Canning Basin Geology and Seismic Data for Resource Evaluation

Geoscience Australia's Exploring for the Future program and Western Australia's Exploration Incentive Scheme integrated datasets to improve understanding of the onshore Canning Basin. The dataset includes interpretations from Australia's longest onshore seismic line, 18GA-KB1, and the deep stratigraphic well Waukarlycarly 1, which penetrated 2680.53 m of strata. It addresses a data gap across the 91,000 km² Kidson Sub-basin and Waukarlycarly Embayment to assess conventional and unconventional resource potential.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin architecture and sedimentary thickness based on seismic interpretation indicating depths up to 6 km.
• Correlating stratigraphy and assessing petroleum systems using elemental and δ13C isotope chemostratigraphy studies.
• Evaluating shale gas and tight gas resource potential in the frontier Kidson Sub-basin based on gas resource assessments.
• Mapping geological features and prospectivity across the approximately 530,000 km² onshore Canning Basin.

Strengths

• Includes data from Australia's longest onshore seismic line, addressing a long-standing data gap.
• Provides stratigraphic control from a deep well (Waukarlycarly 1) that penetrated 2680.53 m of Cenozoic and Paleozoic strata.
• Covers a large geographic area of approximately 530,000 km² for the onshore Canning Basin.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Primary file format is PPTX, which may not be optimal for direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Integration of onshore pre-competitive datasets from the Exploring for the Future program and the Exploration Incentive Scheme, including seismic acquisition and deep stratigraphic drilling.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:34:46.592957; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Onshore Canning Basin, Kidson Sub-basin, and Waukarlycarly Embayment in Western Australia, northern Australia.