2022 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release Areas

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The annual offshore petroleum exploration acreage release is part of the government’s strategy to promote offshore oil and gas exploration. Each year, the government invites companies to bid for the opportunity to invest in oil and gas exploration in Australian waters. The 2022 acreage release consists of 10 areas offshore of the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Victoria, and the Ashmore and Cartier Islands.

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Title 2022 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release Areas
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/9a9bb425-f817-4e9b-bb09-9a68e52536d6
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 18/07/2022 - 18/07/2022
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.0,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -39.0
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -39.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "2022 Offshore Petroleum Acreage Release Areas". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/2022-offshore-petroleum-acreage-release-areas