Australian Petroleum Source Rock and Fluids Atlas

Geoscience Australia's Organic Geochemistry Database provides petroleum geochemical data from onshore and offshore Australian basins. The Atlas services visualize Pyrolysis, Organic Petrology, and molecular analysis data for source rock characterization. Interpretation of these data supports petroleum systems analysis and economic commodity assessment.

Use Cases

• Characterize petroleum source rock maturity based on Organic Petrology and Pyrolysis data.
• Identify derived petroleum fluids using molecular and isotopic analyses like GCMS and CSIA.
• Map the spatial distribution of source rocks and fluids from borehole and field site data.
• Assess petroleum composition for economic commodity potential and required processing steps.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from Geoscience Australia's authoritative Organic Geochemistry Database.
• Services provide visualizations for multiple analytical techniques including Pyrolysis and GCMS.
• Coverage includes both onshore and offshore Australian basins.

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.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Data gathered from Geoscience Australia's Organic Geochemistry Database.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 02:07:00.719997; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Onshore and offshore Australian basins.