G.W., 1994—Structural and tectonic evolution of the Western Australian margin basin system. PESA Journal, No 22, 45–63.
GEORGE, S.C., GREENWOOD, P.F., LOGAN, G.A., QUEZADA, R.A., PANG, L.S.K., LISK, M., KRIEGER, F.W. AND EADINGTON, P.J., 1997—Comparison of palaeo oil charges with currently reservoired hydrocarbons using molecular and isotopic analyses of oil-bearing fluid inclusions: Jabiru Oil Field, Timor Sea. The APPEA Journal, 37(1), 490–503.
GEORGE, S.C., LISK, M., EADINGTON, P.J. AND QUEZADA, R.A., 1998—Geochemistry of a Palaeo-oil column, Octavius 2, Vulcan Sub-basin. The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 2. In: P.G. PURCELL and R.R. PURCELL (editors), Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1998, 195–210.
GEORGE, S.C., VOLK, H., RUBLE, T.E. AND BRINCAT, M.P., 2002a—Evidence
for a new oil family in the Nancar Trough area, Timor Sea. The APPEA Journal,
42(1), 387–404.
GEORGE, S.C., LISK, M., EADINGTON, P.J., QUEZADA, R.A., 2002b—Evidence
for an early, marine-sourced oil charge to the Bayu gas-condensate field,
Timor Sea. In: KEEP, M. and MOSS, S. J. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins
of Western Australia 3, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society
of Australia Symposium, Perth, 2002, pp. 465–474.
GEORGE, S.C., AHMED, M., LIE, K. AND VOLK, H., 2004a—The analysis of oil trapped during secondary migration. Organic Geochemistry, 35(11–12), 1489–1511.
GEORGE, S.C., RUBLE, T.E., VOLK, H., LISK, M., BRINCAT, M.P., DUTKIEWICZ, A., AHMED, M., 2004b—Comparing the geochemical composition of fluid inclusion and crude oils from wells on the Laminaria High, Timor Sea. In: ELLIS, G.K., BAILLIE, P.W. AND MUNSON, T.J. (editors), Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience, Proceedings of the Timor Sea Symposium, Darwin, Northern Territory, 19–20 June 2003, Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 1, 203–230.
GEORGE, S.C., LISK, M. AND EADINGTON, P.J., 2004c—Fluid inclusion evidence for an early, marine-sourced oil charge prior to gas-condensate migration, Bayu-1, Timor Sea, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 21(9), 1107–1128.
GORTER, J.D., 2006—Late Devonian and Earliest Carboniferous shallow water carbonates and associated basinal shales of the southeastern Bonaparte Basin – petroleum potential. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.
GORTER, J.D., MCKIRDY, D.M., JONES, P.J. AND PLAYFORD, G., 2004—Reappraisal of the Early Carboniferous Milligans Formation source rocks system in the southern Bonaparte Basin, northwestern Australia. In: Ellis, G.K., Baillie, P.W. and Munson, T.J. (editors), Timor Sea Petroleum Geoscience. Proceedings of the Timor Sea Symposium, Darwin, 19–20 June 2003. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Special Publication 1, 231–255.
GORTER, J.D., JONES, P.J. NICOLL, R.S. AND GOLDING, C.J., 2005—A reappraisal of the Carboniferous stratigraphy and the petroleum potential of the southeastern Bonaparte Basin (Petrel Sub-basin), northwestern Australia. The APPRA Journal, 45(1), 275–296.
GUNN, P.J., 1988—Bonaparte Basin: evolution and structural framework. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The North West Shelf Australia, Proceedings of Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1988, 275–285.
GUNN, P.J. AND LY, K.C., 1989—The petroleum prospectivity of the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf area, northwestern Australia. The APEA Journal, 29(1), 509–526.
HOCKING, R.M., MORY, A.J. AND WILLIAMS, I.R., 1994—An atlas of Neoproterozoic and Phanerozoic basins of Western Australia. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1994, 21–43.
KEEP, M., POWELL, C.McA. AND BAILLIE, P.W., 1998—Neogene deformation of the North West Shelf, Australia. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 2, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1998, 81–91.
KEEP, M., CLOUGH, M. AND LANGHI, L., 2002—Neogene tectonic and structural evolution of the Timor Sea region, NW Australia. In: KEEP, M. and MOSS, S. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 2002, 341–353.
KENNARD, J.M., DEIGHTON, I., EDWARDS, D.S., COLWELL, J.B., O’BRIEN, G.W. and BOREHAM, C.J., 1999—Thermal history modelling and transient heat pulses: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion and ‘hot flushed’ in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea. The APPEA Journal, 39(1), 177–207.
KENNARD, J.M., EDWARDS, D.S., BOREHAM, C.J., GORTER, J.D., KING, M.R., RUBLE, T.E. AND LISK, M., 2000—Evidence for a Permian petroleum system in the Timor Sea, Northwestern Australia. AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Bali, 15–18 October 2000, Abstracts, p. A45.
KENNARD, J.M., DEIGHTON, I., EDWARDS, D.S., BOREHAM, C.J. AND BARRETT, A.G., 2002—Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Petrel Sub-basin, Bonaparte Basin. In: KEEP, M. and MOSS, S. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia 3, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 2002, 409–437.
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MORY, A.J., 1991—Geology of the Offshore Bonaparte Basin, Northwestern Australia. Geological Survey of Western Australia Report, 29.
O’BRIEN, G.W., 1993—Some ideas on the rifting history of the Timor Sea from the integration of deep crustal seismic and other data. PESA Journal No. 21, 95–113.
O’BRIEN, G.W. AND WOODS, E.P., 1995—Hydrocarbon-related diagenetic zones (HRDZs) in the Vulcan Sub-basin, Timor Sea: recognition and exploration implications. The APEA Journal, 35(1), 220–252.
O’BRIEN, G.W., ETHERIDGE, M.A., WILLCOX, J.B., MORSE, M., SYMONDS, P., NORMAN, C. AND NEEDHAM, D.J., 1993—The structural architecture of the Timor Sea, north-western Australia: implications for basin development and hydrocarbon exploration. The APEA Journal, 33(1), 258–278.
O’BRIEN, G.W., HIGGINS, R., SYMONDS, P., QUAIFE, P., COLWELL, J. AND BLEVIN, J., 1996—Basement control on the development of extensional systems in Australia’s Timor Sea: an example of hybrid hard linked/soft linked faulting? The APPEA Journal, 36(1), 161–201.
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ROBINSON, P.H., STEAD, H.S., O’REILLY, J.B. AND GUPPY, N.K., 1994—Meanders to fans: a sequence stratigraphic approach to Upper Jurassic – Early Cretaceous sedimentation in the Sahul Syncline, north Bonaparte Basin. In: PURCELL, P.G. and PURCELL, R.R. (editors), The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia, Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, 1994, 223–242.
RUBLE, T.E., EDWARDS, D.S., KENNARD, J.M., LISK, M., AHMED, M., QUEZADA, R.A., GEORGE, S.C. AND SUMMONS, R.E., 2000—Geochemical appraisal of palaeo oil columns: implications for petroleum systems analysis in the Bonaparte Basin, Australia. AAPG Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 16–19.
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