OIL POTENTIAL IN FIJI

Fiji forms part of the South-West Pacific island arc system which marks the boundary between the Indo-Australia and Pacific plates. The territorial waters cover almost 1.3 million km² and contain two shallow-water Tertiary sedimentary basins. Bligh Water Basin, covering some 9500 km², has sediment thicknesses in excess of 5km and has excellent potential for hydrocarbons. Bau Waters Basin is also prospective, having a shallow-water area of about 1600km², with sediment thicknesses up to 4km.
Fiji lies on the same regional play trend of Miocene reefs which produce oil in Irian Jaya, Indonesia and gas/condensate in offshore Papua New Guinea. Indeed Fiji's basins have many similarities with the oil and gas producing, arc-related basins of Southeast Asia.
Source rocks of Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene age are exposed onshore in Fiji and have been encountered by drilling in the offshore basins. An oil seep in Bligh Water Basin and oil and gas shows in wells provide evidence that hydrocarbons have been generated in the basins. Modeling studies indicate peak oil generation to be at about 2.6km below sea floor.

Fiji forms part of the South-West Pacific island arc system which marks the boundary between the Indo-Australia and Pacific plates. The territorial waters cover almost 1.3 million km² and contain two shallow-water Tertiary sedimentary basins. Bligh Water Basin, covering some 9500 km², has sediment thicknesses in excess of 5km and has excellent potential for hydrocarbons. Bau Waters Basin is also prospective, having a shallow-water area of about 1600km², with sediment thicknesses up to 4km.
Fiji lies on the same regional play trend of Miocene reefs which produce oil in Irian Jaya, Indonesia and gas/condensate in offshore Papua New Guinea. Indeed Fiji's basins have many similarities with the oil and gas producing, arc-related basins of Southeast Asia.
Source rocks of Oligocene, Miocene and Pliocene age are exposed onshore in Fiji and have been encountered by drilling in the offshore basins. An oil seep in Bligh Water Basin and oil and gas shows in wells provide evidence that hydrocarbons have been generated in the basins. Modeling studies indicate peak oil generation to be at about 2.6km below sea floor.

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Permalink Reply by Napolioni N on February 2, 2010 at 9:59am: dou taroga dou taroga me vosa mai o tau kai Ra-sia......gone kilakila ka qoriiii......; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kai Ra-sia on February 8, 2010 at 9:30am: Io Me Damu na ka oqori sa parofisai taka oti tu na neimami qase, ena yaco mai na kena gauna. One day Mafatu One day.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MTN...a.k.a red rose..lol on February 8, 2010 at 9:39am: nona parofisai nidaru na vakamau o qai tu tale mai vei??wahahahahahahahaha vaka ecala na tini ya?eheheheheeheh bula yani my tau, baci dede qai iro mai levu tiko na busy yasana qoka...kilaga se overtime na job tabani lai kaikaila i rara na sat qoka....ok ni qai moce tale mada....Totoka na rogoca nai talanoa sei tukini dina me baleti keda nai Taukei kei Viti....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kai Ra-sia on February 8, 2010 at 9:52am: Yadra vinaka Tau MTN rairai vinaka tu ga o kemuni, serau tu ga. Wananavu qori Tau na sara qito. Totoka totoka, kua ga ni droga na domomuni, rui expensive na domomu maroroya vakavinaka Tau.

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Permalink Reply by MTN...a.k.a red rose..lol on February 8, 2010 at 10:12am: oilei bai mosi vei au o koko hihihihihihi...lako ga mai daru lai sara qito vata kailaaaaaa.....vinaka my tau ni qai vimasulaki tu ga mai..... me kauta lesu tale o viti na bilo,eh lol...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by J Matakiyaroi on February 2, 2010 at 12:31pm: What about Mahogany? What about Gold?
Fiji is similar to many Countries like Sierra Leone, Africa they have an abundance when it comes to natural resources and yet still remains poor.I would hopelessly add to my list OIL.
People from other countries will come to take advantage of it or else the landowners would take each other to court for it or fight over it to death; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Me Damu on February 8, 2010 at 5:19pm: na leqa ga ni qai six feet under sa nona na matanitu

na vanua ga o yaco kina na nomu ibulubulu @ J. matakiyaroi

lmao

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Permalink Reply by Mz Suelawe on February 10, 2010 at 2:55am: oe kai kuvai sa warai na i lavo????? kua ni leqa money lender ra levu tu....dre ga nikua qai wawa bad debt written off....hehehhehehehehehhehe!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Me Damu on February 11, 2010 at 5:49pm: oe wapo ..... hihihihihihihihihihihihihihihi

sa sega na ilavo ni kaiviti, sa varau na volitaki baigani, rawa ni mai vukei au ? mai voli2taki tiko

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Permalink Reply by YABAKIDRAU on February 10, 2010 at 6:23pm: just heard on the radio ni sa kune tiko na koula mai vei ratou na wekada mai Wainibuka..

nabulini manu..kauta sobu mai....; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kai Ra-sia on February 10, 2010 at 8:39pm: (Fiji Times) - High grade minerals, including gold, have been found in thick forest near Nabulini Village in the upper reaches of Wainibuka, Tailevu.
Preliminary tests on stones extracted from the site confirmed that they bore components of precious metals.

The results of the tests conducted in Australia were relayed to villagers of Nabulini and Manu by the Department of Mineral Resources’ senior scientific officer, Sireli Nagata.

The stones were collected from Naviga and Dreketi creeks by a team from MRD led by Mr Nagata late last year.
Mr Nagata said given the magnitude of the project, it was highly likely that exploration would cover the whole of Nailega district. The land is held by five villages.

It is anticipated that work will begin as soon as all the necessary paperwork is finalised.
Mr Nagata has been conducting meetings in Nabulini and Manu over the past few weeks to help landowners understand the pros and cons of the project.

He has also reminded them that under the Public Emergency Decree, anyone found disrupting any developm
ent work carried out by the Government could be liable for prosecution.

The PED came up after a dispute between mataqali over who owned what piece of land.
The boundary dispute forced Mr Nagata and military personnel Major Laifone and Donu Manasava to travel to Nabulini on Friday to settle the matter.

Mr Nagata told the villagers that more exploratory work would be done on other sites, and this would cover the hilly terrain of neighbouring villages Manu and Naibita.

Last week, State officials were at the site to clarify ownership of land where exploratory work will be undertaken.
Major Laifone urged the villagers to put their differences aside and support the development to improve their lives.

Nailega district representative to the Tailevu Provincial Council, Waisake Kaloulia, said the landowners hoped to make full use of the opportunity and to ensure that it progressed without any further problems.
He said the vanua of Nailega would meet on February 17 to elect a committee to represent all the landowning units.

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Permalink Reply by Manasa LW KIKAU on February 10, 2010 at 11:06pm: Me qarauni vinaka mera kua ni were ubiubi taki na wekada mai Wainibuka, everything to be discussed on the table, recorded and also agreed upon first by the landowners. Qo sa na qai laurai kina na ka au vakamacalataka tiko vei iko queenb. Na nodratou land reform na matanitu sega na betana qo. Au nuitaka ni ra vakasalataki vakavinaka me kua nira qai veivutuni mai muri.
Dua tale e rawa saraga mera tukuna nai taukei ni qele me na waraki ga me dua sara na matanitu digitaki qai toso na veivosaki. Au vakabauta e vinaka cake oya.; ▶ Reply to This