Prospectivity of the 2014 offshore acreage release areas for petroleum exploration

2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Thomas Bernecker ◽  
Dianne Edwards ◽  
Tehani Kuske ◽  
Bridgette Lewis ◽  
Tegan Smith
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Northern Margin ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Northern Carnarvon Basin

The Australian Government formally releases new offshore exploration areas at the annual APPEA conference. Industry nominations provided guidance for the selection of gazettal areas, and in 2014 all 30 areas are supported by such nominations. The release areas are located across various offshore hydrocarbon provinces ranging from mature basins with ongoing oil and gas production to exploration frontiers. Work program bids are invited for two rounds closing on 2 October 2014 and 2 April 2015, while the closing date for four cash bid areas is 5 February 2015. Twenty-nine of the 2014 Release Areas are located along Australia’s northern margin within the Westralian Superbasin, which encompasses the rift-basins that extend from the Northern Carnarvon Basin to the Bonaparte Basin. Evolution during Gondwana break-up established a series of petroleum systems, many of which have been successfully explored, while others remain untapped. Only one area was nominated and approved for release on Australia’s southern margin. The 220 graticular blocks cover almost the entire Eyre Sub-basin of the Bight Basin. In the context of the recent commencement of large-scale exploration programs in the Ceduna and Duntroon sub-basins, this release area provides additional opportunities to explore an offshore frontier. Geoscience Australia’s new long-term petroleum program supports industry activities by engaging in petroleum geological studies that are aimed at the establishment of margin to basin-scale structural frameworks and comprehensive assessments of Australian source rocks underpinning all hydrocarbon prospectivity studies.

The hydrocarbon potential of the 2015 Offshore Acreage Release Areas for petroleum exploration

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Thomas Bernecker ◽  
Tehani Kuske ◽  
Bridgette Lewis ◽  
Tegan Smith
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Hydrocarbon Potential ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
North West ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Northern Carnarvon Basin ◽  
Gippsland Basin

The Australian Government formally releases new offshore exploration areas at the annual APPEA conference. These areas are located across various offshore hydrocarbon provinces ranging from mature basins with ongoing oil and gas production to exploration frontiers. A total of 23 areas are released for work-program bidding and six areas for cash bidding (Fig. 1). The two work-program bidding rounds will remain open until 29 October 2015 and 21 April 2016, respectively, while cash bid submissions will close on 4 February 2016. The 2015 Release Areas are located in 13 distinct geological provinces across eight basins and all were supported by industry nominations. Six areas are located in the Bonaparte Basin, two of which are cash bid areas over the Turtle/Barnett oil accumulations. In the Browse Basin, three areas in the Caswell Sub-basin and one area on the Yampi Shelf are released. In support of recent exploration activities and success, one large area has been gazetted in the central Roebuck Basin. The Northern Carnarvon Basin offering comprises 11 areas on the Exmouth Plateau and in the Dampier Sub-basin, including four for cash bidding. This year, the usual predominance of North West Shelf Release Areas is counterbalanced by seven large areas in the Bight, Otway, Sorell and Gippsland basins. This includes one area in the Ceduna Sub-basin, three areas in the deepwater Otway Basin, one area in the northern Sorell Basin and two areas in the southeastern Gippsland Basin. The nominations received for these areas highlights the industry’s interest in evaluating the hydrocarbon potential of Australia’s underexplored southern margin. Geoscience Australia continues to support industry activities by acquiring, interpreting and integrating pre-competitive datasets that are made freely available as part of the agency’s regional petroleum geological studies.

Access and Logistics Challenges in Mountain Terrain Pipeline Projects

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark McDougall ◽  
Ken Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Large Diameter ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Road Design ◽  
Regulatory Constraints ◽  
The Right

Oil and gas production in Canada’s west has led to the need for a significant increase in pipeline capacity to reach export markets. Current proposals from major oil and gas transportation companies include numerous large diameter pipelines across the Rocky Mountains to port locations on the coast of British Columbia (BC), Canada. The large scale of these projects and the rugged terrain they cross lead to numerous challenges not typically faced with conventional cross-country pipelines across the plains. The logistics and access challenges faced by these mountain pipeline projects require significant pre-planning and assessment, to determine the timing, cost, regulatory and environmental impacts. The logistics of pipeline construction projects mainly encompasses the transportation of pipe and pipeline materials, construction equipment and supplies, and personnel from point of manufacture or point of supply to the right-of-way (ROW) or construction area. These logistics movement revolve around the available types of access routes and seasonal constraints. Pipeline contractors and logistics companies have vast experience in moving this type of large equipment, however regulatory constraints and environmental restrictions in some locations will lead to significant pre-planning, permitting and additional time and cost for material movement. In addition, seasonal constraints limit available transportation windows. The types of access vary greatly in mountain pipeline projects. In BC, the majority of off-highway roads and bridges were originally constructed for the forestry industry, which transports logs downhill whereas the pipeline industry transports large equipment and pipeline materials in both directions and specifically hauls pipe uphill. The capacity, current state and location of these off-highway roads must be assessed very early in the process to determine viability and/or potential options for construction access. Regulatory requirements, environmental restrictions, season of use restrictions and road design must all be considered when examining the use of or upgrade of existing access roads and bridges. These same restrictions are even more critical to the construction of new access roads and bridges. The logistics and access challenges facing the construction of large diameter mountain pipelines in Western Canada can be managed with proper and timely planning. The cost of the logistics and access required for construction of these proposed pipeline projects will typically be greater than for traditional pipelines, but the key constraint is the considerable time requirement to construct the required new access and pre-position the appropriate material to meet the construction schedule. The entire project team, including design engineers, construction and logistics planners, and material suppliers must be involved in the planning stages to ensure a cohesive strategy and schedule. This paper will present the typical challenges faced in access and logistics for large diameter mountain pipelines, and a process for developing a comprehensive plan for their execution.

PETROLEUM SYSTEMS IN TASMANIA'S FRONTIER ONSHORE BASINS

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
M.R. Bendall C.F. Burrett ◽  
H.J. Askin
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Late Triassic ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Peak Oil ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Upper Proterozoic ◽  
Oil Seep

Sedimentary successions belonging to three petroleum su persy stems can be recognised in and below the Late Carboniferous to Late Triassic onshore Tasmania Basin. These are the Centralian, Larapintine and Gondwanan. The oldest (Centralian) is poorly known and contains possible mature source rocks in Upper Proterozoic dolomites. The Larapintine 2 system is represented by rocks of the Devonian fold and thrust belt beneath the Tasmania Basin. Potential source rocks are micrites and shales within the 1.8 km-thick tropical Ordovician Gordon Group carbonates. Conodont CAI plots show that the Gordon Group lies in the oil and gas windows over most of central Tasmania and probably under much of the Tasmania Basin. Potential reservoirs are the upper reefal parts of the Gordon Group, paleokarsted surfaces within the Gordon Group and the overlying sandstones of the Siluro-Devonian Tiger Range and Eldon Groups. Seal rocks include shales within the Siluro-Devonian and Upper Carboniferous-Permian tillites and shales.The Gondwanan supersystem is the most promising supersystem for petroleum exploration within the onshore Tasmania Basin. It is divided into two petroleum systems— the Early Permian Gondwanan 1 system, and the Late Permian to Triassic Gondwanan 2 system. Excellent source rocks occur in the marine Tasmanite Oil Shale and other sections within the Lower Permian Woody Island and Quamby Formations of the Gondwanan 1 system and within coals and freshwater oil shales of the Gondwanan 2 system. These sources are within the oil and gas windows across most of the basin and probably reached peak oil generation at about 100 Ma. An oil seep, sourced from a Tasmanites-rich, anoxic shale, is found within Jurassic dolerite 40 km WSW of Hobart. Potential Gondwanan 1 reservoirs are the glaciofluvial Faulkner Group sandstones and sandstones and limestones within the overlying parts of the glaciomarine Permian sequence. The Upper Permian Ferntree Mudstone Formation provides an effective regional seal. Potential Gondwanan 2 reservoirs are the sandstones of the Upper Permian to Norian Upper Parmeener Supergroup. Traps consisting of domes, anticlines and faults were formed probably during the Early Cretaceous. Preliminary interpretation of a short AGSO seismic profile in the Tasmania Basin shows that, contrary to earlier belief, structures can be mapped beneath extensive and thick (300 m) sills of Jurassic dolerite. In addition, the total section of Gondwana to Upper Proterozoic to Triassic sediments appears to be in excess of 8,500 m. These recent studies, analysis of the oil seep and drilling results show that the Tasmanian source rocks have generated both oil and gas. The Tasmania Basin is considered prospective for both petroleum and helium and is comparable in size and stratigraphy to other glaciomarine-terrestrial Gondwanan basins such as the South Oman and Cooper Basins.

scholarly journals Some challenges and opportunities for Russia and regions in terms of the global decarbonization trend

Georesursy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-16
Author(s):  
Danis K. Nurgaliev ◽  
Svetlana Yu. Selivanovskaya ◽  
Maria V. Kozhevnikova ◽  
Polina Yu. Galitskaya
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Hydrogen Generation ◽  
Biological Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Testing Area

This article discusses a possible scenario of energy transition in Russia, taking into account the economic structure, presence of huge oil and gas infrastructure and unique natural resources. All this allows to consider global trends of energy and economic decarbonization not only as a challenge, but also as a new opportunity for the country. Considering developed oil and gas production, transportation, refining and petrochemical infrastructure, as well as the vast territory, forest, water and soil resources, our country has unique opportunities for carbon sequestration using both biological systems and the existing oil and gas infrastructure. It is proposed to use the existing oil and gas production facilities for hydrogen generation in the processes of hydrocarbon catalytic transformation inside the reservoir. It is suggested to create and use large-scale technologies for CO2 sequestration using existing oil and gas production infrastructure. Considering high potential of the Russian Federation for carbon sequestration by biological systems, a network of Russian carbon testing areas is being developed, including one at Kazan Federal University (KFU), – the “Carbon-Povolzhye” testing area. The creation of carbon farms based on the applications at such testing areas could become a high-demand high-tech business. A detailed description of the KFU carbon testing area and its planned objectives are given.

Some aspects of the shaped-charge perforator certification and qualification problem

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Babkin ◽  
N.V. Gerasimov ◽  
S.V. Ladov
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Shaped Charge ◽  
Physical Aspect ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Certification Procedure ◽  
Cumulative Jets

The problem of certification of shaped-charge perforators appear to be very important in oil and gas production. The paper considers five aspects of the problem. First, it is a physical aspect, which means the problem is viewed from the point of view of the physics of a cumulative explosion; the second aspect is a methodological one, which implies the most desirable, permissible, unacceptable methods of certification and qualification; the next aspect is economic, it focuses on the economy on a large scale, allowing a possible loss in a small one. Perhaps, there are things that are currently more important than the most correct physical considerations and the most perfect methods, so technical and political aspects arise. The final aspect is an organizational one which implies a rational division of powers of government departments. The most important and science-intensive aspect is the physical one, as it is associated with the design, construction, and operation of shaped charges of perforators, and this is the main focus of the paper. The paper carefully analyzes the formation, movement in free space, and action on the combined obstacle: steel — concrete — rock of monolithic and powder cumulative jets from metal and composite materials. Moreover, the study comparatively assesses the penetrating action of shaped charges of perforators according to various methods, both domestic and foreign, and assesses economic, technical, political, and organizational factors in the development of the shaped charges certification procedure. Finally, the study gives recommendations for carrying out certification and qualification tests of shaped charges of perforators in Russia.

Parameter identification in large-scale models for oil and gas production

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 10857-10862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorn F.M. Van Doren ◽  
Paul M.J. Van den Hof ◽  
Jan Dirk Jansen ◽  
Okko H. Bosgra
Keyword(s):  
Parameter Identification ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Scale Models

Petroleum source rocks of Western Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ameed R. Ghori
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Source Rocks ◽  
Lower Permian ◽  
Burial History ◽  
Canning Basin ◽  
Petroleum Systems ◽  
Northern Carnarvon Basin ◽  
Coal Measures ◽  
Carnarvon Basin

Petroleum geochemical analysis of samples from the Canning, Carnarvon, Officer and Perth basins identified several formations with source potential, the: • Triassic Locker Shale and Jurassic Dingo Claystone of the Northern Carnarvon Basin; • Permian Irwin River Coal Measures and Carynginia Formation, Triassic Kockatea Shale and Jurassic Cattamarra Coal Measures of the Perth Basin; • Ordovician Goldwyer and Bongabinni formations, Devonian Gogo Formation and Lower Carboniferous Laurel Formation of the Canning Basin; • Devonian Gneudna Formation of the Gascoyne Platform and the Lower Permian Wooramel and Byro groups of the Merlinleigh Sub-basin of the Southern Carnarvon Basin; and • Neoproterozoic Brown, Hussar, Kanpa and Steptoe formations of the Officer Basin. Burial history and geothermal basin modelling was undertaken using input parameters from geochemical analyses of rock samples, produced oil, organic petrology, apatite fission track analysis (AFTA), heat flows, subsurface temperatures and other exploration data compiled by the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA). Of these basins, the Canning, Carnarvon, and Perth basins are currently producing oil and gas, whereas the Southern Carnarvon and Officer basins have no commercial petroleum discovery yet, but they do have source, reservoir, seal and petroleum shows indicating the presence of petroleum systems. The Carnarvon Basin contains the richest identified petroleum source rocks, followed by the Perth and Canning basins. Production in the Carnarvon Basin is predominantly gas and oil, the Perth Basin is gas-condensate and the Canning Basin is oil dominated, demonstrating the variations in source rock type and maturity across the state. GSWA is continuously adding new data to assess petroleum systems and prospectivity of these and other basins in Western Australia.

Australian petroleum production and development 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Graeme Bethune
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Domestic Market ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
The West ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Production ◽  
Start Up

This Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia review looks in detail at the trends and highlights for oil and gas production and development both onshore and offshore Australia during 2018. Total petroleum production climbed strongly for the third consecutive year, driven by LNG. A highlight is the start-up of the INPEX Ichthys project. Production is set for further growth in 2019 with the ramp-up of this project and the start-up of Shell’s Prelude floating LNG project. Prelude and Ichthys are the last projects to be commissioned in a wave of seven new LNG projects that are making Australia the world’s largest LNG exporter and a crucial supplier of gas to Asia, including the largest source of LNG for Japan and China and the second-largest source for South Korea. By contrast, Australian oil production continued to fall rapidly and is now easily surpassed by rising condensate production from new LNG projects. There were stark contrasts between domestic gas on the west and east coasts. On the west coast, prices remain low and supply relatively plentiful. The east coast domestic market was tighter and LNG producers responded by diverting gas supplies to the domestic market. This paper canvasses these trends and makes conclusions about the condition of the oil and gas industry in Australia. This paper relies primarily on production and reserves data compiled by EnergyQuest and published in its EnergyQuarterly reports.

Petroleum production and development across Australia 2017

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 469
Author(s):  
Graeme Bethune ◽  
Susan Bethune
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
The West ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Short Supply

This Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia review looks in detail at the trends and highlights for oil and gas production and development both onshore and offshore Australia during 2017. Gas production soared while oil production plummeted yet again. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) did well; 2017 was a great year for LNG and 2018 should be even better. There are stark contrasts between domestic gas on the west and east coasts. On the west coast, prices are affordable and supply relatively plentiful. On the east, prices are high and gas is in short supply. This paper canvasses these trends and makes conclusions about the condition of the oil and gas industry in Australia. This paper relies primarily on production and reserves data compiled by EnergyQuest. In its latest review of Australian energy policy, the International Energy Agency comments yet again on the weaknesses of Australian oil and gas statistics. This paper also makes some observations on these weaknesses.

Capital Accumulation, Environmental Pollution, and Public Health Challenges in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry: Lessons on Market Criminology

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 181-200
Author(s):  
Ifeanyi Ezeonu
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Petroleum Industry ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Oil And Gas Production ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
Public Health Challenges ◽  
Expansive Process

Abstract Petroleum exploration activities started in Nigeria’s Niger Delta in the early twentieth century as part of the expansive process of primitive accumulation instituted by the British colonial administration to advance its economic interest. Since petroleum resources were discovered in commercial quantities in the region in 1956, transnational extraction corporations (including Shell, Chevron, and ExxonMobil) in collaboration with the emergent domestic compradors have plundered the resource wealth. While decades of crude oil and gas production in the region have enormously enriched the captors of the petroleum industry, the host communities have suffered debilitating economic and health consequences. This article discusses the public health challenges resulting from this predatory political economy, along the lines of a bourgeoning body of literature that conceptualizes preventable market-driven harms as criminal.

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