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

The Surat Basin in eastern Australia contains a 2500-meter-thick sequence of Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments. Geoscience Australia Data provides this geological description, which includes estimated petroleum reserves of 51 billion m³ of gas and 31 million m³ of oil from 1974. The description details sedimentary cycles, marine incursions, and volcanic activity from the Jurassic through the Miocene.

Use Cases

• Modeling sedimentary basin evolution based on described Jurassic and Cretaceous depositional environments.
• Assessing historical hydrocarbon resource potential based on the 1974 reserve estimates for gas and oil.
• Studying coal and oil shale resources based on the mention of the Walloon Coal Measures.
• Analyzing tectonic and volcanic history based on described faults, folds, and volcanic debris.

Strengths

• Includes specific quantitative data, such as a sediment thickness of 2500 meters and 1974 petroleum reserve estimates.
• Provides a detailed geological timeline covering events from the Jurassic to the Miocene.
• Originates from Geoscience Australia Data, a national geological survey.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The petroleum reserve figures are from 1974 and may not reflect current estimates.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Time Range

Jurassic to Miocene geological periods; petroleum reserve data from 1974.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 03:23:49.655916; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Surat Basin, Queensland, eastern Australia.