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PETROLEUM ACCUMULATIONS SUMMARIES9
NOTES ON DEVELOPMENTSGILMORE: a forgotten gas accumulation may be commercial . . . . .The Gilmore field in the Adavale Basin is "in the middle of notmuch", admitted the managing director of permit participant MonarchPetroleum NL. But the Du Pont Corporation of the US is prepared toinvest $40 million in an ammonium nitrate plant there if gas flows aresufficient, he said.Operator Northern Michigan Exploration Co. (Nomeco) hasreported a flow test on the Gilmore 3 well of 382,000 cubic metres of gasper day through a 12.5 mm choke.Although the well and its two successful predecessors weredrilled in the mid 1960s, this is the first serious attempt in more than20 years to investigate the field's commercial potential, a Nomecostatement said.After The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 April 1987GILMORE: the gas accumulation declared commercial . . . . . .A $40 million ammonium nitrate plant at Blackall in centralQueensland is to proceed, following the announcement yesterday that alljoint venture partners had signed an agreement.The project will involve the construction of ammonia, nitric acidand ammonium nitrate production facilities, as well as the construction ofa 140 km long gas pipeline from the Gilmore accumulation.Natural gas from the Gilmore accumulation would provide boththe raw material and energy source for the Blackall plant, which shouldbe in operation by 1989.After The Australian Financial Review, 14 August 198710
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Page 5 and 6: ABSTRACTThe Adavale Basin, in south
Page 7 and 8: The Adavale Basin's major stratigra
Page 9 and 10: Exploration historyThe Phillips and
Page 11 and 12: Porosity and permeabilityThe petrol
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Page 23 and 24: HEIKILA, H.H., 1966 - Palaeozoic of
Page 25: GLOSSARYAccumulation: Any petroleum

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