Play-based exploration in the southern Cooper Basin: a systematic approach to exploration in a mature basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 825 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Lockhart ◽  
E. Riel ◽  
M. Sanders ◽  
A. Walsh ◽  
G. T. Cooper ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Portfolio Management ◽  
South Australia ◽  
The South ◽  
High Productivity ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Environment Maps ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Data Log ◽  
2D And 3D ◽  
Eromanga Basin

Exploration within a mature basin poses many challenges, not least how to best utilise resources and time to maximise success and reduce cost. Play-based exploration (PBE) provides a team-based approach to combine key aspects of the petroleum system into an integrated and wholistic view of basin prospectivity. While the PBE methodology is well established, it is not often applied to its full extent on a basin scale. After a period of declining exploration success in parts of the South Australia Cooper-Eromanga Basin, this study was undertaken by a dedicated regional geoscience team with the aim of rebuilding an understanding of the basin, based on first principles and stripping away exploration paradigms. The study area comprises an acreage position in the South Australian and Queensland Cooper-Eromanga Basins covering 70 000 km2 in which Senex Energy has 14 oil fields, has drilled more than 80 exploration wells and has acquired 2D and 3D seismic material. A plethora of proven and emerging plays exist within the acreage ranging from high productivity light sweet oil (Birkhead and Namur Reservoirs) to tight oil (Murta Formation), conventional gas (Toolachee/Epsilon and Patchawarra Formation), tight gas (Patchawarra Formation) and the emerging deep coal play (Toolachee and Patchawarra Coals). Play-based exploration methodologies incorporating the integration of seismic data, log and palynological data, structural analysis, geochemistry, 3D basin modelling, consistent well failure analysis and gross depositional environment maps have allowed the systematic creation of common risk segment maps at all play levels. This information is now actively utilised for permit management, business development, work program creation and portfolio management. This paper will present an example of the work focussing on the southern section of the South Australian Cooper-Eromanga Basin.

THE HUTTON SANDSTONE - TWO SEPARATE RESERVOIRS IN THE EROMANGA BASIN, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

1983 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Gravestock ◽  
M. Griffiths ◽  
A. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Middle Jurassic ◽  
Late Jurassic ◽  
South Australia ◽  
The Other ◽  
The South ◽  
Humid Climate ◽  
Trap Potential ◽  
Basin Margin ◽  
Eromanga Basin

The Hutton Sandstone in the South Australian portion of the Eromanga Basin consists of two units, one Early to Middle Jurassic, the other Middle to Late Jurassic in age. The younger unit may conformably overlie the older in areas of persistent subsidence but either may be thin or absent in areas of complex structure.Siliceous and calcareous authigenic cements at the top of the older unit and within the younger unit indicate surficial weathering in a warm arid to humid climate, supported independently by palaeofloral and faunal evidence. Duricrusts of Middle to Late Jurassic age have been recorded in outcrop from the southwest Eromanga Basin margin and the Surat Basin region.Both units have disconformity trap potential and the younger unit has additional poor to excellent stratigraphic trap potential. Exploration strategies will be enhanced by mapping each unit as a separate reservoir and by recognizing the downflank stratigraphic trap potential of the younger unit.

Observed seasonal regimes of North-South Atlantic Ocean interbasin exchange

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed D. Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
North Atlantic ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Meridional Overturning Circulation ◽  
Volume Flux ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Interbasin Exchange ◽  
North And South

North and South Atlantic lateral volume exchange is a key component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) embedded in Earth’s climate. Northward AMOC heat transport within this exchange mitigates the large heat loss to the atmosphere in the northern North Atlantic. Because of inadequate climate data, observational basin-scale studies of net interbasin exchange between the North and South Atlantic have been limited. Here ten independent climate datasets, five satellite-derived and five analyses, are synthesized to show that North and South Atlantic climatological net lateral volume exchange is partitioned into two seasonal regimes. From late-May to late-November, net lateral volume flux is from the North to the South Atlantic; whereas from late-November to late-May, net lateral volume flux is from the South to the North Atlantic. This climatological characterization offers a framework for assessing seasonal variations in these basins and provides a constraint for climate models that simulate AMOC dynamics.

Information security in the South Australian real estate industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepa Mani ◽  
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo ◽  
Sameera Mubarak
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Real Estate ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
The South ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Real Estate Sector

Purpose – Opportunities for malicious cyber activities have expanded with the globalisation and advancements in information and communication technology. Such activities will increasingly affect the security of businesses with online presence and/or connected to the internet. Although the real estate sector is a potential attack vector for and target of malicious cyber activities, it is an understudied industry. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the information security threats, awareness, and risk management standards currently employed by the real estate sector in South Australia. Design/methodology/approach – The current study comprises both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, which include 20 survey questionnaires and 20 face-to-face interviews conducted in South Australia. Findings – There is a lack of understanding about the true magnitude of malicious cyber activities and its impact on the real estate sector, as illustrated in the findings of 40 real estate organisations in South Australia. The findings and the escalating complexities of the online environment underscore the need for regular ongoing training programs for basic online security (including new cybercrime trends) and the promotion of a culture of information security (e.g. when using smart mobile devices to store and access sensitive data) among staff. Such initiatives will enable staff employed in the (South Australian) real estate sector to maintain the current knowledge of the latest cybercrime activities and the best cyber security protection measures available. Originality/value – This is the first academic study focusing on the real estate organisations in South Australia. The findings will contribute to the evidence on the information security threats faced by the sector as well as in develop sector-specific information security risk management guidelines.

Approaches to Delivering Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: The South Australian Experience

1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gifford Sawyer ◽  
Robert John Kosky
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Adolescent Mental Health ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
The South ◽  
Number Of Children

Approximately 10% of children and adolescents experience mental health problems, however only a small proportion receive specialised help. Identifying approaches which can provide a balanced and effective service for the large number of children and adolescents with problems is currently a major challenge for child and adolescent mental health services in Australia. In South Australia, following a review in 1983, child and adolescent services were reorganised into two separate but closely related services. This paper draws on experience in South Australia over the last decade to identify approaches which can be employed in six key areas that significantly influence the effectiveness of child and adolescent mental health services. The paper also describes the specific features which were included in the South Australian child and adolescent mental health service to address these issues.

Sub-basin scale inhomogeneity of mantle in the South China Sea revealed by magnesium isotopes

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Zhong ◽  
Guo-Liang Zhang ◽  
Qi-Zhen Jin ◽  
Fang Huang ◽  
Xiao-Jun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Magnesium Isotopes ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Basin Scale ◽  
Scale Inhomogeneity
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