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

May 1974 appraisal of petroleum exploration title areas offshore and in Central Queensland, prepared by Geoscience Australia Data. The record summarizes regional geology, hydrocarbon potential, geophysical activity, and drilling results using available data, including confidential company reports. It includes prospectivity assessments and exploration recommendations, noting a moratorium on exploration in the Great Barrier Reef region since 1969.

Use Cases

• Assess historical hydrocarbon prospectivity based on regional geology summaries.
• Study the impact of the Great Barrier Reef exploration moratorium on seismic and drilling activity.
• Analyze historical geophysical survey data and drilling results for basin evaluation.

Strengths

• Summarizes data from confidential company reports, which may not be publicly available elsewhere.
• Includes assessments and recommendations for further exploration, providing interpretive context.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-30 15:20:11.419330; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

May 1974

Geography

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