The Gippsland Basin in Australia has yielded 16.5 TCF of gas, 4026 MMbbl of oil, 385 MMbbl of condensate, and 752 MMbbl of LPG as of 2012. This dataset likely contains geochemical fingerprinting results from reservoir fluids, presented at the AAPG/SEG 2015 International Conference & Exhibition. It is hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Correlating oil and gas samples to specific source rock units based on geochemical fingerprinting.
- Mapping hydrocarbon migration pathways between source and reservoir in Cretaceous-Paleogene Latrobe Group reservoirs.
- Assessing the prospectivity of the eastern Gippsland Basin for new exploration opportunities.
- Evaluating source rock contributions from terrestrial, marginal marine, and lacustrine facies.
- Mitigating risk for potential carbon dioxide sequestration projects along the basin's flanks.
Strengths
- Provides specific resource totals: 16.5 TCF gas, 4026 MMbbl oil, 385 MMbbl condensate, 752 MMbbl LPG.
- Covers a significant 50-year period of discovery and production history in the Gippsland Basin.
- Identifies specific geological formations and biozones (e.g., Halibut Subgroup, Anemone Formation).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-06-27 17:53:59.996107; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Geochemical fingerprinting of reservoir fluids, likely from well samples.
- Time Range
- Covers discoveries and production from 1965 to at least 2012.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-27 17:53:59.996107
- Geography
- Gippsland Basin, Australia.