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Shale brittleness in the Isa Superbasin, northern Lawn Hill Platform
The energy component of Geoscience Australia’s Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program aimed to improve our understanding of the petroleum resource potential of northern Australia. The sediments of the Mesoproterozoic South Nicholson Basin and the Paleoproterozoic Isa Superbasin on the northern Lawn Hill Platfrom (nLHP) are primary targets of the EFTF program, as they are known to contain highly prospective organic-rich units with the potential to host unconventional gas plays. A defining feature of shale gas plays is that they require technological intervention to increase bulk rock permeability and achieve commercial flow rates. The Egilabria prospect, intersecting nLHP sediments in northwest Queensland, flowed gas to surface from a fracture-stimulated lateral well, demonstrating a technical success. Elsewhere in the region, shale gas prospectivity is limited by a lack of well data. Shale rock brittleness in the nLHP part of the Isa Superbasin was analysed in two studies under the EFTF program. These studies showed that shale brittleness ranges from ductile to brittle; zones of brittle shales were present in all supersequences. Shale brittleness is controlled by increasing quartz and decreasing clay content, with carbonate content proving insignificant. Organic-rich target zones in the Lawn and River supersequences are demonstrated to be brittle and favourable for fracture stimulation.
<b>Citation:</b> Bailey, A.H.E., Jarrett, A.J.M., Wang, L., Champion, D.C., Hall, L.S. and Henson, P., 2020. Shale brittleness in the Isa Superbasin on the northern Lawn Hill Platform. In: Czarnota, K., Roach, I., Abbott, S., Haynes, M., Kositcin, N., Ray, A. and Slatter, E. (eds.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, 1–4.
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- 2020-06-22
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- 2020-06-22T06:37:49
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- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/133723
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- Digital Object Identifier/http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/133723
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Bailey, A.H.E.
Author Jarrett, A.J.M.
Author Wang, L.
Author Champion, D.C.
Author Hall, L.S.
Author Henson, P.
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EFTF extended abstract volume
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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EARTH SCIENCES
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Isa Superbasin
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Lawn Hill Platform
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South Nicholson Basin
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Egilabria
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Shale Brittleness
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Brittleness Index
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Lawn Hill Formation
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Lawn Supersequence
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Riversleigh Siltstone
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River Supersequence
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Shale gas
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Exploring for the Future
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EFTF
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Energy Systems
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4.0
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [1.5MB]
Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [1.5MB]
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This study was completed under the Exploring for the Future initiative, as part of the South Nicholson Onshore Energy component. Drill core was sampled from wells housed in both the Northern Territory Geological Survey’s Darwin core repository and the Geological Survey of Queensland’s Brisbane core repository. These core samples were analysed at Geoscience Australia using both XRD and XRF. The results were used to calculate shale rock brittleness using empirical relationships.
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-1:2014
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551