Hydrocarbon Generation Kinetics for the Ordovician Goldwyer Formation, Canning Basin

Western Australia's Canning Basin is the focus of this dataset on hydrocarbon generation kinetics from the marine Ordovician Goldwyer Formation. It contains results from pyrolysis and bulk kinetic studies used to evaluate the oil and gas generation potential and source rock variability of the formation. The data was published in the International Journal of Coal Geology in 2020 and is provided by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Modeling hydrocarbon generation windows based on estimated temperature intervals (145°C–170°C for Sequence I, 100°C–160°C for Sequence III)
• Assessing source rock quality and organofacies based on kerogen type (Type I vs. Type II/III) and molecular signatures (aliphatic vs. aromatic)
• Providing basin-specific kinetic inputs for burial history modeling on the Broome Platform
• Evaluating the generative potential for different hydrocarbon types (paraffinic oil vs. P-N-A oils and gas/condensate)

Strengths

• Data is derived from specific analytical methods including Rock Eval pyrolysis and pyrolysis gas chromatography (Py-GC)
• Study provides basin-specific kinetic parameters for the Broome Platform
• Results differentiate between two distinct sequences (Goldwyer I and III) with different kerogen types and generation characteristics

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 the single study location in the Canning Basin

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Pyrolysis and bulk kinetic studies on rock samples.

Time Range

Study published 2020; geological timeframe is Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 01:44:54.255062; freshness should be verified

Geography

Canning Basin, Western Australia.