Basker-Manta project on track
After the successful flow test and sampling of Basker-2, the Ocean Patriot secured the well and departed the location. The FPSO Crystal Ocean is now ready for connection to the Basker-2 wellhead offshore Gippsland Basin.
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Unlocking the Gippsland basin
Southeast Australia depocenter holds large potential
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Santos steps up exploration in 2005
Australia's Santos Ltd. announced a 25-well, high-impact exploration program for 2005.
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Roc to drill Flying Foam
The Roc Oil operated WA-327-P joint venture plans to drill the Flying Foam prospect as part of a multi-well campaign in adjoining Offshore Perth basin permits WA-325-P and WA-327-P. Drilling is scheduled for January 2005, but could be moved forward by a month.
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New Zealand to open new basin for exploration
New Zealand is preparing for a petroleum exploration permit bidding round in the offshore Northland basin. Planning for next year's bidding round is underway, though permit boundaries have not yet been confirmed.
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Southern Australian Bight basin holds deepwater potential
Several factors point to the presence of active petroleum systems in the Bight basin. Recent work by both Geoscience Australia and the petroleum industry has increased our understanding of the structural and stratigraphic development, and the range of exploration opportunities available in this frontier basin.
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Aug. 20--Maslin-1 reaches 1,358 m TD
The Maslins-1 well in the Cooper Basin has reached a TD of 1,358 m since it spudded on Aug. 10, according to Beach Petroleum.
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Geology hints at high prospectivity offshore Sydney Basin
The Permo-Triassic offshore Sydney Basin is a totally untested but highly prospective basin situated along the heavily populated and industrialized central coast of New South Wales, Australia.
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New Zealand's exploration potential
Recent exploration successes in Taranaki Basin, impressive new data from deep-water frontier regions, and several new evaluations of other hydrocarbon-bearing basins are all contributing to a period of heightened exploration activity in the New Zealand region.
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Geosciences
The Offshore Drilling Program (ODP) continues to contribute significantly to the understanding of the Earth's history. Recently completed ODP Leg 199 drilled through Eocene sediments at eight sites approximately halfway between Hawaii and Mexico, a region that was near the Eocene equator when the sediments were deposited.
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Wellsite chemostratigraphy
Chemostratigraphy is a powerful but relatively new technique that combines the disciplines of geochemistry and stratigraphy.
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GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS: Solving geologic problems with interactive inversion
Melding science and art
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New Caledonia basin seismic amplifies earlier DSDP findings
A seismic survey program designed to evaluate the marine economic resources of New Caledonia (French Protectorate west of Australia) was conducted by Ifremer using the French research vessel L'atalante. The cruise was conducted within the framework of the ZoNeCo Program.
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Exploration at all-time high off Western Australia
Planned Offshore Developments [56113801.gif - 11k] Western Australia's Northwest Shelf [56113601.gif - 71.27 K] Offshore development projects may be slow in getting off the ground in Australia but the State of Western Australia holds some of the country's most prospective and underexplored exploration acreage. This was highlighted in the recent offshore gazettal round with 22 of the 38 blocks released in Western Australian waters.
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