Australian National Hydrocarbon Geochemistry Data Collection  

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Geoscience Australia's Australian National Hydrocarbon Geochemistry Data Collection comprises Oracle database tables from the Organic Geochemistry (ORGCHEM) schema and derivative information in the Petroleum Systems Summary database (Edwards et al., 2020, 2023; Edwards and Buckler, 2024). The ORGCHEM schema includes organic geochemistry, organic petrology and stable isotope database tables that capture the analytical results from sample-based datasets used for the discovery and evaluation of sediment-hosted resources. A focus is to capture open file data relevant to energy (i.e., petroleum and hydrogen) exploration, including source rocks, crude oils and natural gases from both onshore and offshore Australian sedimentary basins. The database tables also include complementary physical properties and complementary inorganic analyses on sedimentary rocks and hydrocarbon-based earth materials. The data are produced by a wide range of destructive analytical techniques conducted on samples submitted by industry under legislative requirements, as well as on samples collected by research projects undertaken by Geoscience Australia, other government agencies and scientific institutions. Some of these results have been generated by Geoscience Australia, whereas other data are compiled from service company reports, well completions reports, government reports, published papers and theses. The data is non-confidential and available for use by Government, the energy exploration industry, research organisations and the community. The Petroleum Systems Summary database stores the compilation of the current understanding of petroleum systems information, including the statistical evaluation of the analytical data by basin across the Australian continent. <b>Value: </b>These data in the ORGCHEM database tables comprise the raw organic geochemistry, organic petrological and stable isotopic values generated for Australian source rocks, crude oils and natural gases and is the only public comprehensive database at the national scale. The raw data are used as input values to other studies, such as basin analysis, petroleum systems evaluation and modelling, resource assessments, enhanced oil recovery projects, and national mapping projects. Derived datasets and value-add products are created based on calculated values and interpretations to provide information on the subsurface petroleum prospectivity of the Australian continent, as summarised in the Petroleum Systems Summary database. The data collection aspires to build a national scale understanding of Australia's petroleum and hydrogen resources. This data collection is useful to government for evidence-based decision making on sediment-hosted energy resources and the energy industry for de-risking both conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon exploration programs, hydrogen exploration programs, and carbon capture, utilisation and storage programs. <b>Scope: </b>The database initially comprised organic geochemical and organic petrological data on organic-rich sedimentary rocks, crude oils and natural gas samples sourced from petroleum wells drilled in the onshore and offshore Australian continent, including those held in the Australian National Offshore Wells Data Collection. Over time, other sample types (e.g., fluid inclusions, mineral veins, bitumen) from other borehole types (e.g., minerals, stratigraphic including the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, and coal seam gas), marine dredge samples and field sites (outcrop, mines, surface seepage samples, coastal bitumen strandings) have been analysed for their molecular and stable isotopic chemical compositions and are captured in the databases. The organic geochemical database tables and derivative data compiled in the Petroleum Systems Summary database are delivered by web services and analytical tools in the <a href="https://portal.ga.gov.au/">Geoscience Australia Data Discovery Portal </a> and specifically in the <a href="https://portal.ga.gov.au/persona/sra">Source Rock and Fluid Atlas Persona</a>. These web services enable interrogation of source rock and petroleum fluids data within boreholes and from field sites and facilitate correlation of these elements of the petroleum system within and between basins. <b>Reference</b> Edwards, D.S., Buckler, T., Grosjean, E. & Boreham, C.J. 2024. Organic Geochemistry (ORGCHEM) Database. Australian Source Rock and Fluid Atlas. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149422 Edwards, D., Hawkins, S., Buckler, T., Cherukoori, R., MacFarlane, S., Grosjean, E., Sedgmen, A., Turk, R. 2023. Petroleum Systems Summary database. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/148979 Edwards, D.S., MacFarlane, S., Grosjean, E., Buckler, T., Boreham, C.J., Henson, P., Cherukoori, R., Tracey-Patte, T., van der Wielen, S.E., Ray, J., Raymond, O. 2020. Australian source rocks, fluids and petroleum systems – a new integrated geoscience data discovery portal for maximising data potential. Geoscience Australia, Canberra. http://dx.doi.org/10.11636/133751.

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eCat Id

144673

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Keywords

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• Organic GeochemistryExploration GeochemistryIsotope GeochemistryEARTH SCIENCES

• HVC_144673

( Data centre )

• HVC - High Value Collection

• DC2020

( Theme )

• Petroleum Geochemistry

• Published_External

• Crude Oil

• Natural Gas

• Source Rock

• Petroleum

• Stable Isotopes

• Petroleum systems

• Energy exploration

• hydrogen exploration

• sedimentary basins

• sediment-hosted resources

• sediment-hosted energy resources

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2022-03-24T23:48:29

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Organic geochemistry data generated for Australian source rocks, crude oil and natural gases is delivered via Geoscience Australia’s portal and is the only public comprehensive national database of its kind.

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annually

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geoscientificInformation

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<b>Source: </b>The sample data originate from physical samples, well completion reports, and destructive analysis reports provided by the petroleum industry under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPGGSA) 2006 and previous Petroleum (submerged Lands) Act (PSLA) 1967. The sample data are also sourced from geological sampling programs in Australia by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organisation's Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR), and from the state and territory geological organisations. Geoscience Australia generates data from its own laboratories. Other open file data from publications, university theses and books are also included. <br /> <br /> This Collection record was created to enhance the discoverability and management of the raw data and individual derived products contained in the collection. See the individual eCat records for product specific lineage.

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[-44.00, -9.00, 112.00, 154.00]

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GDA94 (EPSG:4283)

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Australian National Core and Sample Collection    

eCat Identifier - 144668,

UUID - e44a7a8d-af56-4649-a497-4ab9204624de

Association Type - wasInformedBy

Australian National Offshore Wells Data Collection    

eCat Identifier - 144669,

UUID - afcaf460-6994-40f8-bc24-4a87c30d82ec

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Organic Geochemistry (ORGCHEM) Schema. Australian Source Rock and Fluid Atlas    

eCat Identifier - 149422,

UUID - bf620624-861f-4717-96a0-77379b89b932

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