| Discoveries | |
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| First Commercial Discoveries |
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| Onshore |
North Paaratte, Wallaby Creek, Katnook, Ladbroke Grove, Iona, Grumby, Boggy Creek, (CO2), Caroline (CO2) etc.; 17 gas fields in Victoria and five in production: Wallaby Creek (19.8 BCF GIP (billion cubic feet of gas-in-place)), Skull Creek (2.2 BCF GIP), North Paaratte (18.2 BCF GIP) and Mylor (11.8 BCF GIP) and Fenton Creek (4.8 BCF GIP) (Mehin and Kamel, 2002). |
| Offshore | La Bella 1 (217 BCF GIP), Minerva 1 (558 BCF GIP) in 1993, Geographe 1 (500 BCF GIP) and Thylacine 1 (600 BCF) in 2001. Casino 3, successful production test (2003). First gas production from the Minerva field occurred in January 2005 with the Casino and Thylacine/Geographe gas fields due to begin production in 2006. |
| Shows |
Subcommercial oil show: Windermere 1, in Heathfield Sandstone Member Oil shows: Killanoola 1, Redman 1, Sawpit 1 and Killanoola 1 from basement and Crayfish Group. Minor oil shows: Windermere 1 and Woolsthorpe 1 - Windermere Member; Port Campbell 4 and Flaxmans 1 - Eumeralla Formation; Breaksea Reef 1, Cape Sorell 1, Lindon 1 - Pebble Point Formation; Wilson 1 - Dilwyn Formation. Gas shows: many wells including Pecten 1A, Troas 1, Voluta 1, Triton 1 and Casino 1 and 2 offshore. Recent exploration drilling in the offshore Otway Basin includes Hill 1 in 2003, Martha 1, Amrit 1 and Callister 1 in 2004 and Halladale 1 and Henry 1 in 2005. Gas shows or gas-bearing intervals have been reported from Martha 1, Callister 1, Halladale 1 and Henry 1. |