Australian Petroleum Accumulations Report for the Canning Basin

As of January 1993, nineteen hydrocarbon accumulations, six of which are commercial, have been discovered in the Canning Basin of Western Australia. The report, sourced from the Australian Ocean Data Network, describes the geological formations, production methods, and exploration status of the basin. It notes that the small size of the accumulations (less than 0.5 million barrels of recoverable oil) has limited large-scale infrastructure development.

Use Cases

• Assessing the commercial viability of hydrocarbon plays based on the described accumulation sizes and geological settings.
• Mapping petroleum systems by correlating source rocks, reservoir types, and trap structures mentioned in the description.
• Evaluating regional exploration risk by comparing the documented onshore discoveries with the underexplored offshore areas.
• Studying production and logistics constraints for small oil fields based on the described trucking and shipping chain.

Strengths

• Provides a specific count of discovered accumulations (19) and commercial ones (6) as of a stated date.
• Offers detailed geological context, including reservoir ages (Permian to Devonian), specific formation names (Grant Group, Anderson Formation), and source rock descriptions.
• Includes concrete logistical and economic details, such as recoverable oil volume estimates (<0.5 million barrels) and the transportation route to the Kwinana refinery.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2026-06-04 07:25:19.228824; freshness should be verified as the core data is from 1993.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Data current as of January 1993.

Freshness

Report data is current as of January 1993; metadata was last updated on 2026-06-04.

Geography

Canning Basin, Western Australia, including the Lennard Shelf, Fitzroy Trough, and Kidson Sub-basin.