Papuan Basin Marine Seismic Survey Data From 1966

A 1966 marine reflection seismic survey covered 1505 line miles in the Gulf of Papua, within specific oil permits and licenses. Western Geophysical Company of America conducted the work for a consortium of oil companies between January and April 1966. The objective was to obtain detailed structural information to determine potential drilling sites.

Use Cases

• Mapping subsurface geological structures using seismic line and reflection data.
• Analyzing survey coverage and line-mile density within Oil Permit No. 39 and adjacent areas.
• Correlating historical seismic interpretations with modern geological models for the Papuan Basin.

Strengths

• Survey covered a specific, documented area of 1505 line miles.
• Clear temporal coverage from 22 January to 24 April 1966.
• Defined spatial scope within Oil Permits Nos. 39, 42 and Oil Licence No. 4.

Limitations

• Data is from a single survey in 1966 and is temporally stale for modern exploration.
• The raw data format and specific seismic attributes or columns are not described.
• Sample data and row/column counts are unavailable for assessing dataset scale.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data.gov.au.

Collection Method

Marine reflection seismic survey conducted by Western Geophysical Company of America, Party 87.

Time Range

22 January 1966 to 24 April 1966.

Freshness

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Geography

Papuan Basin, Gulf of Papua, within Oil Permits Nos. 39, 42 and Oil Licence No. 4.