Mapping a fault using induced seismic events
Twenty years ago, Australia saw the start of a big geothermal project in deeply buried basement rocks. Situated in the Cooper Basin, the project included several phases of production testing…
Australasia
Perth Basin gearing up for busy 2023-24
“The past decade may have been sedate in the Perth Basin, but the next 24 months have the potential to add new oil and gas resources, a new mix of…
Gippsland Basin, Australia: new data provides compelling insights in unexplored areas
Gippsland legacy data (left) comparison with CGG’s newly acquired and imaged 3D data (right). Example from deep-water area demonstrates significant uplift with longer cable lengths, utilizing P/Z components and the…
Tasmania – a Geotourism Hotspot
Tasmania’s geodiversity is remarkable, representing every past geological period and climatic event. A journey by coach or car will immerse a visitor in one of the most mountainous places in…
Western Australia – Looking towards a busy year in 2023
For Western Australia, the year 2022 saw two sides. On one hand, there was hesitance when it comes to developments offshore, further marked by a court case, but on the…
Nature Shows Off
Most Surtseyan style eruptions involve a relatively small amount of water encountering magma. But the explosion in January this year at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcanic island erupted in a…
Seismic imaging-led sedimentology insight reveals extraordinary new potential in the Gulf of Papua
Figure 2: Location map and information. Foldout seismic line is located within PPL579. © Searcher. Stunning unexplored turbidite play revealed offshore Papua New Guinea Exceptional imaging from modern multi-client PSDM…
What does it mean when bottom simulators are black swans?
Map showing location of Searcher Seismic’s coverage of newly acquired and reprocessed datasets in the Gulf of Papua (GOP). The foldout line is located within the GOP. Bottom simulating…
Australia’s Beetaloo shale play
The Beetaloo Basin has, until recent years, been underexplored, with explorers believing the Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic (1.0–1.7 billion years ago) sequences too old to support hydrocarbons. However, following successful drilling…
Searcher Diversifies into Mining Sector
Searcher, a leading service provider of geoscience products for oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced its expansion into the mining sector. Searcher, a leading service provider of…
Taste the Geoheritage of Auckland, New Zealand
Boutique volcanoes, fossil forests and pillow lava fans are some of the amazing geological features around New Zealand’s largest city. Most tourists coming to New Zealand land in Auckland and,…
US $11 Billion of Australian Gas Projects
Wood Mackenzie’s Australasian upstream 2021 outlook report shows at least US$11 billion of gas projects poised for Final Investment Decision (FID) in 2021. Wood Mackenzie’s Australasian upstream 2021 outlook report…