Australian Petroleum Accumulations in the Amadeus Basin, 1963-1985

The Australian Ocean Data Network reports on petroleum discoveries in the Amadeus Basin of central Australia. The report details three economic and fourteen uneconomic accumulations discovered since 1963, with estimated resources as of 31 December 1985 including 5.74 million cubic meters of oil and 14.93 billion cubic meters of sales gas. Production from the Mereenie and Palm Valley fields began in 1984.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of oil versus gas accumulations based on the reported counts of economic and uneconomic discoveries.
• Model historical resource estimates based on the reported volumes of oil, natural-gas liquids, and sales gas.
• Study the characteristics of petroleum in the basin based on described API gravity ranges and geological origins.
• Track early production infrastructure and cumulative output based on reported pipeline distances and 1985 production totals.

Strengths

• Provides specific counts of petroleum accumulations (3 economic, 14 uneconomic).
• Includes concrete resource estimates as of a specific date (31 December 1985).
• Reports cumulative production figures (156.3 thousand cubic meters of oil/condensate, 44.0 million cubic meters of sales gas).
• Contains detailed physical and geological descriptions, including API gravity ranges and trap types.

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 snapshot (up to 1985/1987) and may not reflect current conditions.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

Discoveries from 1963, with resource and production data up to 31 December 1985.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:25:01.423311; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Amadeus Basin, central Australia