Gippsland Basin Petroleum Accumulations and Production Report

Over 125 onshore and 80 offshore wells have been drilled in the Gippsland Basin, resulting in the discovery of 11 economic, 26 subeconomic, and 6 uneconomic petroleum accumulations. The report details cumulative production to 1986, including 344.66 million cubic meters of oil and 66.14 billion cubic meters of sales gas, and was published by the Australian Ocean Data Network. Data includes estimated remaining reserves as of December 31, 1986.

Use Cases

• Classify petroleum accumulations as economic, subeconomic, or uneconomic based on discovery well data and geological context.
• Analyze trends in crude oil API gravity (ranging from 14.6 to 63°API) and natural gas composition (e.g., carbon dioxide content) across different reservoirs.
• Model historical production volumes for oil, condensate, LPG, and sales gas from 1969/1970 to the end of 1986.
• Compare estimated remaining recoverable reserves of oil, condensate, liquid petroleum gas, and sales gas against cumulative production figures.
• Map the distribution of petroleum traps (structural and structural/stratigraphic) within Oligocene to Late Cretaceous sequences.

Strengths

• Report provides specific cumulative production figures for four petroleum product types up to December 1986.
• Contains a detailed breakdown of 44 discovered petroleum accumulations by economic category (11 economic, 26 subeconomic, 6 uneconomic).
• Includes technical data on crude oil characteristics (API gravity) and geological formation information (traps, sequences, origin).

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with key production and reserve figures current only as of December 31, 1986.
• The underlying dataset structure (rows, columns) is not defined, as the information is contained in report formats (PDF/HTML).
• Sample data and specific column definitions are unavailable, limiting direct machine readability.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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Time Range

Historical data up to December 31, 1986.

Freshness

Report data is current as of 1986; metadata was last updated on the platform in April 2026.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia.