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Abstract
Geoscience Australia's Oracle organic geochemical database comprises analytical results for samples relevant to petroleum exploration, including source rocks, crude oils and natural gases from both onshore and offshore basins. The data is non-confidential and available to the petroleum industry, research organisations and the public. 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 or other government agencies or institutions. Some of the results have been generated by Geoscience Australia's laboratory, whereas other data is compiled from service company reports, well completions reports and published papers. <b>Value: </b>These data comprise the raw organic geochemistry values generated for Australian source rocks, crude oil and natural gases and is the only public comprehensive database at the national scale. The raw data are used as input to other studies, such as petroleum systems modelling, resource assessments and national mapping projects. Derived datasets and value-add products are created based on calculated values and interpretation to provide information on the subsurface petroleum prospectivity of the Australian continent. The data collection aspires to build a national-scale understanding of Australia's oil and gas resources. <b>Scope: </b>This data collection is useful to government for evidence-based decision making on natural energy resources and the petroleum industry for de-risking conventional and unconventional exploration programs. Results for many of the oil and gas samples held in the Australian National Offshore Wells Data Collection are included in this database.
Product Type
collection
eCat Id
144673
Contact for the resource
Point of contact
Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
Resource provider
Point of contact
- Contact instructions
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- EARTH SCIENCES
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- HVC_144673
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- HVC - High Value Collection
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- DC2020
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- Petroleum Geochemistry
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- Organic Geochemistry
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- Pryolysis
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- Biomarkers
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- Stable carbon isotopes
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- Crude oil
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- Natural Gas
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- Source Rock
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- Petroleum
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- Organic Petrology
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- Macerals
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- Vitrinite Reflectance
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- Offshore Seismic
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- Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry GCMS
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- Gas chromatograph (GC)
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- Rock-Eval, Hawk, Source Rock Analyser (SRA)
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- Stable hydrogen isotopes
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- Oil and gas containing fluid inclusions
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Publication Date
2022-03-24T23:48:29
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onGoing
Purpose
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.
Maintenance Information
annually
Topic Category
geoscientificInformation
Series Information
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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.
Parent Information
Extents
[-44.00, -9.00, 112.00, 154.00]
Reference System
GDA94 (EPSG:4283)
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Service Information
Associations
Association Type - wasInformedBy
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
Source Information