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Regional assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Mesozoic succession in the Petrel Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia

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Updated 16/10/2025

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The Australian Government, through Geoscience Australia is undertaking a series of regional-scale, geological studies to assess the CO2 storage potential of sedimentary basins, including the Petrel Sub-basin. This report details the findings of the CO2 storage potential of the Petrel Sub-basin project between July 2010 and July 2013. It was found that the Petrel Sub-basin is suitable for carbon dioxide (CO2) geological storage with two Mesozoic reservoir-seal pairs identified over a large area in the centre of the sub-basin. The Mesozoic reservoirs have a large effective CO2 storage capacity of 15.9 GT (300 TCF). Through a multi-disciplinary, comprehensive regional-scale study, this work advances the knowledge of the Bonaparte Basin as a plausible site for CO2 storage.

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Title Regional assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Mesozoic succession in the Petrel Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/d1fe2806-79ea-4f81-8cda-e0dbba99d1ef
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Regional assessment of the CO2 storage potential of the Mesozoic succession in the Petrel Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/regional-assessment-of-the-co2-storage-potential-of-the-mesozoic-succession-in-the-petrel-sub-b