Petroleum Exploration Review for the Gippsland Basin, Australia

A review of petroleum exploration in the Gippsland Basin up to February 1976, providing an assessment of the basin's geology and remaining potential. The report describes the basin's structure, sediment thickness, and historical reserves of over 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas. It was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing historical exploration maturity based on the review's conclusion that most obvious structures have been drilled.
• Evaluating deep-level exploration potential based on the description of challenges in seismic mapping of deeper horizons.
• Estimating basin-scale petroleum reserves based on the reported initial reserves of oil and natural gas.
• Studying basin geology based on the description of its shape, sediment thickness, and structural features like faulting and drape folding.

Strengths

• Provides specific reserve estimates: over 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
• Describes concrete geological features: basin shape, up to 4500 inches of sediment, and structural history.
• Offers a defined temporal scope for the review: exploration activities up to February 1976.

Limitations

• Data format is PDF/HTML; column-level documentation and sample data are unavailable.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified; the metadata indicates a last update in 2026, but the underlying review is from 1976.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Review of exploration activities and geophysical data.

Time Range

Up to February 1976

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 23:47:40.203985; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gippsland Basin, offshore northeastern Bass Strait, Australia