Victoria Petroleum Tenement Boundaries and Permit Status

Petroleum Tenements - Victoria contains geospatial boundaries for exploration permits, retention leases, and production licenses under the Petroleum Act 2005 and Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and includes current tenements as of its last update in April 2026, with some historical expired tenements added as of 2025.

Use Cases

• Classify tenement status (e.g., current, expired) based on permit type and boundary geometry for regulatory compliance monitoring.
• Analyze spatial distribution of exploration permits versus production licenses to map industry activity phases.
• Join tenement boundary data with other geospatial layers using geometry attributes for environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Includes multiple tenement types: exploration permits, retention leases, production licenses, and special authorities.
• Covers both onshore (Petroleum Act 2005) and offshore waters (Offshore Petroleum Act 2006).
• Updated regularly, with a last update timestamp of April 2026.

Limitations

• The collection of expired tenements is explicitly noted as not complete, focusing on current tenements.
• Specific row counts, column details, and precise temporal coverage start date are unknown.
• Sample data and data size metrics are unavailable for preliminary assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Victoria.

Collection Method

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Time Range

Includes data as of June 2007, with updates through 2025-2026. Exact start date unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08.

Geography

State of Victoria, Australia, including onshore areas and offshore waters within the 3 nautical mile limit.