Areas W07-5, W07-6 and W07-7

Caswell Sub-basin, Browse 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.


AGSO AND GEOTECH, 2000. Characterisation of Natural Gases from West Australian basins. Browse Module. Non-Exclusive Study. Australian Geological Survey Organisation, Canberra and Geotechnical Services Pty Ltd, Perth, Australia.

BAN, S. and PITT, G., 2006—The Ichthys giant gas-condensate field. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.

BENSON, J.M., BREALEY, S.J., LUXTON, C.W., WALSHE, P.F. AND TUPPER, N.P., 2004—Late Cretaceous ponded turbidite systems: a new stratigraphic play fairway in the Browse Basin. The APPEA Journal, 44(1), 269–285.

BELOPOLSKY, A.V., WOODFINE, R., STOVER, C., PIGGOT, N., PRICE, S. AND JONES, B., 2006—Reservoir systems of Browse Basin, Northwest Shelf of Australia, in a sequence stratigraphic framework. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.

BINT, A.N., 1988—Gas fields of the Browse Basin. 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, 413–417.

BLEVIN, J.E., STRUCKMEYER, H.I.M., BOREHAM, C.J., CATHRO, D.L., SAYERS, J. AND TOTTERDELL, J.M., 1997—Browse Basin High Resolution Study, Interpretation Report, North West Shelf, Australia. AGSO Record 1997/38.

BLEVIN, J.E., STRUCKMEYER, H.I.M., CATHRO, D.L., TOTTERDELL, J.M., BOREHAM, C.J., ROMINE, K.K., LOUTIT, T.S. AND SAYERS, J., 1998a—Tectonostratigraphic framework and petroleum systems of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf. 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, 369–395.

BLEVIN, J.E., BOREHAM, C.J., SUMMONS, R.E., STRUCKMEYER, H.I.M. AND LOUTIT, T.S., 1998b—An effective Lower Cretaceous petroleum system on the North West Shelf: evidence from the Browse Basin. 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, 397–420.

BOREHAM, C.J., ROKSANDIC, Z., HOPE, J.M., SUMMONS, R.E., MURRAY, A.P., BLEVIN, J.E. and STRUCKMEYER, H.I.M., 1997—Browse Basin Organic Geochemistry Study, North West Shelf, Australia. Volume 1, Interpretation Report. AGSO Record 1997/57.

BOREHAM, C.J., HOPE, J.M. AND HARTUNG-KAGI, B., 2001—Understanding source, distribution and preservation of Australian natural gas: a geochemical perspective. The APPEA Journal, 41(1), 523–547.

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, 29–54.

BRINCAT, M.P. AND KENNARD, J.M., 2004—Fluid Inclusion Analysis (GOI™) of 12 Wells in the Browse Basin. Destructive Analysis Report, unpublished.

BRINCAT, M.P., LISK, M., KENNARD, J.M., BAILEY, W.R. AND EADINGTON, P.J., 2004—Evaluating the oil potential of the gas-prone Caswell Sub-basin: insights from fluid inclusion studies. 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, 437–455.

DOIR, 2005—Department of Industry and Resources, Western Australia – Petroleum reserves as at 31 December 2005.
http://www.doir.wa.gov.au/mineralsandpetroleum/9AF3769024BD4B159594C44CC1EEED64.asp

EADINGTON, P.J. AND MIDDLETON, H., 2000—History of hydrocarbon charge and pore water migration in the Crux-1 Gas-Condensate Well, Browse Basin, Timor Sea. CSIRO Petroleum Confidential Report No. 00-069 to Nippon Oil Exploration Pty Ltd.

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 and GeoMark Research Ltd, Canberra and Houston, unpublished.

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 2000, 14–19.

EDWARDS, D.S., PRESTON, J.C., KENNARD, J.M., BOREHAM, C.J., VAN AARSSEN, B.K.J., 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., 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.

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., AHMED, M., QUEZADA, R.A. AND EADINGTON, P.J., 2000—Geochemical Composition of Oil Trapped in Fluid Inclusions from Crux-1 Well, AC/P 23, Timor Sea. CSIRO Petroleum Confidential Report No. 00-039 to Nippon Oil Exploration Pty Ltd.

GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA, 2004. Oil and Gas Resources of Australia 2004. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.

GRACIA-GARAY, C., 2006—Origin of the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous erosional surface of the Browse Basin (northwest Australia). 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, 5–8 November, Perth, Australia, Abstract.

HASTON, R.B. AND FARRELLY, J.J., 1993—Regional significance of the Arquebus 1 well, Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia. The APPEA Journal, 33(1), 28–38.

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, pp. 21–43.
INGRAM, G.M., EATON, S. AND REGTIEN, J.M.M., 2000—Cornea case study: lessons for the future. The APPEA Journal, 40(1), 56–65.

INPEX, 2006—Ichthys Field Development Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Referral Document. http://www.inpexhd.co.jp/english/pdf/e20060502b.pdf

KAORU, M., KURATA, Y., CHRISTIANSEN, D.J. AND SCOTT, J., 2004—The Crux gas-condensate discovery, northern Browse 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, 67–79.

KEALL, J. AND SMITH, P., 2004—The Argus discovery, Browse 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, 37–52.

KENNARD, J.M., DEIGHTON, I., RYAN, D., EDWARDS, D.S. AND BOREHAM, C.J., 2004—Subsidence and thermal history modelling: new insights into hydrocarbon expulsion from multiple petroleum systems in the Browse 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, 411–435.

KING, G.M., 2001—2000 exploration review. The APPEA Journal, 40(2), 56–67.

MAUNG, T.U., CADMAN, S. AND WEST, B., 1994—A review of the petroleum potential of the Browse 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, 333–346.

METCALFE, I., 1990. Allochthonous terrane processes in Southeast Asia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, A 331, 625–640.

NEXUS, 2006—Nexus investor update, March 2006.

NIPPON OIL EXPLORATION (VULCAN) PTY LTD., 2001—Crux 1 Final Geological Report, Volume 1, unpublished.

RADLINSKI, A.P., KENNARD, J.M., EDWARDS, D.S., HINDE, A.L. AND DAVENPORT, R., 2004—Hydrocarbon generation and expulsion from Early Cretaceous source rocks in the Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Australia: a Small Angle Neutron Scattering study. The APPEA Journal, 44(1), 151–180.

SHUSTER, M.W., EATON, S., WAKEFIELD, L.L. AND KLOOSTERMAN, H.J., 1998—Neogene tectonics, greater Timor Sea, offshore Australia: implications for trap risk. The APPEA Journal, 38(1), 351–379.

SPRY, T.B. AND WARD, I., 1997—The Gwydion discovery: a new play fairway in the Browse Basin. The APPEA Journal, 37(1), 87–104.

STEIN, A., MYERS, K., LEWIS, C., CRUSE, T. AND WINSTANLEY, S., 1998—Basement control and geoscientific definition of the Cornea discovery, Browse Basin, Western 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, 421–431.

STRUCKMEYER, H.I.M., BLEVIN, J.E., SAYERS, J., TOTTERDELL, J.M., BAXTER, K. AND CATHRO, D.L., 1998—Structural evolution of the Browse Basin, North West Shelf: new concepts from deep-seismic data. 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, 345–367.

SYMONDS, P.A., COLLINS, C.D.N. AND BRADSHAW, J., 1994—Deep structure of the Browse Basin: implications for basin development and petroleum exploration. 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, 315–331.

VOLK, H., BRINCAT, M.P., GEORGE, S.C., KENNARD, J.M., EDWARDS, D.S., BOREHAM, C.J., AHMED, M. AND LISK, M., 2005—Clues to fill histories of gas fields in the Caswell Sub-basin—evidence from the distribution and geochemistry of palaeo-oils. The APPEA Journal, 45(1), 679.

WILLIS, I., 1988—Results of exploration, Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia. 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, 259–272.

WOODSIDE PETROLEUM, 1998—Psepotus-1 well completion report, unpublished.

WOODSIDE PETROLEUM, 2002—Farmin document, PESA News 29, April/May 2002.

 


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