Petroleum Prospectivity Assessment for Northern Australian Marine Region

Geoscience Australia produced a report examining the petroleum prospectivity of the proposed northern Australian marine park region. The assessment covers the offshore northern shelf from the Torres Strait to the NT/WA state boundary, encompassing the Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, and Gulf of Carpentaria provinces. The report was referenced by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources and other stakeholders in 2007.

Use Cases

• Assess hydrocarbon resource potential based on the geological provinces described.
• Inform marine spatial planning and conservation policy based on the integrated resource assessment.
• Compare geological prospectivity based on the separate evaluations of the Timor Sea, Arafura Sea, and Gulf of Carpentaria.

Strengths

• Assessment conducted by Geoscience Australia, a national geoscience agency.
• Report provides a defined geographic scope covering three distinct geological provinces.
• Analysis is informed by factors including development history and sedimentary fill.

Limitations

• Data is presented in report formats (PDF, HTML); underlying structured data is unavailable.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Assessment report authored by Geoscience Australia.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 12:47:56.703906; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Australian marine region, extending from the Torres Strait to the Northern Territory/Western Australia state boundary.