Australian Hydrocarbon Geochemistry And Petroleum Systems Database

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.

Use Cases

• Evaluate source rock quality and maturity using organic geochemistry and petrology data to assess petroleum prospectivity by basin.
• Correlate crude oils to source rocks using stable isotope and geochemical fingerprinting data for petroleum systems modeling.
• Analyze natural gas composition and origin from geochemistry data to support hydrogen exploration and carbon storage programs.
• Perform statistical evaluation of analytical data by sedimentary basin to compile information for the Petroleum Systems Summary database.

Strengths

• National-scale coverage of onshore and offshore Australian sedimentary basins.
• Compiles data from multiple authoritative sources including industry reports, government studies, and published research.
• Includes raw analytical data and derived statistical evaluations for petroleum systems.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are not provided.
• The raw description is incomplete, cutting off details on the initial scope of the database.
• Update frequency and exact temporal coverage are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia, Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Data gathered from destructive analytical techniques on samples submitted by industry under legislative requirements, research projects, service company reports, well completion reports, government reports, published papers, and theses.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Onshore and offshore Australian sedimentary basins.