Gippsland Basin Petroleum Exploration Review and Prospects to 1976

The Gippsland Basin, located offshore in northeastern Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania, contains a review of petroleum exploration up to February 1976. The report assesses the basin's geology, which includes up to 4500 inches of fluvio-deltaic and marine sediments, and its status as Australia's most prolific petroleum producer with initial reserves exceeding 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 June 2026.

Use Cases

• Assessing historical petroleum exploration activity based on the review of data up to February 1976.
• Evaluating basin geology and sediment thickness based on the description of up to 4500 inches of fluvio-deltaic and marine sediments.
• Estimating resource potential based on the stated initial reserves of oil and natural gas.
• Planning future seismic exploration based on the mention of deeper level potential and required seismic technology.

Strengths

• Provides a specific temporal scope, reviewing exploration carried out up to February 1976.
• Includes concrete geological metrics, such as sediment thickness of up to 4500 inches and initial reserves of over 300 million m³ oil and 200 billion m³ gas.
• Describes a clearly defined geographic area: the Gippsland Basin in northeastern Bass Strait.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au, as the core review covers information up to 1976.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Review of petroleum exploration activities.

Time Range

Up to February 1976

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-27 16:24:56.566254; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, offshore northeastern Bass Strait, Australia