Regional geological characterisation of the Galilee Basin

Capture Research

This project aims to assess carbon dioxide storage potential of the Galilee Basin, Central West Queensland.

The goal is to complete a geological and geophysical assessment of the Aramac Trough in the Galilee Basin of Western Queensland and construct a static geological model to be used as the basis for dynamic reservoir modelling by other projects in the Storage programme. This work originally focused on the Triassic Clematis Sandstone however this has now been extended and further work will be done to capture the potential of the underlying Permian section.

This project was originally intended to lead on to the study of other, less well defined areas of the Galilee basin, but data limitations and staff resignations has meant that it was reduced in scope in October 2006. Subsequently it was extended to try to capture and illustrate the major basinal architechture by means of a series of cross-section and well corellations which allows some broad evaluation of areas of the basin where data paucity precludes a full study.

This project has been temporarily suspended to allow researchers to focus on higher-priority work.

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