Australian Petroleum Source Rock and Fluids Atlas with Geochemical Data

Geoscience Australia's Organic Geochemistry Database provides petroleum geochemical and geological data from onshore and offshore Australian basins. The services visualize data on source rock pyrolysis, organic petrology, and molecular and isotopic analyses of petroleum fluids. This data supports petroleum systems analysis and resource assessment.

Use Cases

• Characterize petroleum source rock maturity based on Pyrolysis and Organic Petrology data.
• Identify the origin of petroleum fluids based on molecular and isotopic characterization data.
• Map the spatial distribution of source rocks and derived fluids for basin analysis.
• Assess petroleum composition for economic viability and processing requirements.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Geoscience Australia's authoritative Organic Geochemistry Database.
• Covers both onshore and offshore Australian basins, providing broad spatial coverage.
• Includes multiple analytical data types such as Pyrolysis, GCMS, and Compound-Specific Isotopic Analyses.

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 data_gov_au, focusing on Australian basins.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Samples collected from boreholes and field sites in Australian basins.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 13:21:14.338891; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Onshore and offshore Australian basins.