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2022 Offshore petroleum exploration acreage release

Created 21/12/2025

Updated 21/12/2025

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This resource is the 2022 offshore petroleum acreage release. The 2022 Petroleum Acreage Release comprises 10 areas located across four sedimentary basins: the Bonaparte Basin, the Browse Basin, the Gippsland Basin and the Northern Carnarvon Basin. Work program bidding for the 2022 release areas will remain open until 2 March 2023. For more information on investing in offshore petroleum exploration, including the acreage release map booklet and diagrams, refer to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. For information on the 2022 acreage release areas visit the Department of Industry, Science and Resources website. The release areas can also be viewed interactively via the Acreage Release persona on Geoscience Australia's Data Discovery Portal.

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Field Value
Title 2022 Offshore petroleum exploration acreage release
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/98c8f29c-5630-4edd-a988-da3a8cd69727
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
geospatial@nopta.gov.au
Reference Period 15/12/2025
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "2022 Offshore petroleum exploration acreage release". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/2022-offshore-petroleum-exploration-acreage-release