Prospectivity Ref Mesozoic

Eromanga Basin

Alexander, E.M. and Hibburt, J.E. (Eds), 1996. The petroleum geology of South Australia. Vol. 2: Eromanga Basin. South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 96/20.

Gravestock, D.I., Moore, P.S. and Pitt, G.M. (Eds), 1986. Contributions to the geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Eromanga Basin. Geological Society of Australia. Special Publication, 12.

O’Neil, B.J. (Ed.), 1989. The Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia. Proceedings of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins Conference, Adelaide, 1989. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SA Branches).

Simpson Basin

Alexander, E.M. and Hibburt, J.E. (Eds), 1996. The petroleum geology of South Australia. Vol. 2: Eromanga Basin. South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 96/20.

Moore, P.S., 1986. Jurassic and Triassic stratigraphy and hydrocarbon potential of the Poolowanna Trough (Simpson Desert Region), northern South Australia. In: Gravestock, D.I, Moore, P.S. and Pitt, G.M. (Eds), Contributions to the geology and hydrocarbon potential of the Eromanga Basin. Geological Society of Australia. Special Publication, 12:39-51.

Powis, G.D., 1989. Revision of Triassic stratigraphy at the Cooper Basin to Eromanga Basin transition. In: O’Neil, B.J. (Ed.), The Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia. Proceedings of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins Conference, Adelaide, 1989. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SA Branches) pp.265-277.

Wiltshire, M.J., 1989. Mesozoic stratigraphy and palaeogeography, eastern Australia. In: O’Neil, B.J. (Ed.), The Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia. Proceedings of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins Conference, Adelaide, 1989. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SA Branches) pp.279-291.

Otway Basin

Alexander, E.M., 1992. Geology and petrophysics of petroleum reservoirs from the Otway Group, Otway Basin. ERDC Project 1424, SENRAC Project 3/89. End of grant report. South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 92/70.

Chatfield, K., 1995. The impact of volcanism on petroleum exploration, Otway Basin, South Australia. South Australia. Geological Survey. Quarterly Geological Notes, 127:2-13.

Cockshell, C.D., O’Brien, G.W., McGee, A., Lovibond, R., Perincek, D. and Higgins, R., 1995. Western Otway Crayfish Group Troughs. APPEA Journal, 35(1):385-404.

Felton, E.A. and Jackson, K.S., 1987. Hydrocarbon generation potential in the Otway Basin Australia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 10:213-224.

Glenie, R.C. (Ed.), 1986. Second South-Eastern Australia Oil Exploration Symposium. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Melbourne, 1985.

Kopsen, E. and Scholefield, T., 1990. Prospectivity of the Otway Supergroup in the central and western Otway Basin. APEA Journal, 30:263-278.

Lovibond, R., Sutthill, R.J. and Skinner, J.E., 1995. The hydrocarbon potential of the Penola Trough, Otway Basin. APPEA Journal, 35(1):358-371.

Morton, J.G.G., 1990. Revisions to stratigraphic nomenclature of the Otway Basin, South Australia. South Australia. Geological Survey. Quarterly Geological Notes, 116.

Morton, J.G.G. and Drexel, J.F. (Eds), 1995. The petroleum geology of South Australia. Vol. 1: Otway Basin. South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Report Book, 95/12.

Parker, K.A., 1992. The exploration and appraisal history of the Katnook and Ladbroke Grove gas fields, onshore Otway Basin, South Australia. APPEA Journal, 32:67-85.

Perincek, D. and Cockshell, C.D., 1995. The Otway Basin: Early Cretaceous rifting to Neogene inversion. APPEA Journal, 35(1):451-466.

Boult, P.J., Ramamoorthy, R., Theologou, P.N, East, R.D, Drake, A.M.and Neville, T., 1999. Use of neclear magnetic resonance and new core analysis technology for determination of gas saturation in Petty Hill sandstone reservoirs, onshore Otway Basin. APPEA Journal, 39(1):437-450.

Bight Basin

Hill, A.J., 1991. Revisions to the Cretaceous stratigraphic nomenclature of the Bight and Duntroon Basins, South Australia. South Australia. Geological Survey. Quarterly Geological Notes, 120.

Stagg, H.M.J., Cockshell, C.D., Willcox, J.B., Hill, A.J., Needham, D.J.L., Thomas, B., O’Brien, G.W. and Hough, L.P., 1990. Basins of the Great Australian Bight region: geology and petroleum potential. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia. Continental Margins Program Folio, 5.

Duntroon Basin

Hill, A.J., 1995. Duntroon Basin. In: Drexel, J.F. and Preiss, W.V. (Eds), The geology of South Australia. Vol. 2, The Phanerozoic. South Australia. Geological Survey. Bulletin, 54:138-141.

Messant, B.E.J., Wilson, C. and Flynn, K., 1996. Assessment of the seal potential of Tertiary carbonates, Duntroon Basin, South Australia. APPEA Journal, 36(1):233-241.

Smith, M.A. and Donaldson, I.F., 1995. The hydrocarbon potential of the Duntroon Basin. APPEA Journal, 35(1):203-219.

Stagg, H.M.J., Cockshell, C.D., Willcox, J.B., Hill, A.J., Needham, D.J.L., Thomas, B., O’Brien, G.W. and Hough, L.P., 1990. Basins of the Great Australian Bight region: geology and petroleum potential. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia. Continental Margins Program Folio, 5.

Polda Basin

Flint, R.B. and Rankin, L.R., 1991. KIMBA, South Australia, sheet SI53-7. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series — Explanatory Notes.

Jong, J.T.S., 1991. The source and reservoir potential of the Late Jurassic Polda Formation, Polda Basin, SA. University of Adelaide. National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics. BSc (Hons) thesis (unpublished).

Nelson, R.G., Crabb, T.N. and Gerdes, R.A., 1986. A review of geophysical exploration in the Polda Basin, South Australia. APEA Journal, 26(1):319-333.

Stagg, H.M.J., Cockshell, C.D., Willcox, J.B., Hill, A.J., Needham, D.J.L., Thomas, B., O’Brien, G.W. and Hough, L.P., 1990. Basins of the Great Australian Bight region: geology and petroleum potential. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia. Continental Margins Program Folio, 5.

Stagg, H.M.J., Willcox, J.B. and Needham, D.J.J., 1992. The Polda Basin — a seismic interpretation of a Proterozoic–Mesozoic rift in the Great Australian Bight. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 13:1-13.

Renmark Trough Area


(Nadda & Berri Basins)

Brown, C.M. and Stephenson, A.E., 1991. Geology of the Murray Basin, southeastern Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia. Bulletin, 235.

Knight, C.A., McDonald, P.A., Frankel, E. and Moore, D.H., 1995. A preliminary appraisal of the pre-Tertiary infrabasins beneath the Murray Basin, northwestern Victoria. VIMP Report 16. Victoria. Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals.

Martin, A.R. and Saxby, J.D., 1984. Potential for hydrocarbons in some infrabasins of the Murray Basin. PESA Journal, 4:22-29.

O’Brien, P.E., 1986. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Late Palaeozoic glaciomarine sediments beneath the Murray Basin, and their palaeoclimatic significance. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 10:53-63.

Thornton, R.C.N., 1974. Hydrocarbon potential of western Murray Basin and infrabasins. South Australia. Geological Survey. Report of Investigations, 41.