Collection of hydrocarbon shows data from petroleum wells (known as RESFACS database/Shows)

Hydrocarbon shows data are part of Geoscience Australia’s Reservoir, Facies and Shows (RESFACS) database, which contains depth-based information regarding hydrocarbon shows identified or interpreted during the drilling and evaluation of offshore and onshore petroleum wells.

A hydrocarbon show is considered to be any indication of oil or gas observed during the drilling or evaluation of a petroleum well. Shows include data collected from well site observations, well logging, petrophysical analysis and well testing and/or sampling. A show evaluation is the complete analysis of a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with respect to lithology, depth and thickness, type and show value which indicates the potential productivity of the formation.

Data entered into the shows table are most commonly sourced from both the Basic and Interpretive volumes of the Well Completion Reports (WCR) provided by the petroleum well operator under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act (OPGGSA) 2006 and previous Petroleum (submerged Lands) Act (PSLA) 1967. Data is also sourced from hydrocarbon shows evaluations conducted by Geoscience Australia and its predecessor organisations, the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) and the Bureau of Mineral Resources (BMR), and from state and territory geological organisations. Other open file data from company announcements and reports, scientific publications and university theses are also captured.

The database structure has evolved over time and will keep changing as different types of petroleum data become available and the delivery platform changes. Data 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 hydrocarbon shows data will be available for viewing and download via the Geoscience Australia Portal Core, https://portal.ga.gov.au/.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2022-03-31
Date (Publication)
2022-06-29T02:48:38
Citation identifier
Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/146443

Citation identifier
Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/146443

Cited responsible party
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Publisher

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Purpose

Transplanting the petroleum wells hydrocarbon shows data to the Geoscience Australia Portal Core

Status
Under development
Point of contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Resource provider

Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division

 External Contact
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Owens, R.

 MEG Internal Contact
Spatial representation type
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information

Extent

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Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

Resource format

Title

Product data repository: Various Formats

Protocol

FILE:DATA-DIRECTORY

Name of the resource

Data Store directory containing the digital product files

Description

Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes

theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf

  • EARTH SCIENCES

Keywords

  • Petroleum

Keywords

  • Shows

Keywords

  • Hydrocarbon

Keywords

  • RESFACS

Keywords

  • Indication

Keywords

  • Wells

Keywords

  • Published_External

Resource constraints

Title

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence

Alternate title

CC-BY

Edition

4.0

Website

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Addressee
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
User

Any
Use constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

(c) Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2021

Resource constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified
Classification system

Australian Government Security Classification System

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WFS

Citation identifier
147139

Citation identifier
0918e581-bd43-4ea0-8be9-6a908da0c5d4

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/147139

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Associated resource

Association Type
Operated on by
Title

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WMS

Citation identifier
147140

Citation identifier
0672c636-4b0f-461d-b155-e6f1a6bd3fd1

Website

https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/service/ga/147140

Link to eCat metadata record landing page

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8

Distribution Information

Distributor contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Distributor

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
OnLine resource

Link to Geoscience Australia Portal Core

Link to Geoscience Australia Portal Core

Distribution format

OnLine resource

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WMS

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WMS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WMS

OnLine resource

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WFS

Reservoir, Facies and Hydrocarbon Shows (RESFACS) WFS

Distribution format

  • OGC:WFS

Resource lineage

Statement

he hydrocarbon shows data will be available for viewing and download via the Geoscience Australia Portal Core, https://portal.ga.gov.au/.

Metadata constraints

Title

Australian Government Security Classification System

Edition date
2018-11-01T00:00:00
Website

https://www.protectivesecurity.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx

Classification
Unclassified

Metadata

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid/591a4b4c-413e-4a33-ad03-dda6b59a857a

Title

GeoNetwork UUID

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Role Organisation / Individual Name Details
Point of contact

Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)

 Voice
Point of contact

Owens, R.

 MEG Internal Contact

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

Geoscience Australia Portal Core

Alternative metadata reference

Title

Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with

uuid

Citation identifier
eCatId/146443

Metadata linkage

https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/591a4b4c-413e-4a33-ad03-dda6b59a857a

Date info (Creation)
2022-03-30T06:21:53
Date info (Revision)
2022-03-30T06:21:53

Metadata standard

Title

AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-1:2014

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

Title

Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014

Edition

Version 2.0, September 2018

Citation identifier
https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551

 
 

Spatial extent

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W


Keywords

Hydrocarbon Indication RESFACS Shows Wells
theme.ANZRC Fields of Research.rdf
EARTH SCIENCES

Provided by

Access to the portal

Associated resources

Not available