Australia on the Map
Through researching the carbonate deposits in her country’s back yard, a geotechnical engineer is pioneering industry advances on the seafloor. In the early stages of her career, geotechnical engineer Susan…
Australasia
Western Australia: North Carnarvon-Roebuck Basins
A New Oil Province Offshore the North West Shelf The Australian North West Shelf is comprised of four areas, namely the Carnarvon, Roebuck/Offshore Canning, Browse and Bonaparte Basins. These are filled with a thick…
Waking up to Papua New Guinea
Perched on the edge of a subduction zone, Papua New Guinea bears little resemblance to most of the world’s petroleum terranes. But the small Pacific nation is suddenly on the…
Reg Nelson. A True Explorer
Although recently retired, Reg Nelson is still aiming for more in petroleum, minerals and public life. Reg Nelson retired from Beach Energy after a remarkable 23 years in the top…
New Oil Play Excites Australia
Apache announced on 18 August that its shallow water Phoenix South-1 exploration well in permit WA-435-P, 180 km north of Port Hedland, had intersected at least four discrete oil columns…
The Great Australian Bight An Emerging Global Hotspot
Scale and ambition are accurate words to describe new oil exploration underway in the Great Australian Bight, but they do not quite do it justice. To get a real sense…
Dynamic Topography Sheds New Light
The new field of dynamic topography is changing our understanding of the sedimentary record. Australia is at the centre of its own tectonic plate and a safe distance from the powerful…
Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia
Shaping a Nation: A Geology of Australia. Geoscience Australia, 2012, Richard Blewitt, Chief Editor, 571 pages Australia’s defining moment came 34 million years ago when the continent rifted from Gondwana.…
Zeus and Zeebries
Zeus and Zeebries: Significant exploration insights High-quality 3D data could provide new exploration opportunities in this highly prospective part of the Northern Carnarvon Basin, where underexplored areas exist within close…
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…
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…