Geology of the Surat Basin in Queensland with Petroleum and Coal Reserves

2500 meters of Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments form the Surat Basin, containing significant fossil fuel resources. Geoscience Australia Data provides this geological description, which includes estimates of 51 billion cubic meters of gas and 31 million cubic meters of oil reserves from 1974. The report details depositional environments, structural features, and the basin's geological evolution up to its current stable state.

Use Cases

• Modeling hydrocarbon reserves based on the 1974 estimates of gas and oil volumes.
• Studying sedimentary depositional cycles based on the described Jurassic fluviatile megacycles.
• Analyzing basin evolution and structural geology based on the described drape folds, faults, and tilting events.
• Assessing coal and oil shale potential based on the mentioned Walloon Coal Measures.

Strengths

• Includes specific volumetric estimates for petroleum reserves (51 billion m³ gas, 31 million m³ oil).
• Describes a detailed geological timeline and stratigraphic thickness (2500 m of sediments).
• Identifies specific geological formations and resources, such as the Walloon Coal Measures.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; the core geological description is historical, though the record was last updated in 2026.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Jurassic to present, with specific resource estimates from 1974.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 14:04:54.523878; freshness should be verified

Geography

Surat Basin, Queensland, eastern Australia.