A Review of Petroleum Exploration and Prospects in the Gippsland Basin

Australian Ocean Data Network hosts a review of petroleum exploration in the Gippsland Basin up to February 1976. The document assesses knowledge of the basin and its exploration potential, noting it is Australia's most prolific petroleum producer with initial reserves exceeding 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of gas. The review was last updated on 2026-06-16.

Use Cases

• Assess historical petroleum exploration activity based on the review of data up to 1976.
• Evaluate basin geology and sediment thickness based on the description of up to 4500 inches of fluvio-deltaic and marine sediments.
• Estimate remaining exploration potential based on the discussion of deeper horizons beyond the main Eocene producing zones.

Strengths

• Provides a current assessment of knowledge for the basin as of the review date.
• Cites specific reserve figures: initial reserves of more than 300 x 10^6 m³ of oil and 200 x 10^9 m³ of natural gas.
• Describes the basin's physical characteristics, including its triangular shape and sediment thickness up to 4500 inches.

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.
• The underlying data is historical, covering exploration only up to February 1976.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Review of petroleum exploration activities.

Time Range

Up to February 1976.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-16 23:33:24.846391; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, offshore northeastern Bass Strait, Australia.