Australian Petroleum Accumulations in the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Geoscience Australia Data provides a report on hydrocarbon accumulations in the Canning Basin as of January 1993. The report details nineteen discovered accumulations, six of which are commercial, and describes their geological context, production methods, and exploration history. It covers the onshore northern basin and notes underexplored offshore areas and sub-basins.

Use Cases

• Assessing the commercial viability of hydrocarbon plays based on the reported size and location of accumulations.
• Modeling petroleum systems based on described source rocks, reservoir types, and geological structures.
• Planning exploration strategies by identifying underexplored areas like the offshore Canning and Kidson Sub-basin.
• Studying the economic and logistical constraints of small-scale oil production in remote regions.

Strengths

• Report provides a specific snapshot of discoveries as of January 1993.
• Includes concrete geological details such as reservoir ages (Permian to Devonian) and specific formation names (Grant Group, Anderson Formation).
• Identifies six commercial accumulations and quantifies the small size of reserves (less than 0.5 million barrels of recoverable oil).

Limitations

• Data is from 1993 and may not reflect current exploration status; freshness should be verified.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias, focusing primarily on the onshore northern Canning Basin.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Snapshot as of January 1993

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:10:09.388497; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canning Basin, Western Australia