Nine 1D burial thermal and petroleum generation history models investigate lateral maturity variation of Devonian source rocks in the Adavale Basin. The models were constructed using geological information from well completion reports and calibrated with bottom hole temperature and vitrinite reflectance data. This abstract was presented at the 2023 Australian Exploration Geoscience Conference.
Use Cases
- Model hydrocarbon generation potential based on 1D burial thermal history.
- Identify prospective unconventional gas targets based on source rock quality and maturity.
- Calibrate basin-scale heat flow predictions using localized well data.
- Assess hydrocarbon migration and trapping scenarios based on stratigraphic units.
- Evaluate source rock quality of formations like the Log Creek Formation and Bury Limestone based on TOC and pyrolysis data.
Strengths
- Nine distinct 1D models provide multiple data points for basin analysis.
- Models are calibrated using bottom hole temperature and measured vitrinite reflectance data.
- Analysis identifies specific formations (Log Creek, Bury Limestone, Buckabie Formation) with source rock potential.
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
- Models constructed using geological information from well completion reports and existing open file data.
- Time Range
- Modeling covers geological periods from Devonian to Late Cretaceous.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:17:17.023775; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Adavale Basin, Australia.