Australian Petroleum Systems: Biostratigraphic and Reservoir Data for the North West Shelf

Australian Ocean Data Network hosts a petroleum systems analysis module covering the North West Shelf, including the Roebuck and Offshore Canning Basins. The project established two relational databases containing biostratigraphic data and reservoir, facies, and hydrocarbon shows data, linked by application programs for time-series searching. Analyses focused on comparing source quality and generation timing across similar systems in different areas.

Use Cases

• Compare source rock quality and hydrocarbon generation timing across different basin systems as described in the analysis.
• Conduct time-series geological searches using the linked biostratigraphic and reservoir databases mentioned.
• Analyze relationships between reservoir facies and hydrocarbon shows data from the established RESFACS database.
• Model petroleum systems for the North West Shelf region based on the integrated data modules.

Strengths

• Covers eight basin modules spanning almost the entire North West Shelf and the Papuan basin in PNG.
• Integrates two relational databases (STRATDAT and RESFACS) with application programs for linked analysis.
• Analysis includes comparison of source quality and timing of generation between similar petroleum systems.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is delivered as HTML and PDF files, which may require extraction for computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Part of the AGSO-APIRA Australian Petroleum Systems Project, involving establishment of relational databases and petroleum systems analyses.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 05:55:40.463766; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North West Shelf of Australia, including the Roebuck and Offshore Canning Basins, the Petrel Sub-basin, and the Papuan basin in PNG.