AusGeoNews May 06 'Improved Access to Petroleum Exploration Well Data'

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Rowland, D. | Edwards, D.S.

Abstract

Launched in 2003, the Geoscience Australia National Petroleum Wells Database web site http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/apcrc has proven an extremely useful tool for petroleum explorers wishing to access scientific and well header data for Australian petroleum exploration wells. This web site provides access to comprehensive databases representing over 100 person years of data entry by geologists, geochemists, biostratigraphers and technical staff. The databases contain information that includes well header data, biostratigraphic picks, reservoir and facies data (porosities, permeabilities, hydrocarbon shows and depositional environments), organic geochemistry data (Rock-Eval pyrolysis, molecular and isotopic analyses), and organic petrological data (vitrinite reflectance, maceral analyses). A major revision of the web site will be released at APPEA 2006. The revised web site has many improved features in response to industry and government client needs. These features include: 1 Easy retrieval of Acreage Release data, 2 An improved map for spatial searching and display of data, 3 Ability to retrieve age restricted and isopach data for many data types in the database, 4 Query and produce multiple summary reports (including graphs) for wells, 5 Generation of multiple oil and gas reports for wells, 6 Links to scanned documentation, and 7 Improved graphical displays of data.

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64172

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Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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GA PublicationResearch Newslttr Paper

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geoscience databases

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data standards

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palaeontology

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organic geochemistry

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petroleum exploration

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Earth Sciences

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2006-04-12T00:00:00

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May 2006

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