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Porosity and permeability data form part of Geoscience Australia’s Reservoir, Facies and Shows (RESFACS) database, which contains depth-based information regarding porosity and permeability measured or interpreted from core, sidewall core and well-log analysis of rocks intersected by offshore petroleum wells. Porosity and permeability are rock properties related to the number, size, and connectivity of openings in the rock. More specifically, porosity of a rock is a measure of its ability to hold a fluid within pore-spaces and the permeability is a measure of the ease of flow of a fluid through a porous solid. Data entered into the porosity and permeability tables are primarily sourced from the Basic and Interpretive volumes of Well Completion Reports (WCR) provided by the petroleum industry to the Commonwealth under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPGGSA) 2006 and the previous Petroleum (submerged Lands) Act (PSLA) 1967. Data is also sourced from sedimentologic evaluations and petrophysical studies by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organisations, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR), as well as from state and territory geological organisations, and scientific publications. The database structure has evolved over time and will keep changing as different types of relevant data become available and the delivery platform changes. Data hosted within Geoscience Australia’s Oracle petroleum wells database was initially delivered through the Petroleum Wells web page, http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/www/npm.well.search, which is in the process of being decommissioned . The porosity and permeability data will now be available to view and download through the Geoscience Australia Portal Core, https://portal.ga.gov.au/. Use Porosity and Permeability as your search term to find the relevant data.
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- EARTH SCIENCES
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- Porosity
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- Permeability
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- Petroleum wells
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- RESFACS Database
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The database structure has evolved over time and will keep changing as different types of relevant data become available and the delivery platform changes. Data hosted within Geoscience Australia’s Oracle petroleum wells database was initially delivered through the Petroleum Wells web page, http://dbforms.ga.gov.au/www/npm.well.search, which is in the process of being decommissioned . The porosity and permeability data therefore now needs to be available to view and download through the Geoscience Australia Portal Core, https://portal.ga.gov.au/ .
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Porosity and permeability data form part of Geoscience Australia’s Reservoir, Facies and Shows (RESFACS) database, which contains depth-based information regarding porosity and permeability measured or interpreted from core, sidewall core and well-log analysis of rocks intersected by offshore petroleum wells. Porosity and permeability are rock properties related to the number, size, and connectivity of openings in the rock. More specifically, porosity of a rock is a measure of its ability to hold a fluid within pore-spaces and the permeability is a measure of the ease of flow of a fluid through a porous solid. Data entered into the porosity and permeability tables are primarily sourced from the Basic and Interpretive volumes of Well Completion Reports (WCR) provided by the petroleum industry to the Commonwealth under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPGGSA) 2006 and the previous Petroleum (submerged Lands) Act (PSLA) 1967. Data is also sourced from sedimentologic evaluations and petrophysical studies by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organisations, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR), as well as from state and territory geological organisations, and scientific publications.
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