Petroleum Exploration Title Areas Appraisal for Offshore and Central Queensland, 1974

Geoscience Australia Data produced an appraisal of petroleum exploration title areas in offshore and 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 the prospectivity of title areas and makes recommendations for further exploration.

Use Cases

• Assess historical hydrocarbon prospectivity based on regional geology summaries.
• Review geophysical survey results and drilling data from the pre-1974 period.
• Study the impact of the Great Barrier Reef exploration moratorium on activity.
• Analyze sediment age and basin structure interpretations for the continental shelf.

Strengths

• Synthesizes multiple data sources, including confidential company reports.
• Provides assessments and recommendations for further exploration.
• Covers a specific geographic region (offshore and central Queensland) and time period (1974).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is from 1974; freshness should be verified for contemporary applications.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Brief examination of all available relevant data, including confidential company reports.

Time Range

May 1974

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:05:38.464991; freshness should be verified

Geography

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