National Petroleum Wells Database: Borehole Data for Onshore and Offshore Regions

Geoscience Australia's retired petroleum wells database, now integrated into the Borehole database. The data includes header information, biostratigraphy, organic geochemistry, reservoir and facies details, stratigraphy, and velocity and directional surveys. Scientific data entry was generally conducted for offshore wells, while onshore data was acquired from state geological surveys.

Use Cases

• Model subsurface geology based on stratigraphy and facies data mentioned in the description.
• Analyze hydrocarbon potential based on organic geochemistry data mentioned in the description.
• Plan drilling trajectories based on directional survey data mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers both onshore and offshore regions.
• Includes multiple scientific data themes such as biostratigraphy and organic geochemistry.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The record is retired and superseded by another catalog entry (eCat 126310).

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Scientific data entry for offshore wells and acquisition from state geological surveys for onshore data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:08:54.776947; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Offshore and onshore regions of Australia