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Feature - Petroleum in New South Wales>

• Petroleum in New South Wales - Australia's frontier zone
• New South Wales petroleum potential
• New gas pipelines
• Darling Basin stratigraphy
• Geochemical analysis of the Darling Basin, Stage 2
• Seismic shake-up in the Darling Basin
• The Surat Basin - A New South Wales gas province
• A new structural model of the Sydney Basin

from the Director-General

Discovery 2000

• Stream sediment database nears completion
• Broken Hill Exploration Initiative conference
• New South Wales exploration on show in Canada

Minerals

• Trailblazing in geological mapping - the Broken Hill experience
• New Minerals Industry Annual publication
• Timbarra update
• Cowal gold project
• Diary note
• Major project to study Ordovician volcanics
• Hot dry rock
• The search for heritage quality sandstone
• Important New South Wales mineral projects
• Fossickers Guide released
• Register of mineral development opportunities
• Exploration licences
• Exploration licences granted March - May 1998
• Exploration licences in force June 1998 (map)
• Summaries of terminated exploration licences
• Exploration licences terminated before January 1998

Coal & petroleum

• Coal industry update
• 1998 AAPG convention, Utah
• APPEA conference, Canberra, 1998
• Newcastle Port coal loaders
• Coal authorisations/exploration licences June 1998
• Coal mining proposals June 1998
• Petroleum titles - June 1998
• Changes to coal mine ownership

Safety

• Extensive reforms to mine safety

Environment

• Sealing requirements for coal exploration boreholes

General

• The Wik decision: how will it affect titles in New South Wales?
• TAS 2
• New drill core available for inspection
• Publications released April - June 1998