Australian Petroleum Accumulations in the Amadeus Basin, 1963-1985

Eighteen petroleum accumulations have been discovered in central Australia's Amadeus Basin since 1963, with three classified as economic. The petroleum is believed to be of algal/bacterial origin, with crude oil API gravity ranging from 18 to 54 degrees. This report from the Australian Ocean Data Network provides resource estimates and production data as of 31 December 1985.

Use Cases

• Modeling petroleum resource estimates based on reported volumes of oil, natural-gas liquids, and sales gas.
• Analyzing the geological characteristics of petroleum accumulations based on described structural traps and sedimentary sequences.
• Studying the economic viability of discoveries based on the classification of three economic and fourteen uneconomic accumulations.
• Tracking early production history based on cumulative production figures from the Mereenie and Palm Valley fields.

Strengths

• Provides specific resource estimates: 5.74 x 10^6 m³ of oil, 1.53 x 10^6 m³ of natural-gas liquids, and 14.93 x 10^9 m³ of sales gas.
• Includes concrete production figures: 156.3 x 10^3 m³ of cumulative oil and condensate production and 44.0 x 10^6 m³ of sales gas by end-1985.
• Offers detailed geological context, including trap types, sedimentary sequences, and petroleum origin.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au, with a primary reference date of 31 December 1985.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Report on petroleum discoveries and resources.

Time Range

Discovery period from 1963; resource and production data as of 31 December 1985.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 18:35:56.007274; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Amadeus Basin, central Australia.