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 basin's stratigraphic and structural development for resource exploration. The work likely contains data on organic geochemistry from oils and source rocks to determine factors controlling petroleum systems. The dataset is provided by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling petroleum system evolution based on described geochemical data from oils and source rocks.
• Analyzing basin fill and depositional processes based on the study's stratigraphic framework.
• Correlating tectonic events with hydrocarbon occurrence based on the study's structural analysis.
• Assessing exploration potential based on the defined nature and age of basement elements.

Strengths

• Study conducted by a national geological survey (AGSO/Geoscience Australia), suggesting authoritative data.
• Focus on a specific temporal project (1995-1996) and geographic area (Petrel Sub-basin, Australia).
• Last update recorded as 2026-03-25, indicating recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data files are in HTML, PDF, and ZIP formats, which may require extraction and manual parsing.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Study undertaken by AGSO's Marine, Petroleum and Sedimentary Resources Division as part of the North West Shelf Project.

Time Range

1995-1996

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 15:29:25.385376; freshness should be verified

Geography

Petrel Sub-basin, Australia