A 2026 review of source rock and oil geochemical data from the offshore northern Perth Basin, conducted by Geoscience Australia. The work supports the release of exploration areas W13-19 and W13-20 and includes data from wells like Cliff Head-1, Frankland-1, and Dunsborough-1. It reassesses the basin's prospectivity, focusing on the extension of the Hovea Member petroleum system offshore.
Use Cases
- Mapping petroleum system extent based on source rock geochemistry.
- Evaluating exploration prospectivity for offshore blocks like W13-19 and W13-20.
- Correlating oil types to specific geological units like the Hovea Member.
- Planning new field wildcat drilling campaigns based on integrated study findings.
Strengths
- Focuses on a specific, high-impact region with recent exploration activity, including 13 new wells drilled since 2002.
- Integrates data from multiple sub-basins (Houtman, Abrolhos, Zeewyck, Gascoyne) and specific wells for control.
- Supports a concrete application: the release of two major offshore exploration blocks (W13-19, W13-20).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing on Australian offshore areas.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- A review of source rock and oil geochemical data undertaken by Geoscience Australia.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 03:31:37.629416; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Offshore northern Perth Basin, including the Houtman, Abrolhos, Zeewyck, and Gascoyne Sub-basins.