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 geological understanding of northern Australia. The data focuses on the onshore Canning Basin, which covers approximately 530,000 km² and includes Australia's longest onshore seismic line, 18GA-KB1, and the deep stratigraphic well Waukarlycarly 1. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-20.

Use Cases

• Evaluate shale gas and tight gas resource potential based on gas resource assessments mentioned in the description.
• Correlate stratigraphy across the region based on the elemental and δ13C isotope chemostratigraphy study.
• Model petroleum systems based on the identified Ordovician, Late Devonian, and latest Devonian–early Carboniferous systems.
• Interpret basin architecture and sediment depth using the 6 km deep seismic interpretation of the Kidson Sub-basin.

Strengths

• Covers a large geographic area of approximately 530,000 km² in the onshore Canning Basin.
• Includes Australia's longest onshore seismic line (18GA-KB1) addressing a historical data gap.
• Integrates data from a deep stratigraphic well (Waukarlycarly 1) that penetrated 2680.53 m of strata.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data, via the data_gov_au platform.

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:51:10.653020; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Onshore Canning Basin, Kidson Sub-basin (91,000 km²), and Waukarlycarly Embayment in Western Australia, northern Australia.