Petrel Sub-basin Study: Organic Geochemistry of Oils and Source Rocks, 1995-1996

AGSO's 1995-96 Petrel Sub-basin Study aimed to understand the stratigraphic and structural development of the basin for resource exploration. The study focused on defining basement elements, tectonic events, basin fill, and factors controlling petroleum systems. The dataset, hosted by the Australian Ocean Data Network, likely contains geochemical analyses of oils and source rocks from the study.

Use Cases

• Modeling petroleum systems based on the described geochemical analysis of oils and source rocks.
• Correlating hydrocarbon sources based on the study's aim to determine factors controlling petroleum occurrences.
• Analyzing basin evolution for exploration targeting based on the described framework of stratigraphic and structural development.

Strengths

• Study conducted by a national geological survey (AGSO) as part of a focused regional project.
• Clear, multi-faceted research objectives described for basin and petroleum system analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data files are in PDF and ZIP formats, which may require extraction and manual parsing.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Study undertaken by AGSO's Marine, Petroleum and Sedimentary Resources Division.

Time Range

1995-1996

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 13:20:20.598794; freshness should be verified

Geography

Petrel Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia