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Electricity generation/consumption, renewable energy, smart grid, oil/gas, carbon emissions
4,068 datasets
A 1969 marine geological survey of the northern Australian continental shelf conducted by BMR. The survey covered an area of about 240,000 km² between longitudes 130° and 136°E and latitudes 8° and 12°S, using vessels including the research submersible Yomiuri. The results are presented in a bulletin from Geoscience Australia.
Geoscience Australia Data presents a bulletin detailing the stratigraphy of Tertiary marine rocks in Gippsland, Victoria. The study is based on information from scout drilling by Victorian and Commonwealth Governments and wildcat drilling by private companies. The results are intended to facilitate studies of palaeogeography and correlation, and have a bearing on the search for oil in Australia.
Eight basin modules covering the North West Shelf, Petrel Sub-basin, and Papuan basin in PNG form the basis of this petroleum systems analysis. Two linked relational databases contain biostratigraphic data (STRATDAT) and reservoir, facies, and hydrocarbon shows data (RESFACS). The project's key results compare source rock quality and hydrocarbon generation timing across similar systems in different areas.
Geoscience Australia's Alexey Goncharov outlines new basement and crustal studies aimed at resolving offshore basement definition problems. The research focuses on finding the right combination of geophysical techniques to define basement depth, boundaries, and evolution beneath Australia's offshore basins. This knowledge provides clues to the petroleum potential of Australia's sedimentary basins.
Geoscience Australia Data's bulletin covers a 100,000 sq km offshore region west of Tasmania. It focuses on the Late Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments within the Sorell Basin, an extensional passive margin basin. The package concentrates on the northern King Island and Strahan Sub-basins where well and seismic data support prospectivity assessment.
Geoscience Australia collects and manages large amounts of data for Australia's marine zone, including bathymetry and legal boundaries for petroleum acreage release areas. The organization uses innovative 3D flythroughs and video editing to integrate raster and vector geospatial data into multimedia products. These visualizations, developed over a number of years, are used to communicate marine zone information to a wide audience.
Geoscience Australia produced a report examining the petroleum prospectivity of the proposed northern Australian marine park region. The assessment covers the offshore northern shelf from the Torres Strait to the NT/WA state boundary, encompassing the Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, and Gulf of Carpentaria provinces. The report was referenced by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources and other stakeholders in 2007.
A dataset from the Australian Ocean Data Network redefines the petroleum systems of the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. It collates molecular, isotopic, and biomarker data for wet gases and crude oils to analyze the origin and extent of four distinct petroleum systems. The work updates the basin's understanding, highlighting complex gas sourcing and biodegradation effects.
Geoscience Australia compiled biophysical seabed information covering Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone to support marine conservation planning under the EPBC Act. This data provides 100% spatial coverage of the EEZ seabed using objective, multivariate statistical methods. The information was used to design a national representative system of marine protected areas, with 13 areas nominated for the southeast region by 2006.
Australia's Exclusive Economic Zone is characterized using integrated spatial data layers including bathymetry, geomorphology, and sediment properties to support marine conservation planning under the EPBC Act. Geoscience Australia compiled this biophysical information to serve as a proxy for seabed biodiversity, offering 100% spatial coverage of the EEZ. The data supports the design of a national representative system of marine protected areas, with 13 MPAs nominated for the southeast region in 2006.
The Browse Basin offshore Northwest Australia is a proven hydrocarbon province. Geoscience Australia conducted a multi-disciplinary study integrating sequence stratigraphy, structural framework, biostratigraphy, well log analysis, seismic interpretation, and geochemical modeling to reassess petroleum systems and play types. The analysis covers seven Cretaceous supersequences from the late Tithonian to Maastrichtian.
Australia's national-scale collection of organic geochemistry, organic petrology, and stable isotope data for source rocks, crude oils, and natural gases. The data is compiled by Geoscience Australia from industry submissions under legislative requirements, research projects, service company reports, and published literature. It supports the evaluation of petroleum systems and sediment-hosted energy resources across the continent.
Geoscience Australia's national collection includes raw organic geochemistry, petrology, and stable isotope data for source rocks, crude oils, and natural gases, compiled from industry submissions, research projects, and published reports. The data supports analysis of petroleum systems across onshore and offshore Australian sedimentary basins. It is maintained by Geoscience Australia and was updated in April 2026.
Oil Development N.L. drilled the O.D.N.L. Penola No. 1 Well in South Australia from February 7 to May 5, 1961, reaching a total depth of 4985 feet. The operation provided electric and mud logging, testing, and coring to test the petroleum potential of the Coonawarra subsurface structure. The dataset, sourced from the Australian Ocean Data Network, details the geological sequence penetrated, ranging from Oligocene to probable Upper Jurassic rocks.
Geochemical characteristics of four Australian petroleum systems from the Ordovician to Early Cretaceous are analyzed. The study compares source rocks deposited in marine environments with varying terrestrial organic matter contributions. The analysis was conducted by researchers associated with the Australian Ocean Data Network, with a record last updated in April 2026.
Southern Australian beaches contain stranded waxy bitumen, with 96 individual specimens analyzed. The Australian Ocean Data Network published this study focusing on samples from six South Australian beaches surveyed during 1991–1992. Geochemical analysis identified at least five distinct oil families with inferred origins in Southeast Asia.
Geochemical biomarker data from crude oils and source rocks in the Paleozoic Canning Basin, a large frontier province of approximately 720,000 km². The study analyzes carotenoid-derived compounds to reconstruct paleo-depositional environments and water stratification, extending prior work by Edwards et al. (2013) and Spaak et al. (2017, 2018). Data is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.
A 1998 study by Boreham and de Boer analyzes the dual origin of gas in the Gilmore Field, sourced from both wet gas associated with oil and overmature methane. The research uses molecular and multi-element isotopic data to characterize the gas and identify Devonian source rocks. It suggests a previously undervalued deep gas source play may be widespread in Australian basins.
A large-scale paired field survey across northern China collected topsoil and subsoil samples to explore microbial metabolic carbon limitation. The 134.4 KB XLSX file contains data from a study by Haoyuan Chong, last updated in April 2026. This dataset examines the differential response of soil carbon dynamics to afforestation in different soil layers.
Australia's east coast north of Bass Strait has been very sparsely explored for petroleum, with much of the geology of this eastern continental margin virtually unknown. This report from Geoscience Australia provides a preliminary assessment of the petroleum potential from the New South Wales/Victoria border to the southern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The assessment, last updated in April 2026, covers at least four sedimentary basins and other geological features on the continental shelf and slope.