Western Australian Petroleum Prospecting Authorities And Applications

Special Prospecting Authorities with Acreage Options (SPAAOs) and applications under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 in Western Australia. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of SPAAOs and applications using the provided geographic file formats (SHP, GEOJSON) for resource management.
• Track the status of current and pending Petroleum Act authorities to monitor industry activity.
• Join authority data with other mining or land tenure datasets using geographic identifiers for comprehensive land use analysis.

Strengths

• Managed by the authoritative state department (Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety).
• Offers multiple geographic data formats (WFS, WMS, SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE) for flexibility.
• Updated regularly, with a recorded last update date of March 2026.

Limitations

• No row count, column names, or sample data are provided, limiting analytical assessment.
• The CC-NC license restricts commercial use without permission.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Digital dataset of administrative authorities and applications.

Time Range

Current and pending authorities as of March 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 24.

Geography

Western Australia.