Completed 2020 Kidson Sub-basin
Geoscience Australia acquired deep crustal seismic reflection data in the Kidson Sub-basin (southern Canning Basin) between mid-June and late August 2018 to better understand the subsurface geology of this highly prospective region.
The Exploring for the Future team collected a single 872 km seismic line from Kiwirrkurra to Marble Bar. This is one of the longest seismic lines acquired in Australia and will significantly increase our understanding of the regions geology and unlock potential resources.
The objective of this project is to image the geological features deep below the surface to better understand the location and scale of potential energy, mineral and groundwater resources. This data will accelerate our understanding of the region's geological evolution and identify geological terrains with greater resource potential. Preliminary results show the data are of excellent quality and image a variety of previously unknown features.
Collaboration
The Kidson Sub-basin project was undertaken in collaboration with and co-funded by the Geological Survey of Western Australia. Experienced seismic contractor, Geokinetics Pty Ltd, was engaged to undertake the data collection.
Outputs
- Download the processed seismic data package
- Raw seismic data is available on request from clientservices@ga.gov.au - Quote eCat number 128284
- Gravity data
- Bailey A. H. E., Jarrett, A. J. M., Tenthorey, E., Henson, P. A., 2021. Understanding present-day stress in the onshore Canning Basin of Western Australia
- Boreham, C.J., Sohn, J.H., Chen, J. H. 2020. Fluid inclusion gas analysis on cores and cuttings from Canning Basin wells, WA: Part 1
- Carr, L.K., Southby, C., Edwards, D.S., Anderson, J.R., MacFarlane, S. 2022. Exploring for the Future: Canning Basin, Kidson seismic survey (18GA-KB1) and geological interpretation. Record: 2022/016. Geoscience Australia, Canberra
- Petrography and seal capacity of a diamictite from Waukarlycarly 1: Report for Geoscience Australia, CSIRO, Claudio Delle Piane and David N. Dewhurst June 2020
- Petrography of samples from Waukarlycarly-1: Report for Geoscience Australia. CSIRO, Claudio Delle Piane and David N. Dewhurst June 2020
- Edwards, D., Grosjean, E., Boreham, C., Sohn, J., Hong, Z., Jinadasa, N., Long, I., Buckler, T. 2021. Exploring for the Future: Organic geochemistry analyses on Lower Ordovician cores from Barnicarndy 1, Barnicarndy Graben, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Record 2021/25. Geoscience Australia, Canberra
- Edwards, D., Gilmore, S., Grosjean, E., Wang, L., Webber, S., Williamson, A., Champion, D. 2021. Exploring for the Future – whole rock inorganic geochemistry of sedimentary rocks from Barnicarndy 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Record: 2021/038. Geoscience Australia, Canberra
- Geochemical composition of natural gases from the onshore Canning Basin, Australia.
Edwards, D.S., Grosjean, E., Boreham, C.J., Mory, A., Hong, Z., Jinadasa, N., Sohn, J., Buckler, T., Collaery, I. 2020 - Foster, C.B., Edwards, D.S., Long, I. 2022. Reconnaissance study of organic-walled microfossils from Barnicarndy 1, Barnicarndy Graben, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Record: 2021/040. Geoscience Australia, Canberra
- Chemostratigraphy of Kidson 1, Willara 1 and Samphire Marsh 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Forbes, A., Sullivan, N., Grosjean, E., Edwards, D.S. 2020
- Chemostratigraphy of Waukarlycarly 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Forbes, A., Sullivan, N., Grosjean, E., Edwards, D.S. 2020
- Magnetic susceptibility and bulk density data from Waukarlycarly 1, Canning Basin, Australia. Grosjean, E., Edwards, D.S., Boreham, C.J., DiBugnara, D., Buckler, T. 2020
- Rock-Eval pyrolysis data from Waukarlycarly 1, Canning Basin, Australia. Grosjean, E., Edwards, D.S., Boreham, C.J., Hong, Z., Chen, J., Jinadasa, N., Buckler, T. 2020
- Rock-Eval pyrolysis data from wells of the Canning Basin, Australia. Grosjean, E., Edwards, D.S., Boreham, C.J., Hong, Z., Chen, J., Jinadasa, N., Buckler, T. 2020
- Waukarlycarly 1 petrophysical testing program data release, Canning Basin, Australia. Jarrett, A.J.M., Bailey, A., Dewhurst, D., Esteban, L., Kager, S., Monmusson, L. 2020
- The Centralian Superbasin (Canning, Amadeus, Georgina and Officer basins) Stratigraphic Review and Well Correlations. Khider, K., MacFarlane, S., Bradshaw, B.E., Carr, L., Henson, P. 2021
- Petroleum Systems Summary: Canning Basin. MacFarlane, S.K., Edwards, D.S., Palu, T.J., van der Wielen, S.E., Carr, L.K., Henson, P. 2021
- Normore, L.S., Haines, P.W., Zhan, Y., Wingate, M.T.D., Edwards, D.S., Lu, Y., Martin, S.K., Grosjean, E., Boreham, C.J., Wang, L., Dewhurst, D., Bailey, A., Foster, C.B., Kelsey, D.E., Allen, H.J., Fielding, I.O.H., Wawryk, M., Hancock, E.A., De Souza Kovacs, N., Carr, L.K., Henson, P.
2023. Barnicarndy 1 interpretative well completion report. Geological Survey of Western Australia, Report 239, 113p - Kidson Sub-basin seismic interpretation. Southby, C., Carr, L., Henson, P., Anderson, J.R., MacFarlane, S., Fomin, T., Costelloe, R., Haines, P.W., Zhan, A. October 2019
- Well log data analysis and interpretation on the pre-Carboniferous succession in Waukarlycarly 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Wang, L., Edwards, D. S., Bailey, A., Carr, L. K., Boreham, C. J., Grosjean, E., Anderson, J., Jarrett, A. J. M., McFarlane, S., Southby, C., Carson, C., Khider, K., Palu, T., Henson, P. 2021. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.
- Present-day stresses of the Canning Basin, WA. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Bailey, A.H.E., Henson, P. 2020
- Gas systems in the onshore Canning Basin as revealed by gas trapped in fluid inclusions. Record no issues. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Boreham, C.J., Edwards, D.S., Sohn, J.H., Palatty, P., Chen, J.H., Mory, A.J. 2020
- Tectonostratigraphic evolution of the Centralian Superbasin (Australia) revealed by three-dimensional well correlations. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Bradshaw, B.E., Khider, K., MacFarlane, S., Rollet, N., Carr, L., Henson, P., 2020
- Kidson Sub-basin seismic survey and Waukarlycarly 1 stratigraphic well: an acquisition program for evaluating Canning Basin petroleum systems. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Carr, L.K., Edwards, D.S., Southby, C., Henson, P., Haines, P.W., Normore, L., Zhan, A., Brooks, D., MacFarlane, S., Boreham, C.J., Grosjean, E., Mory, A.J., Wang, L., Gunning, M-E. 2020
- Onshore Basin Inventory: building on Geoscience Australia’s precompetitive work program with Exploring For The Future – the McArthur, South Nicholson and Canning basins. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Carr, L.K.
- Australian source rocks, fluids and petroleum systems – a new integrated geoscience data discovery portal for maximising data potential. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Edwards, D.S., MacFarlane, S., Grosjean, E., Buckler, T., Boreham, C.J., Henson, P., Cherukoori, R., Tracey-Patte, T., van der Wielen, S.E., Ray, J., Raymond, O. 2020
- Deep northern Australian 2D seismic reflection surveys. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Fomin, T., Holzschuh, J., Costelloe, R.D., Henson, P. 2020
- Generation of high-quality data for energy, minerals and groundwater by Geoscience Australia’s laboratories. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Jarrett, A.J.M., Thun, C., Champion, D.C., Boreham, C.J., Main, P.T., Waltenberg, K., Schroder, I.F., Bastrakov, E.N., DiBugnara, D.L., Long, I., Chen, J., Hong, Z., Sohn, J., Jinadasa, N., Palatty, P., Webber, S., Webster, T., Byass, J., Gilmore, S., Williamson, A., Tubby, J., Long, R., Linehan, B., Magee, C. 2020
- Exploring for the Future: Kidson Sub-basin seismic interpretation. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. Southby, C., Carr, L.K., Henson, P., Haines, P.W., Zhan, A., Anderson, J.R., MacFarlane, S., Fomin, T., Costelloe, R. 2020.
AAPG Geosciences Technology Workshop
Advanced Petroleum Systems Analysis in the Asia Pacific Region: New Technology and Applications, 17-18 March 2021. Perth, Australia
- Petroleum systems synthesis of the southern Canning Basin; increasing our knowledge of frontier regions. Geoscience Australia, Canberra.
Edwards, D.S., Boreham, C., Grosjean, E., Wang, L., Palu, T., Southby, C., Carr, L. 2021
Australian Exploration Geoscience Conference (ASEG)
- Stratigraphic drilling in the era of EFTF: The Barnicarndy 1 and NDI Carrara 1 wells. Bailey, A.H.E., Grosjean, E., Wang, L. 2021
- Exploring for the future: Kidson Sub-basin seismic interpretation. Southby, C., Carr, L. K., Henson, P., Haines, P., Zhan, A., Anderson, J., MacFarlane, S., Formin, T., Costelloe, R. 2019
Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA)
- Exploring for the Future geomechanics: breaking down barriers to exploration. Bailey, A. H. E., Jarrett, A. J. M., Wang, L., Dewhurst, D.N., Esteban, S., Kager, S., Monmusson, L., Carr, L.K., Henson, P.A. 2021
- Petrophysical and geochemical interpretations of well logs from the pre-Carboniferous succession in Barnicarndy 1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Liuqi Wang, Dianne S. Edwards, Adam Bailey, Lidena K. Carr, Chris J. Boreham, Emmanuelle Grosjean, Leon Normore, Jade Anderson, Amber J. M. Jarrett, Susannah MacFarlane, Chris Southby, Chris Carson, Kamal Khider, Paul Henson, Peter Haines and Mike Walker.
The following Destructive Analysis Reports are available from WAPIMS:
- Report on Source Rock Type, Maturation Levels and Hydrocarbon Potential of a Suite of Samples from Waukarlycarly-1, Canning Basin, Western Australia. Report prepared for Geoscience Australia. Energy Resources Consulting Pty Ltd, 2020
- Organic Petrology and Maturation of Sample Suites from Frankenstein-1, Kidson-1, Munro-1, Nicolay-1, Patience-2, Samphire Marsh-1, Willara-1, EPT2289, RUD0007 and RH140 Wells from The Canning Basin – Western Australia. Report prepared for Geoscience Australia. Energy Resources Consulting Pty Ltd, 2020
- A Stratigraphic Reconstruction of Bulk Volatile Chemistry from Fluid Inclusions in Waukarlycarly 1. Report prepared for Geoscience Australia. FIT, 2020.
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