Geochemical Overview of Gippsland Basin Hydrocarbon Accumulations

A 2015 conference paper summarizing geochemical analyses of oil and gas fields in Australia's Gippsland Basin. It presents findings on hydrocarbon sources and migration pathways, based on data up to 2012. The work was presented at the AAPG/SEG 2015 International Conference & Exhibition in Melbourne.

Use Cases

• Correlating oil and gas samples to specific source rock formations based on geochemical fingerprinting.
• Assessing remaining exploration prospectivity in the eastern Gippsland Basin based on described petroleum systems.
• Evaluating potential carbon dioxide sequestration sites along the basin's flanks using the geological framework.
• Studying the contribution of terrestrial versus marine source rocks to major hydrocarbon accumulations.

Strengths

• Provides specific resource estimates: 16.5 TCF of gas, 4026 MMbbl of oil, 385 MMbbl of condensate, and 752 MMbbl of LPG discovered up to 2012.
• Identifies specific geological formations and fields (e.g., Latrobe Group, Longtom field, Wombat field) and their relationships.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is presented as a PDF/HTML document, requiring extraction for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Geochemical fingerprinting and analysis of reservoir fluids.

Time Range

Data up to 2012, presented in 2015.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:07:36.504837; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Australia.