A review of petroleum exploration in the Gippsland Basin up to February 1976 provides an assessment of knowledge and future potential. The basin contains up to 4500 inches of fluvio-deltaic and marine sediments and has initial reserves of more than 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas. The Australian Ocean Data Network published this review.
Use Cases
- Assessing remaining exploration potential based on descriptions of deeper horizons and seismic mapping challenges
- Evaluating basin geology based on descriptions of sediment thickness and structural features like faulting and drape folding
- Analyzing historical exploration success based on reported initial reserves of oil and natural gas
Strengths
- Provides a current assessment of knowledge up to a specific date (February 1976)
- Includes concrete figures for sediment thickness (4500 inches) and initial reserves (300 million m³ oil, 200 billion m³ gas)
- Describes the basin's geographic location and geological structure
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 temporal bias inherent to a review from 1976
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Review of exploration activities
- Time Range
- Up to February 1976
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 15:52:46.510011; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Gippsland Basin, Bass Strait, Australia