Western Australian Petroleum Release Areas

WA Petroleum Releases (DMIRS 009) contains current gazetted petroleum release areas for Western Australia, managed by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. The dataset is updated regularly, with the last update in March 2026, and is provided in multiple spatial file formats including SHP, GeoJSON, and Geopackage.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of petroleum release areas to identify regional resource potential.
• Overlay release area boundaries with other geological datasets for integrated resource management.
• Serve release area geometries via WMS or WFS for web mapping applications in the energy sector.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple standard spatial formats (SHP, GeoJSON, Geopackage, WMS, WFS) for interoperability.
• Managed and updated by the authoritative state government department (DEMIRS).
• Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Specific data volume (row count, column count, file size) is unknown, complicating project planning.
• License is Creative Commons Non Commercial (CC NC), restricting commercial applications.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS), Western Australia.

Collection Method

Gazetted petroleum release areas digitized under relevant Australian petroleum legislation.

Time Range

Current release areas; specific temporal coverage not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026 03 24.

Geography

Western Australia, including offshore areas.