Petroleum Exploration Review for the Gippsland Basin, Australia, Up to 1976

The Gippsland Basin offshore Australia contains a review of petroleum exploration activities up to February 1976. It assesses the basin's geology, known reserves exceeding 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of gas, and future exploration potential. The dataset is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical petroleum exploration trends based on the review of activities up to 1976
• Assessing basin geology and sediment thickness based on the description of up to 4500 inches of fluvio-deltaic and marine sediments
• Evaluating remaining exploration potential based on the discussion of deeper-level prospects beyond main Eocene zones

Strengths

• Provides specific reserve estimates: initial reserves of more than 300 x 10^6 m³ of oil and 200 x 10^9 m³ of natural gas
• Offers a detailed geological context, including sediment thickness up to 4500 inches and structural features like faulting and drape folding

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Review of petroleum exploration activities

Time Range

Up to February 1976

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 17:21:06.536562; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gippsland Basin, offshore northeastern Bass Strait, Australia