Australia: Expand LNG projects?
Chevron has made two deepwater gas discoveries in the Carnarvon Basin off Western Australia that the company believes have the potential to drive expansions of its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG…
Australasia
A Significant Milestone
Santos has declared itself to be on track to produce Australia’s first commercial shale gas after its Moomba-191 shale gas well in the Cooper Basin licence PPL 7 flowed at…
What’s the Future for LNG in Australia?
Barely a year ago, Australia was predicted to become the biggest global producer of LNG – but things have changed. According to a study published by GBI Research, Australia’s offshore…
Zeebries: new high quality data in Australia’s most prospective basin
Map of the Zeebries 3D. The survey name Zeebries means sea breeze in Dutch, a homage to Fugro’s Dutch origins. Significant insights from new survey The offshore part of the…
The Age of Uncertainty
Maximizing resolution from integrated seismic and quantitative biostratigraphy using CONOP Biostratigraphic correlation based on the geological succession of fossil species remains one of the fundamental workhorse approaches to geological correlation…
The Submerged Continent of New Zealand
Are there continent-scale resources to be found offshore? New Zealand has produced petroleum for nearly 100 years since oil first flowed from the Moturoa field in Taranaki Basin. Discovery of…
The Earth’s Oldest Fossils
On a splendid white beach in Shark Bay, Western Australia, I finally found the worlds oldest fossils. They are commonly referred to as living rock, and they have ruled the…
Joint petroleum development area Timor Sea
Treaty brings fresh enthusiasm The signing of a boundary dispute treaty between Australia and East Timor in 2005 has resulted in a resurgence in exploration vigour, both in the JPDA…
New insights into Australia’s Bight Basin
The eastern Bight Basin showing the 2009 acreage S09-5 S09-6 Ceduna Sub-basin release area, sub-basins, wells, and 2007 dredge sample locations. Index map of the 315 km long foldout line shown…
Carnarvon Basin: Continuing exploration success with Eendracht 3D
Map showing project area and nearby oil and gas fields. Bathymetric image courtesy of Geoscience Australia. Structural Cross section: Exmouth Plateau to Peedamullah Shelf. Companies unite for Carnarvon Exploration Cube…
Oil on Troubled Water
Oil exploration in Australia has been fraught with disappointments in a relentless land, but onshore basins such as the Cooper Basin can still yield surprises.