Petroleum Exploration Review of Gippsland Basin to 1976

A 1976 review assesses petroleum exploration knowledge and future potential in Australia's Gippsland Basin. The report details the basin's structure, containing up to 4500 inches of sediment, and its status as Australia's most prolific petroleum producer with over 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of gas in initial reserves. It evaluates exploration activity since the 1960s and potential for deeper discoveries.

Use Cases

• Analyze sediment thickness and structural features like faulting and drape folding for basin modeling
• Assess initial reserve estimates of oil and natural gas volumes for resource valuation
• Review exploration history and seismic technology requirements for identifying deeper potential zones
• Evaluate the geographic and geological description of the basin's triangular shape and location for regional studies

Strengths

• Provides quantified initial reserve estimates: over 300 million cubic meters of oil and 200 billion cubic meters of natural gas
• Includes specific geological metrics, such as sediment thickness up to 4500 inches
• Covers exploration activity from the early 1960s up to February 1976
• Authored by the authoritative national geoscience organization, Geoscience Australia

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the review cutoff date being February 1976
• Primary file formats are HTML and PDF, requiring manual extraction for structured analysis
• No tabular data or defined columns are provided, limiting direct machine-readability

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Review and synthesis of historical petroleum exploration data and geophysical surveys

Time Range

Up to February 1976

Freshness

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Geography

Gippsland Basin, offshore northeastern Bass Strait between mainland Australia and Tasmania