Geoscience Australia and CSIRO assessed conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources in the Adavale Basin of central Queensland. The assessment analyzed 39 petroleum exploration wells and identified 25 play elements across seven chronostratigraphic sequences. Risk maps were generated to indicate qualitative prospectivity, highlighting proven areas and zones of unconventional potential.
Use Cases
- Evaluate hydrocarbon prospectivity based on risk maps for seven play intervals
- Identify potential exploration zones based on composite common risk segment maps
- Guide policy decisions for energy exploration using the data-driven methodology
- Assess unconventional hydrocarbon play potential around identified zones like Gilmore and Swaylands-1
Strengths
- Assessment based on 39 petroleum exploration wells
- Analysis covers 25 distinct play elements such as reservoir, seal, and charge
- Risk maps generated for seven chronostratigraphic sequences
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Systematic assessment using petroleum exploration wells and sequence stratigraphic data analyzed in ArcGIS 'Player' extension.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 14:31:13.358223; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Adavale Basin in central Queensland, underlying Galilee, Eromanga and Lake Eyre basins.