Amir Karimian Torghabeh - Department of Geology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Reza Rezaee - Department of Petroleum Engineering, Curtin University, Australia
Reza Moussavi-Harami - Department of Geology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
Mohammad Reza Kamali - Director of Center for Exploration & Production Research Studies, Institute of Petroleum Industry, Iran

There are several organic-rich shale formations in the Perth Basin. They have been source rocks for oil and gas fields and have been investigated as a potentialshale gas in this study. Organic geochemical analysis data, such as total organic carbon and Rock-Eval pyrolysis data plus burial history modeling wereapplied to evaluate one of the shale formations in the Perth Basin. A trend of increasing maturity from north to centralpart of the basin could be seen, favoring the occurrence of gas shale near the basin center. The shale interval has reached a thermal maturity, theorganic matter is a mixed Type II/III kerogen, and formation thickness, on average 189.31 m, are effective factors for gas shale potential