Petroleum Exploration Appraisal for Offshore Queensland, 1974

Geoscience Australia Data produced an appraisal of petroleum exploration title areas offshore and in central Queensland in May 1974. The record summarizes regional geology, hydrocarbon potential, geophysical activity, and drilling results, using all available data including confidential company reports. It assesses prospectivity and makes recommendations for further exploration, noting a moratorium on drilling in the Great Barrier Reef since 1969.

Use Cases

• Assess historical hydrocarbon prospectivity based on regional geology summaries.
• Review geophysical activity and drilling results prior to a 1969 moratorium.
• Identify recommended areas for further exploration outside existing title areas.
• Study the impact of environmental policy (Great Barrier Reef moratorium) on exploration data.

Strengths

• Synthesizes multiple data sources, including confidential company reports.
• Provides structured summaries across key domains: geology, potential, geophysics, and drilling.
• Includes specific temporal context (May 1974) and geographic focus (Offshore and Central Queensland).

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.
• Data reflects a specific historical assessment from 1974; freshness should be verified for current use.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Brief examination of available data, including confidential company reports, with no original interpretation.

Time Range

May 1974

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 09:32:37.935659; freshness should be verified

Geography

Offshore and Central Queensland, Australia, including the Gulf of Papua