Petroleum and Mineral Exploration and Development in Marine Conservation Reserves in Western Australia

1995 ◽  
Vol 1995 (1) ◽  
pp. 636-643
Author(s):  
W. M. B. Carr
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Exploration And Development

LEGAL CONTROLS OVER PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OFFSHORE WESTERN AUSTRALIA

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
A.G. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
The State ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
State Control ◽  
Mixed Regime ◽  
Environmental Controls ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
Legal Controls ◽  
Exploration And Development ◽  
Offshore Petroleum

Increased petroleum exploration and development activities offshore Western Australia will continue to attract the focus of many companies, contractors and investors who will find that their exploration and development activities and operating practices are controlled by a mixed regime of State and Federal legislation. This mixed regime has its sources in international and constitutional law.Working within these controls is not assisted by the complexity of State and Commonwealth jurisdictional problems in respect to offshore areas. Certain governmental arrangements between the State and the Commonwealth, however, facilitate continued exploration activity offshore, whilst some of the legal issues remain to be resolved. Some guiding principles as to what laws apply offshore and to what extent, are indicated.The consultative arrangements between the State and the Commonwealth under the Offshore Petroleum Code allow for Commonwealth ownership and State control of offshore petroleum resources to co-exist. These are commented upon and the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Acts are analysed with respect to the nature and security of petroleum titles; the setting, performance and variation of work and monetary obligations; the range of administrative discretion in relation thereto; the transferability of petroleum interests and the rate and calculation of royalties.Directions regulating offshore operations generally and covering exploration, reporting, platforms, pipelines, production and work practices are explained. Some of the environmental controls are also mentioned.

scholarly journals A rich fauna of subterranean short-range endemic Anillini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae) from semi-arid regions of Western Australia

ZooKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1044 ◽  
pp. 269-337
Author(s):  
Pier Mauro Giachino ◽  
Stefan Eberhard ◽  
Giulia Perina
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Short Range ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Drill Holes ◽  
Semi Arid

Globally, the great majority of Anillini species are endogean, adapted to live in the interstices of soil and leaf litter, while the extremely low vagility of these minute ground beetles gives rise to numerous shortrange endemic species. Until recently the Australian Anillini fauna was known only from leaf litter in rain forests and eucalypt forests in the wetter, forested regions of eastern and south eastern Australia, as well as Lord Howe and Norfolk islands. The first hypogean Anillini in Australia (17 species in six genera) were described in 2016 from mineral exploration drill holes in iron-ore bearing rocks of the Pilbara region in Western Australia, representing the first finding of the tribe deep underground in a semi-arid climate region. A further eight new genera and 20 new species are described herein, mostly from the Pilbara region as well as the semi-arid Kimberley and Goldfields regions; all were collected in mineral exploration drill holes. The following new genera are described: Erwinanillusgen. nov., Gregorydytesgen. nov., Pilbaraphanusgen. nov., Neoillaphanusgen. nov., Kimberleytyphlusgen. nov., Gilesdytesgen. nov., Pilbaradytesgen. nov., and Bylibaraphanusgen. nov. The following new species are described: Erwinanillus baehrisp. nov.; Gracilanillus hirsutussp. nov., G. pannawonicanussp. nov.; Gregorydytes ophthalmianussp. nov.; Pilbaraphanus chichesterianussp. nov., P. bilybarianussp. nov.; Magnanillus firetalianussp. nov., M. sabaesp. nov., M. salomonissp. nov., M. regalissp. nov., M. serenitatissp. nov.; Neoillaphanus callawanussp. nov.; Kimberleytyphlus carrboydianussp. nov.; Austranillus jinayrianussp. nov.; Gilesdytes pardooanussp. nov., G. ethelianussp. nov.; Pilbaradytes abydosianussp. nov., P. webberianussp. nov.; Bylibaraphanus cundalinianussp. nov.; and Angustanillus armatussp. nov. Identification keys are provided for all Australian anilline genera, and Western Australian species. All the described species are known from a single locality and qualify as short-range endemics. The Anillini are recognised as a significant and diverse element making up part of Western Australia’s remarkable subterranean fauna, and whose conservation may potentially be impacted by mining developments.

scholarly journals Multi-Media Geochemical Exploration in the Critical Zone: A Case Study over the Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb Deposits, Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1174
Author(s):  
Anicia Henne ◽  
Nathan Reid ◽  
Robert L. Thorne ◽  
Samuel C. Spinks ◽  
Tenten Pinchand ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Mineral Exploration ◽  
Critical Zone ◽  
Element Geochemistry ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Surface Sample ◽  
Plant Matter ◽  
Groundwater Samples ◽  
High Concentrations

In this study, we compared traditional lithochemical sample media (soil) with hydrochemical (groundwater), biogeochemical (plant matter of mulga and spinifex), and other near-surface sample media (ferro-manganese crust), in a case study applied to mineral exploration in weathered terrain, through the critical zone at the fault-hosted Prairie and Wolf Zn–Pb (Ag) deposits in Western Australia. We used multi-element geochemistry analyses to spatially identify geochemical anomalies in samples over known mineralization, and investigated metal dispersion processes. In all near-surface sample media, high concentrations of the metals of interest (Zn, Pb, Ag) coincided with samples proximal to the mineralization at depth. However, the lateral dispersion of these elements differed from regional (several km; groundwater) to local (several 100′s of meters; solid sample media) scales. Zinc in spinifex leaves over the Prairie and Wolf deposits exceeded the total concentrations in all other sample media, while the metal concentrations in mulga phyllodes were not as pronounced, except for Ag, which exceeded the concentrations in all other sample media. These observations indicate potential preferential metal-specific uptake by different media. Pathfinder elements in vegetation and groundwater samples also indicated the Prairie Downs fault zone at the regional (groundwater) and local (vegetation) scale, and are, therefore, potentially useful tools to trace fault systems that host structurally controlled, hydrothermal Zn–Pb mineralization.

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