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

AGSO's 1995-96 study of the Petrel Sub-basin on Australia's North West Shelf aimed to understand the basin's stratigraphic and structural development for resource exploration. The work focused on defining basement elements, tectonic events, basin fill, and factors controlling petroleum systems. Data is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling petroleum systems based on described organic geochemistry of oils and source rocks.
• Analyzing basin evolution based on the study's framework of stratigraphic and structural development.
• Correlating source rock age and type with oil occurrences mentioned in the study objectives.

Strengths

• Study conducted by a national geological survey (AGSO) with a clear, multi-objective framework.
• Focus on a specific, economically significant region (Petrel Sub-basin, North West Shelf).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data format is PDF/ZIP/HTML, which may require extraction and parsing for computational analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

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 2026-04-10 16:56:16.084006; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Petrel Sub-basin, North West Shelf, Australia