Geoscience Australia's database comprises analytical results for petroleum exploration samples, including source rocks, crude oils, and natural gases collected across the Australian continent. The data are produced by a wide range of analytical techniques, such as programmed pyrolysis, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometry. Sample data originate from industry reports under the OPGGSA 2006, geological surveys by Geoscience Australia and its predecessors, and open file data from publications.
Use Cases
- Typing petroleum fluids into families based on molecular and isotopic content.
- Correlating crude oils to their source rock to determine depositional environment and age.
- Mapping the extent of total petroleum systems based on geochemical analyses.
- Evaluating source rock potential using bulk compositional characteristics from pyrolysis.
Strengths
- Data originates from a national authority, Geoscience Australia, and its predecessor organizations.
- Includes data generated from the agency's own laboratories as well as industry and academic sources.
- Analytical results cover multiple sample types (source rocks, crude oils, natural gases) and techniques.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Analytical results from physical samples, well reports, and destructive analyses provided by industry, government surveys, and open publications.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 18:03:26.445302; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australian continent