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Source rock geochemistry of the McArthur Basin, Northern Australia: Rock-Eval pyrolysis data release

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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As part of the Exploring for the Future Programme this study aims to improve our understanding of the petroleum resource potential of Northern Australia. As a component or this project, collaboration between the Onshore Energy Branch, Geoscience Australia and the Northern Territory Geological Survey (NTGS) is designed to produce pre-competitive information to assist with the evaluation of the petroleum prospectivity of onshore Northern Territory basins. This report characterises the organic richness, kerogen type and thermal maturity of source rocks in the Velkerri, Barney Creek, Wollogorang and McDermott formations of the McArthur Basin based on Rock-Eval pyrolysis data analysed at Geoscience Australia in the 2017 to 2018 financial year. This data is provided in preparation for future work to generate statistics quantifying the spatial distribution, quantity and quality of McArthur Basin source rocks, providing important insights into the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the basin.

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Title Source rock geochemistry of the McArthur Basin, Northern Australia: Rock-Eval pyrolysis data release
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/cea66172-38cb-44e2-926f-4a265e05b595
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Source rock geochemistry of the McArthur Basin, Northern Australia: Rock-Eval pyrolysis data release". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/source-rock-geochemistry-of-the-mcarthur-basin-northern-australia-rock-eval-pyrolysis-data-rele