NAME OF COLLECTION
Petroleum Exploration Survey
Contact
Assistant Director
New Capital Expenditure and Mineral and Petroleum Exploration Section
Australian Bureau of Statistics
GPO Box 796
SYDNEY NSW 1041
Telephone: (02) 9268 4357
Facsimile: (02) 9268 4101
Email: client.services@abs.gov.au
Web site: <www.abs.gov.au>
Purpose
To provide expenditure data about private petroleum exploration onshore and offshore Australia. Data from this collection are used extensively by industry associations and government agencies for planning purposes, and for measuring the performance of the industry and the state of the Australian economy. The data are also used as input to the Australian national and state accounts.
Description
A quarterly census of all private enterprises known to be engaged in exploration in Australia, in Australian waters and in the Joint Petroleum Development Area, regardless of the main activity of the explorer. Data are collected from businesses with licences to explore. The businesses contacted range from the largest companies to small exploration ventures. In the December quarter 2001 census 87 companies were surveyed.
Data are collected by mail questionnaire.
Main data detail
- actual and expected expenditure on private petroleum exploration by onshore/offshore;
- expenditure on onshore/offshore private petroleum exploration by drilling/other;
- expenditure on private petroleum exploration on production leases/all other areas; and
- expenditure on private petroleum exploration by region.
These data are available on an annual and quarterly basis. The annual data are the sum of the data for the four quarters.
Geographic coverage
- Onshore/offshore Australia;
- State, territory/Ashmore and Cartier Islands; and
- Joint Petroleum Development Area (Timor Sea).
Frequency of data availability
Quarterly.
Reference period
Quarters ended 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
Historical data
Data (for some series) are available from the September quarter 1974.
Products and services
Publication
Other
- Limited special data services are available request.
Example of information available
PETROLEUM EXPLORATION EXPENDITURE, AUSTRALIA
 | | On production leases
$m | On all other leases
$m | Total
$m |
|
| 1998-99 | | 105.6 | 762.1 | 867.7 |
| 1999-2000 | | 121.9 | 601.4 | 723.3 |
| 2000-01 | | 212.5 | 831.3 | 1043.9 |
| 2001 | | | | |
| Mar qtr | 59.7 | 244.8 | 304.5 |
| Jun qtr | 50.5 | 215.5 | 266 |
| Sep qtr | 40.5 | 191.4 | 231.8 |
| Dec qtr | 23.1 | 245.2 | 268.3 |
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