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 offer up-to-date information on source rocks and derived fluids through visualizations of pyrolysis, organic petrology, and molecular analyses. This data supports petroleum systems analysis and economic assessment of hydrocarbon resources.

Use Cases

• Characterize petroleum source rock maturity based on pyrolysis and organic petrology data mentioned in the description
• Identify correlations between source rocks and derived fluids based on molecular and isotopic analyses mentioned in the description
• Model petroleum systems for economic assessment based on source rock and fluid composition data mentioned in the description
• Visualize the spatial distribution of hydrocarbon potential based on borehole and field site data mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Data is described as up-to-date, sourced from Geoscience Australia's authoritative Organic Geochemistry Database
• Covers both onshore and offshore Australian basins, providing a broad spatial scope
• Includes multiple analytical data types such as Pyrolysis, Organic Petrology, 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 the sampled Australian basins

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia's Organic Geochemistry Database (ORGCHEM)

Collection Method

Samples collected from boreholes and field sites in Australian basins

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 17:19:04.089697; freshness should be verified

Geography

Onshore and offshore Australian basins