Browse Basin Offshore Data for Hydrocarbon and CO2 Storage Assessment

A multi-purpose basin analysis project by Geoscience Australia, with results published by April 2026. The work integrates pre-competitive data from airborne magnetic surveys, marine surveys, and geochemical analysis to assess CO2 storage potential and hydrocarbon prospectivity. Outputs include updated tectonostratigraphic models, depositional environment maps, and identified prospective storage sites in the offshore Browse Basin.

Use Cases

• Identify prospective CO2 storage sites based on integrated sequence stratigraphic analysis of 60 wells and seismic data.
• Assess hydrocarbon play fairways using updated models of reservoir, seal, and source rock distribution.
• Evaluate potential resource conflicts between CO2 storage and hydrocarbon exploration based on spatial analysis.
• Model petroleum systems using outputs from the concurrent basin analysis research.

Strengths

• Analysis integrates data from multiple survey types, including an airborne magnetic survey and two marine surveys.
• Research is based on an integrated sequence stratigraphic analysis of 60 wells and extensive 2D/3D seismic reflection data.
• Project outputs include updated tectonostratigraphic frameworks and models of depositional environments.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is delivered in PDF and HTML formats, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Data derived from pre-competitive industry and government sources, including airborne magnetic surveys, marine surveys, and geochemical analysis of oils, gases, and rocks.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 15:30:49.759857; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Offshore Browse Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia/Australian Commonwealth waters