Darling Basin Hydrocarbon Prospectivity and Source Rock Geochemistry

Geoscience Australia Data provides a geological assessment of the Darling Basin in western New South Wales, focusing on petroleum exploration risk and source rock potential. The analysis uses geochemical data from cores in the BMR Ivanhoe No. 1 well and thirteen other petroleum exploration wells held on open file at BMR. The data indicates the most prospective region is the eastern flank of the Lake Wintlow High - Wilcannia High.

Use Cases

• Assessing petroleum exploration risk based on geological and geophysical data for the Darling Basin.
• Evaluating source rock potential and organic maturation levels using geochemical data from well cores.
• Identifying prospective regions for hydrocarbon preservation based on sediment burial depth and thermal alteration.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on geochemical data from fourteen petroleum exploration wells, including BMR Ivanhoe No. 1.
• Dataset provides a specific spatial focus on the concealed western Darling Basin and the Lake Wintlow High - Wilcannia High region.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description states the analysis is based on 'limited data available'.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, focusing solely on the Darling Basin.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Geochemical analysis of cores from petroleum exploration wells.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:27:57.491822; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Darling Basin, western New South Wales, Australia.