Adavale Basin
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Publicly available geology data are compiled to provide a common information base for resource development and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin region. This data guide gives examples of how the compiled data can be used. It supports a data package that presents core photographs, existing knowledge of the stratigraphy, and structural elements for the Adavale Basin and the overlying Galilee, Eromanga, Lake Eyre and other Cenozoic basins. Stratigraphic frameworks capture the geological groups and formations that make up the sedimentary sequence in the Adavale Basin region. The Adavale Basin includes 9 stratigraphic formations (Wainman et al., 2023). Overlying the Adavale Basin are the geological formations of the Galilee, Eromanga, Lake Eyre and other Cenozoic basins. The frameworks include the stratigraphic intervals used by the Trusted Environmental and Geological Information (TEGI) Program. From the base of the Adavale Basin to the top of overlying Cenozoic basins, the sedimentary sequence is categorised into 24 play intervals for resource assessment mapping and 12 hydrostratigraphic intervals for characterising groundwater systems (Wainman et al., 2023). Structural elements maps summarise where the sedimentary sequence has been deposited and later deformed by crustal movements. Structure information is used in assessing the geological potential for resources and interpreting groundwater flow and connectivity at the basin scale. The stratigraphic frameworks and structural elements provide the basic geological context for the Adavale Basin region resource and environmental assessments.
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Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin. This web service summarises the geological storage of carbon dioxide prospectivity of the Adavale Basin.
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Publicly available baseline ecology data are compiled to provide a common information base for environmental, resource development and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin region. This web service summarises the existing knowledge of the ecosystems and environmental assets in the Adavale Basin region.
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Publicly available geology data are compiled to provide a common information base for resource development and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin region. This web service summarises the geology of the Adavale Basin.
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Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, environmental and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin. This web service summarises tight gas, shale resources and coal seam gas prospectivity of the Adavale Basin.
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The potential for hydrogen production in the Adavale Basin region is assessed to provide a joint information base for hydrogen generation potential from renewable energy, groundwater, and natural gas coupled with carbon capture and storage (CCS). Hydrogen generation requires water, whether using electrolysis with renewable energy or steam methane reforming (SMR) with CCS. The data package includes the regional renewable energy capacity factor, aquifers and their properties (potential yield, salinity, and reserves or storativity), natural gas resources, and geological storage potential for carbon dioxide (CO2). This data guide gives examples of how the compiled data can be used. The renewable hydrogen potential is assessed based on renewable energy capacity factor and groundwater information (potential yield, salinity, and reserves or storativity). Eight aquifers from overlying basins (Galilee, Eromanga and Lake Eyre basins) are included in the assessment. The Adavale Basin region has low renewable hydrogen potential, except for some locations in the south-east and south-west. Although the renewable energy capacity factor in the basin is high, aquifers tend to have poor groundwater reserves or storativity, which results in lower overall renewable hydrogen potential. The Adavale Basin itself has no newly identified gas accumulation. However, gas reserves and contingent resources were identified in the overlying Galilee and Eromanga basins (Geoscience Australia, 2022). An assessment of CO2 geological storage also shows prospective storage areas in the Eromanga Basin within the Adavale Basin region (Bradshaw et al., 2023). Further work on identifying detailed gas potential is needed to assess hydrogen generation potential from gas.
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Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, environmental and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin. This data guide gives an example of how these data can be used to create the components of a workflow to identify unconventional hydrocarbon resource opportunities. The data guide is designed to support the data package that provide insights on unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the Adavale Basin. The unconventional hydrocarbon assessment for the Adavale Basin includes tight gas, shale resources (shale oil and gas) and coal seam gas for 8 geological intervals, termed plays – these intervals have been defined by Wainman et al. (2023). The assessment captures data from well completion reports and government data sources (e.g. Queensland Petroleum Exploration Database (QPED) from the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) Open Data Portal) along with the scientific literature to inform the components required for unconventional hydrocarbons to be present. Thirty-nine boreholes in the Adavale Basin were assessed with data used to map out gross depositional environments and their geological properties relevant for unconventional hydrocarbon assessments. The data are compiled at a point in time to inform decisions on resource development activities. The guide outlines the play-based workflow for assessing unconventional hydrocarbon resource prospectivity. Each of the elements required for a prospective unconventional hydrocarbon system is explained and mapped. These data were merged and spatially multiplied to show the relative assessment of unconventional hydrocarbon prospectivity across the basin, at both play interval and basin scale. As an example of assessments contained within the data package, this data guide showcases the tight gas prospectivity of the Buckabie Play interval.
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Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, and environmental and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin. This data guide gives examples of how these data can be used to create the components of a workflow to identify geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) opportunities. The data guide is designed to support the data package that provide insights on the geological storage of CO2 in the Adavale Basin. The geological storage assessment for the Adavale Basin encompasses 8 geological intervals, termed plays – these intervals have been defined by Wainman et al. (2023). The assessment captures data from well completion reports and government data sources (e.g. Queensland Petroleum Exploration Database (QPED) from the Geological Survey of Queensland (GSQ) Open Data Portal) to inform the 4 components required for a potential geological storage of CO2 system. Thirty-nine boreholes in the Adavale Basin were used to map out gross depositional environments and their geological properties relevant for geological storage of CO2. From these datasets, the following properties have been evaluated and mapped across the basin: injectivity, storage efficiency, containment and structural complexity. The data are compiled at a point in time to inform decisions on resource development opportunities. The data guide outlines the play-based workflow for assessing geological storage of CO2 prospectivity. Each of the elements required for a prospective geological storage of CO2 system are explained and mapped. These data were then merged and spatially multiplied to show the relative assessment of geological storage of CO2 prospectivity across the basin at both play and basin scale. As an example of assessments contained within the data package, this data guide showcases the geological storage of CO2 prospectivity in the Gumbardo Play interval.
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Publicly available groundwater data have been compiled to provide a common information base to inform environmental, resource development and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin region. This data guide gives examples of how these data can be used. The data package included with this data guide captures existing knowledge of Adavale Basin aquifers and their properties, including salinity and water levels. The methods to derive these data for all Adavale Basin aquifers are outlined in the associated metadata files. These are described in groundwater conceptual models (Gouramanis et al., 2023). The Adavale Basin includes multiple aquifer systems that are grouped and more broadly defined as the Adavale Basin aquifers. Compiled data are assigned to these intervals and used to characterise groundwater systems at the basin scale. The data are compiled for a point in time to inform decisions on potential resource developments in the Basin. The available historical groundwater data can be used to assess the potential effects on groundwater. The data can also be used for other purposes, such as exploring unallocated groundwater resource potential. Data to January 2022 are used for this compilation.
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Publicly available data was compiled to provide a common information base for resource development, environmental and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin. This web service summarises tight gas, shale resources and coal seam gas prospectivity of the Adavale Basin.