ADAVALE BASIN, QUEENSLAND

CONTENTSPageABSTRACT ........................................................ ivINTRODUCTION .................................................... 1BASIN SUMMARY ................................................... 1Setting and stratigraphy ................................... 1Exploration history ........................................ 4Petroleum accumulations .................................... 4Structure and traps ........................................ 4Porosity and permeability .................................. 6Source rocks and maturation ................................ 6Petroleum types ............................................ 7Reserves ................................................... 7Production and development ................................. 8PETROLEUM ACCUMULATIONS SUMMARIES ............................... 91. Gilmore ............................................... 112. Log Creek ............................................. 14ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................ 17REFERENCES ...................................................... 17GLOSSARY ........................................................ 20FIGURES1. Stratigraphy ............................................... 22. Stratigraphic cross-section through the Adavale Basin ...... 33. Generalised structure and faults, Adavale Basin region. ..... 54. Thermal maturity plot ...................................... 7TABLE1. Natural gas analysis, Gilmore accumulation ................. 8NOTES ON DEVELOPMENT ............................................ 10PLATE1. Petroleum accumulations in the Adavale Basinv