The fault yulleroo to fraser river area is difficult to map as there is limited. Structural interpretation of the northern canning basin, western australia. The canning basin was a very large, active, northwestsoutheast trending intracratonic rift basin during the devonian. The woods occur in indurated sandstones and conglomerates preserved in palaeochannels incised. Contaminants in the sediments and waters of the canning estuary at clontarf bay adjacent to the disused waste disposal site at centenary park pdf. The canning basin is known to be prospective, with five commercial oil fields in operation. The onshore canning basin covers an area of about 530,000 km 2 in centralnorthern western australia, and extends offshore for a total basin area of more than 640,000 km 2, of which 110,000 km 2 is in state waters. Chitinozoans from the middle ordovician darriwilian. The hydrogeological investigation included field assessment and groundwater modelling. Bibliography of the canning basin, western australia m. Studies of ordovician chitinozoans in australia are scarce and encompass only the canning and georgina basins. Geological survey of western australia, bulletin 145, 444 p. Pdf structural interpretation of the northern canning basin. The canning basin is located in central northern western australia, approximately 1500 km northeast of perth.
The canning basin is a geological basin located in western australia the basin covers approximately 506,000 km. Early ordovician gastropods from the canning basin, western australia yu wen abstract fossil gastropods collected from the lower ordovician emanuel formation and gap creek formation, canning basin, western australia, comprise eight. The canning basin extends offshore western australia to form the offshore canning basin oobagooma sub basin fitzroy trough, broome platform, willara sub basin, samphire embayment, wallal platform and wallal embayment. Threedimensional interpretation of tectonosedimentary evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity by the integration of airborne gravity gradiometer, regional gravity, magnetic, and twodimensional seismic data in the canning basin, western australia jurriaan feijth, 1 carlos cevallos, 2 tony rudge, 3. Located around 100 kilometres east of port hedland, the west canning basin covers approximately 3500 square kilometres and includes the. Upper devonian microvertebrates from the canning basin. Famennian microbial reef facies, napier and oscar ranges. Based upon fragmentary remains of dermal armor, a new form of arandaspid fish, ritchieichthys nibili, gen et.
Australias woodside energy is currently drilling a wildcat on wa466p, one in an eightwell drilling campaign that is likely to now be watched more closely. The canning dam and reservoir provide a major fresh water resource for the city of perth, western australia. Article pdf available in bmr journal of australian geology and geophysics 2. Depositional history and reservoir characterisation of the latest devonianearly carboniferous fairfield group, northwestern lennard shelf, canning basin, western australia. Canning basin region, western australia, australia britannica. Radiocarbon age dating groundwaters of the west canning. The water corporation of western australia commissioned a hydrogeological study which examined potential target. Furthermore, the recently formalized threefold subdivision of zone, which has been recognized in the montagne noire, moroccan meseta, and northern. Threedimensional interpretation of tectonosedimentary evolution and hydrocarbon prospectivity by the integration of airborne gravity gradiometer, regional gravity, magnetic, and twodimensional seismic data in the canning basin, western australia jurriaan feijth, 1 carlos cevallos, 2 tony rudge, 3 and marianne parsons 4. The city of canning is a local government area in the southeastern suburbs of the western australian capital city of perth, about 10 kilometres 6 mi southeast of perths central business district. Horse spring, together with other canning basin sections, demonstrates the widespread application of the zonation. The onshore canning basin of western australia the next big thing. Basin architecture from gravity gradiometer and seismic data.
Virginia tech in may 2003 for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the school of earth sciences james cook university of north queensland, australia. The succession in the onshore basin ranges in age from ordovician to cretaceous, but is predominantly paleozoic. No doubt the canning basin as a whole will be receiving renewed attention. Most photographs are by christopher kendall from a field trip lead by phil playford for the geological society of australia in 1981. One of my first jobs as a new graduate with west australian petroleum was conducting gravity surveys with an old worden gravimeter in the lennard shelf area of the canning basin in was north. One of the many significant fossil sites from this time is the shallow canning basin in northwestern australia 180 miles southeast of.
Department of national development bureau of mineral resources, geology and geophysics report no. National and global petroleum assessment assessment of. Exploration potential of the lennard shelf, canning basin. Fewer than 20 wells actually penetrate the prospective ungani dolomite and laurel tight gas section within the fitzroy trough, with 14 drilled since 1998, with an 80% success rate. The underexplored, pericratonic early ordovician to early cretaceous canning basin of western australia occupies about 506 000km 2, of which 430 000km 2. Midpermian cyclothem development in the onshore canning basin, western australia volume i thesis submitted by rhonda michelle adkins m. Middle and upper devonian givetian, frasnian, and famennian reef complexes are spectacularly exposed on the lennard shelf, along the northern margin of the canning basin western australia, and are widely acknowledged as being among the bestexposed examples in the world of an ancient barrier reef system figs. A history of the city of canning western australia, covering its progress from roads board to shire, to town, to city city of canning 2nd ed. Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in the canning. The canning basin extends offshore western australia to form the offshore canning basin oobagooma subbasinfitzroy trough, broome platform, willara subbasin, samphire embayment, wallal platform and wallal embayment. Permiancarboniferous tectonostratigraphic evolution and petroleum potential of the northern canning basin, western australia nicholas eyles, 1 carolyn h. Carbonate reservoir development in the canning basin, western.
Bibliography of the canning basin, western australia to 31. Searching for devonian reef complexes in the title field will not return the title devonian brachiopods from the reef complexes of the canning basin. Pdf cainozoic euphorbiacean wood from the canning basin. The cretaceous in western australia is extensively developed in the canning basin where an embayment of the sea extended far inland during the early cretaceous veevers and wells, 1961 fig. Structural interpretation of the northern canning basin, western australia y. Crook, in the geological evolution of australia and new zealand, 1968. The onshore canning basin of western australia the next big. Worral formation twt thickness map illustrating the localised significant thickening. Carbonate reservoir development in the canning basin. Government of western australia government of western australia department of mines and petroleumdepartment of mines and petroleum canning basin collaborative core analysis project collaborative research. The swancanning estuary basin, located in perth, is one of the most popular estuaries for recreational fishing in the southwest of western australia. The new report and maps can be downloaded free in pdf format from the. It has a maximum sediment thickness of over 15 000m concentrated in two nw trending depocentres.
The west canning basin is located in the pilbara region of western australia, about. A report prepared for the government of western australia wa, department of water dow by dr karina meredith ansto institute for environmental research march 2009. Devonian reef complexes of the canning basin, western australia. The onshore canning basin of western australia the next. Geological survey of western australia, record 201910, 27p. Aeolianites in the jurassic jurgurra sandstone, canning basin, western australia. Petroleum systems and co 2 geosequestration potential with ga and industry. Famennian microbial reef facies, napier and oscar ranges, canning basin, western australia. Canning basin, arid sedimentary basin in northwestern western australia. Method and results this study was undertaken using publically available data from canning basin petroleum wells accessed via the western australia. Geological survey of western australia basin studies program. West canning basin as an industrial quality groundwater. Geologically, the basin has similarities with highly productive palaeozoic basins worldwide and is one of the few remaining areas in onshore australia that is underexplored for petroleum.
The canning basin is a geological basin located in western australia. Pdf geological evolution of the canning basin, western. It has been recognised as having prospective oil and gas capacity and has been studied extensively. Canning basin, western australia the ordovician period of the paleozoic era is an interval exhibiting increased animal diversity and an abundance of marine life. Midpermian cyclothem development in the onshore canning. The underexplored, pericratonic early ordovician to early cretaceous canning basin of western australia occupies about 506 000km 2, of which 430 000km 2 are onshore.
Structural interpretation of the northern canning basin, western. The canning basin is the largest sedimentary basin in western australia covering an area of some 530,000 sq kms. Simons, sl 2019, coal resources of the canning basin, western australia. I was fascinated from the beginning by the vastness and romance of the region, and drawn to its history. Upper devonian microvertebrates from the canning basin, western australia brett roelofs1, ted playton 2, milo barham3 and kate trinajstic4 1department of applied geology, curtin university, gpo box u1987 perth, western australia 6845, australia. Midpermian cyclothem development in the onshore canning basin, western australia volume ii thesis submitted by rhonda michelle adkins m. Petroleum prospectivity of the eastern canning basin, wa. It is the largest sedimentary basin in western australia and has an onshore area of about 530,000 km 2 and an offshore area of about 110,000 km 2.
These maps are a product of the department of water, water resource use. Diagrams and photographs illustrating the geology of the canning basin devonian reef complexes of western australia. Geological survey usgs completed an assessment of undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous unconventional and conventional oil and gas resources in the canning basin province, australia figs. Isbn 9781741688689 issn 22044345 grid references in this publication refer to the geocentric datum of australia 1994 gda94. The horse spring conodont succession in the canning basin replicates zones 6 through of the thirteenfold frasnian zonation. The dam is situated on the darling scarp and is an impoundment of the canning river. Canning basin department of mines, industry regulation. Geoscience australia has acquired new highresolution magnetic data across the.
It can be used where the spelling of a name or word is uncertain. Paleozoic petroleum systems of the canning basin, western australia. Blue swimmer crabs portunus pelagicus are commonly caught by recreational boatbased fishers in the estuary basin, while many boat and shore based anglers. Underlying an area of 430 000 km2 onshore and i 65 000 km2 offshore in western australia the canning basin contains about 10 000 m of palaeozoic, mesozoic, and cainozoic sedimentary rocks. This presentation was given at the monthly meeting of the denver international petroleum society dips on february at the wynkoop brewing company by jeff aldrich, a vice president at mha petroleum consultants. Research background the canning basin is one of the largest sedimentary basins in western australia, which covers approximately 640. Aug 26, 2014 no doubt the canning basin as a whole will be receiving renewed attention. Offshore canning basin magnetic survey data geoscience australia. Geological map showing locations studied within the late devonian reef complexes of the north canning basin, western australia modi. Samples were obtained from devonian limestones from the lennard shelf, northern canning basin, western australia fig. Canning basin region, western australia, australia. Pdf seismic profiles in the northern canning basin reveal a major.
Radiocarbon age dating groundwaters of the west canning basin. West canning basin groundwater allocation limit report. A 12month survey of recreational fishing in the swan. Radiocarbon age dating groundwaters of the west canning basin, western australia. Several publications released already and more to come. West canning basin the west canning basin in the pilbara region of western australia is an important water resource for regional development and supports both irrigated agriculture and mining. The hannover south 1 well was spudded in late july 2014 by the deepwater millennium drillship in 821m of water. The canning basin is a mosaic of horsts and grabens initially. Exploration potential of the lennard shelf, canning basin, western australia odondiri, oyinebielador derrick school of earth atmospheric and environmental sciences i. The canning basin is fast becoming a hotspot for conventional and unconventional gas with an estimate of 47 tcf gas in the laurel formation at canning basin. Aeolianites in the jurassic jurgurra sandstone, canning basin. Paleozoic petroleum systems of the canning basin, western. Bibliography of the canning basin, western australia. The onshore canning basin covers an area of about 530,000 km2 in central northern western australia, and extends offshore for a total basin area of more than.
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