2013 Australian Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release Areas

31 areas released for petroleum exploration in the 2013 Australian Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release. The dataset was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of the 31 released acreage areas for regional planning.
• Map the 2013 release areas against geological survey data to assess exploration potential.
• Compare the 2013 acreage release boundaries with subsequent years to track policy changes.

Strengths

• Contains 31 distinct geographic areas for analysis.
• Data is associated with a specific, documented annual government release (2013).

Limitations

• No sample data or column descriptions are available to verify internal structure.
• The dataset's size, row count, and specific attributes are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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Time Range

2013

Freshness

Data reflects the 2013 release but was last updated in the system in April 2026.

Geography

Australian offshore waters