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Cooper Basin region: Discovered resources data guide

Statements of existing knowledge are compiled for known mineral, coal, hydrocarbon and carbon capture and storage (CCS) resources and reserves in the Cooper Basin. This data guide illustrates the current understanding of the distribution of these key resource types within the Cooper Basin region based on trusted information sources. It provides important contextual information on the Cooper Basin and where additional details on discovered resources can be found.

To date, mineral or coal deposits have not been found in the Cooper Basin, due to its depth.

There are significant hydrocarbon resources found in the basin, including conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons. The Cooper Basin has been a major producer of oil and gas since the 1960s (Smith, Cassel and Evans, 2015). It is one of the largest sources of onshore hydrocarbon production in Australia. Some of the largest unconventional gas resources are contained in the basin. This is mostly basin-centred gas.

The geology in the Cooper Basin is considered suitable for use in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects. The Cooper Basin and overlying Eromanga Basin contain 2 CCS projects that are currently being developed.

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Date (Creation)
2023-07-01T09:00:00
Date (Publication)
2023-09-04T00:30:07
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/147565

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/147565

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Author

Trusted Environmental and Geological Information Program

External Contact
Purpose

Delivery of trusted baseline data and information for geological basins prospective for energy, carbon capture and storage, groundwater and minerals as part of the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information program (TEGI).

Status
Completed
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Point of contact

Woods, M.

MEG Internal Contact
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

External Contact
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Spatial resolution

Level of detail

Accuracy of the spatial data included in this package is dependant on the source datasets used to create it. Please refer to the individual metadata statements contained in this package for more information.

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  • Geoscientific information

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As needed

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Product data repository: Various Formats

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Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
  • EARTH SCIENCES

Keywords
  • Australia

Keywords
  • Cooper Basin

Keywords
  • Geology

Keywords
  • Discovered resources

Keywords
  • Minerals

Keywords
  • Coal

Keywords
  • Hydrocarbons

Keywords
  • CCS

Keywords
  • TEGI

Keywords
  • Trusted environmental and geological information

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  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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License
Use constraints
License
Other constraints

(c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2022

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice facsimile
OnLine resource

Download the Report (zip) [819 KB]

Download the Report (zip) [819 KB]

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    File decompression technique

    unzip

Resource lineage

Statement

This package has been developed as part of the the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information program (TEGI), and is providing better and more streamlined access to information and data for geological basins prospective for energy, carbon capture and storage, groundwater and minerals.

The program has identified and collated trusted baseline data and information for four prospective basin regions and supplement it with new geological and environmental assessments. This information will provide Australian governments, industry and communities with the highest-quality trusted science available to make faster, clearer decisions and provide better outcomes for the environment and water resources.

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

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urn:uuid/f27534f8-656c-40a7-9341-c7b92665e582

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GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

Voice
Owner

Woods, M

Geoscience Australia Internal Contact
Point of contact

Woods, M.

MEG Internal Contact

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Resource scope
Document
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Report

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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

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Citation identifier
eCatId/147565

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/5167d912-6784-4371-9938-3931e84ca6f1

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f27534f8-656c-40a7-9341-c7b92665e582

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/dashboard/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/f27534f8-656c-40a7-9341-c7b92665e582

Date info (Creation)
2019-04-08T01:55:29
Date info (Revision)
2019-04-08T01:55:29

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

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Keywords

Australia CCS Coal Cooper Basin Discovered resources Geology Hydrocarbons Minerals TEGI Trusted environmental and geological information
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

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