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Australia’s Future Energy Resources (AFER) Project: Regional hydrogeology of the Pedirka and western Eromanga basins
<div>As part of the EFTF Program, Geoscience has completed a 4-year multi-disciplinary study to investigate the energy resource potential of selected onshore basins within central Australia under the Australia’s Future Energy Resources (AFER) Project. A key component of the AFER Project has been a qualitative and quantitative play-based assessment of hydrocarbon resources and geological storage of CO2 (GSC) potential within the Pedirka and western Eromanga basins (Bradshaw et al., 2024a). This study has provided a regional interpretive data set which includes regional seismic and well log interpretations (Bradshaw et al. 2024b, 2024c); depth-structure and isochore maps for 14 play intervals (Iwanec et al., 2024); gross-depositional environment maps for 14 play intervals (Bradshaw et al., 2024c); and petrophysical analysis of wireline log data from 23 wells (Spicer et al., 2024). This report provides a high-level summary of the hydrogeology of Pedirka and western Eromanga basins as background information for the other assessments and some findings from the 3D models that may inform future understanding of the hydrogeology of these basins. </div><div><br></div><div>The assessment area extends over ~210,000 km2 across the Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland (Figure 1). Much of the assessment area underlies national parks in South Australia and Queensland. No petroleum exploration access is allowed in the Munga Thirri Simpson Desert Conservation Park or the Witjira National Park (Dalhousie Springs area) in South Australia or Munga Thirri National Park in Queensland (Figure 1).</div><div><br></div><div>The AFER assessment area is situated within the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre surface water catchment. The catchment’s arid climate and ephemeral river flow regime (Evans et al., 2024) makes groundwater a critical source of water for the environment, industry and communities, especially during dry periods. Groundwater dependent features in the region include water supplies for communities, industry and pastoral stations, as well as springs and other groundwater dependent ecosystems. Groundwater resources are managed by state and territory jurisdictions (see: NT Government, 2013; Queensland Government, 2017, SA Government, 2021). Across the three jurisdictions, the most important groundwater resources are those of the western Eromanga Basin (a part of Great Artesian Basin or GAB). In collaboration with state jurisdictions the Commonwealth provides a cross-jurisdictional policy framework for the GAB as well as the Lake Eyre surface water basin (DCCEEW, 2024). Key management goals include maintaining artesian pressures, water quality and viability of GAB dependent ecosystems, including springs. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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- Date (Creation)
- 2024-06-21T12:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-09-06T06:32:10
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149702
- Citation identifier
- Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149702
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Author Evans, T.
Internal Contact Author Bradshaw, B.
Internal Contact Author Beattie, M
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GA Record
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2024/41
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The product provides a high-level overview of the AFER Project's hydrogeological analysis of the Pedirka and western Eromanga Basin to inform regulators and policy makers at State/Territory and Federal government levels, as well as energy industry stakeholders.
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
External Contact Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Prideaux, E.
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- Geoscientific information
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
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EFTF – Exploring for the Future
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Australia’s Future Energy Resources
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Energy Resource Assessment Module
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Pedirka Basin
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western Eromanga Basin
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hydrogeology
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hydrostratigraphy
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groundwater
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Groundwater hydrology
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4.0
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2024
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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- Unclassified
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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Australia's Future Energy Resources (AFER) Project: Assessment of the geological storage potential for carbon dioxide, Pedirka and western Eromanga basins
- Citation identifier
- 149622
- Citation identifier
- 1128ba1e-678a-4280-b028-0ec759bcc7c3
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Pedirka and Western Eromanga seismic interpretations Data package and explanatory notes
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- 149068
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- 38582f5f-022d-4346-bd86-333e67315afb
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Pedirka and western Eromanga basins energy resource assessments Data package and metadata
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- 149501
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- 7e1d7cd0-3915-4a28-a0a2-b110dcd644b7
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Pedirka and Western Eromanga basins gross depositional environment interpretations
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- 148900
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- b8c94cbe-76f0-45d7-b816-f6027dd600f5
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Pedirka and western Eromanga basins depth and isochore maps - Data package and explanatory notes
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- 149124
- Citation identifier
- 089ef6a8-ab28-4595-ab41-c06b1a8e3828
Associated resource
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The Pedirka and western Eromanga basins well log petrophysics data package
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- 149208
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Distribution Information
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Download the report (pdf) [4.6 MB]
Download the report (pdf) [4.6 MB]
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<div>The report summarises the hydrogeological understanding of the Pedirka and western Eromanga basins, which are related to the results recorded in digital data package (ECAT 149501).</div>
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Prideaux, E.
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GA Record
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
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- Citation identifier
- eCatId/149702
- Date info (Creation)
- 2024-09-06T06:22:46
- Date info (Revision)
- 2024-09-06T06:22:46
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
- Citation identifier
- http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551