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SRK releases Sydney Basin study for CBM explorers

NEW exploration and development opportunities in New South Wales' Sydney and Gunnedah Basins will...

SRK releases Sydney Basin study for CBM explorers

The Sydney Basin regional geological synthesis study with 4D model also covers the eastern part of the Gunnedah Basin and will be released for general purchase on October 18.

Based on four areas that broadly coincide with the four main coalfield areas, the study includes coalbed methane data, borehole data, selected stratigraphic boundaries and stress data.

The results have already been released to sponsors, including Sydney Gas and the CSIRO Petroleum Division.

SRK said the primary strength of the study had been the collation and integration of a range of disparate data sets, relevant to regional and local scale geological risk studies.

The study brings together new data from contributing companies and public domain sources and follows on from an initial study for the Basin completed in 2003.

"The SRK study has added value to our geological understanding of the Basin by compiling a number of information and data sets into a single workspace that can readily be analysed," SRK principal consultant Dr Stuart Munroe said.

"It contains a series of geological and structural interpretive layers and provides the data that these have been derived from as a check for future work.

"At the same time, the study also potentially adds interest to the Basin, by making the data and analyses accessible to industry.

"For example, the coal and gas exploration sectors now have a more integrated, leading edge analysis tool for ongoing exploration, mine planning, hydrocarbon reservoir analysis and more general geological-based risk studies," Munroe said.

The product includes the first 3-D view of the basins as well as an interpretation of the underlying geology and structure (or basement) that provided the foundation onto which the sediments were deposited.

SRK has divided the basin into four areas that broadly coincide with the four main coalfield areas. Buyers have the choice of acquiring datasets for one or more of the modules.

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