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Petroleum Systems Summary database (ENERGY_SYSTEMS)

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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The Petroleum Systems Summary database stores the compilation of the current understanding of petroleum systems information by basin across Australia. The Petroleum Systems Summary database and delivery tool provide high-level information of the current understanding of key petroleum systems for areas of interest. For example, geological studies in the Exploring for the Future (EFTF) program have included the Canning, McArthur and South Nicholson basins (Carr et al., 2016; Hashimoto et al., 2018). The database and tool aim to assist geological studies by summarising and interpreting key datasets related to conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon exploration. Each petroleum systems summary includes a synopsis of the basin and key figures detailing the basin outline, major structural components, data availability, petroleum systems events chart and stratigraphy, and a précis of the key elements of source, reservoir and seal. Standardisation of petroleum systems nomenclature establishes a framework for each basin after Bradshaw (1993) and Bradshaw et al. (1994), with the source-reservoir naming conventions adopted from Magoon and Dow (1994). 

The resource is accessible via the Geoscience Australia Portal (https://portal.ga.gov.au/) via the Petroleum Systems Summary Tool (Edwards et al., 2020).

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Field Value
Title Petroleum Systems Summary database (ENERGY_SYSTEMS)
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5c16e314-1c93-4546-b516-552ec66e5e5b
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 25/10/2023
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        154.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -9.0
      ],
      [
        112.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Petroleum Systems Summary database (ENERGY_SYSTEMS)". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/petroleum-systems-summary-database-energy_systems