Browse Basin Hydrocarbon Source Rock and Fluid Analysis, Australia

A petroleum systems analysis study of the Browse Basin on Australia's North West Shelf, published by Geoscience Australia. The work maps source rock properties and models hydrocarbon generation to identify four Mesozoic petroleum systems. The data was last updated on 2026-04-30.

Use Cases

• Modeling hydrocarbon generation windows based on mapped source rock maturity and kinetics.
• Identifying potential oil rim formations based on analysis of fluid phase behavior and dew point pressures.
• Correlating discovered fluids to specific source rock intervals using integrated geochemical studies.
• Assessing basin-scale petroleum potential by integrating source rock property maps with 3D regional surfaces.

Strengths

• Identifies four distinct Mesozoic petroleum systems within the basin.
• Integrates multiple data types: source rock geochemistry, 1D burial history models, and regional 3D surfaces.
• Specifies principal source rock formations (Plover, Vulcan, Montara, Echuca Shoals) and their geological ages.

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 in PDF format, which may complicate direct computational analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Petroleum systems analysis combining geochemical studies of source rocks and fluids with basin modeling.

Time Range

Mesozoic era, with primary hydrocarbon expulsion from the Late Cretaceous until present.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:17:56.564249; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Browse Basin, offshore North West Shelf, Australia.