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Petroleum and gas reserves by field, Queensland

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Publisher Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural DevelopmentUpdated annuallyLicence CC BY 4.0Latest 2026-08-18Rows 1,713Fields 21

One row per reporting year, petroleum permit, field and product type, from the publisher's compilation of reserves and resources reports. Each row gives the authorised holder, basin, reservoir unit type, product, sales unit, effective date and estimation method, and the 1P, 2P and 3P reserves as developed, undeveloped and total, with 2C contingent resources and a standardised field name.

Also called: Queensland 2P gas reserves, Queensland coal seam gas reserves by field, Queensland petroleum reserves and resources.

Part of Queensland petroleum and gas production and reserves, 2 tables the publisher releases together: Petroleum and gas production by field, Queensland.

Before you use it
What is in each row?
Each row is one reporting year, permit, field and product, with the holder, basin, reservoir type, sales unit, the date the estimate took effect, the estimation method, and the proved (1P), proved and probable (2P) and proved, probable and possible (3P) reserves split into developed and undeveloped, with the best estimate of contingent (2C) resources.
What units are the reserves in?
The sales_unit column gives the unit for each row, so check it before adding rows up. Gas is in petajoules. Most oil and condensate rows are in millions of barrels, and a few are in millions of barrels of oil equivalent. LPG is in kilotonnes, apart from one row in megatonnes.
Why does this start in 2025?
The 2025 report is the first compilation the publisher standardised under its data quality program. Its earlier compilation for 2020 to 2024 has different column names and is not included here.

Made for agents

Connect your AI agent

Any agent that connects to publicdata.au/mcp can find this dataset, read its 21 fields, count and filter across all 1,713 rows and diff its versions. Every answer names the version and carries Natural Resources and Mines's attribution. No key.

Then ask it: What does Petroleum and gas reserves by field, Queensland hold, and what changed in the newest version?

claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp

One command. No key, no account, no sign-up.

Download it as Excel, CSV, JSON and 6 more formats

Pick a format and a version. Excel is picked first because it opens in the tools most offices have. The URL is yours to keep. A dated version never changes.

Format
"Latest" redirects to the newest version and will change when the publisher releases again. A dated version never changes.
https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/latest/data.xlsx
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In your own tools

Use it in Excel, R, Python and more

Excel and Power BI read the CSV from its address and refresh from it. The R and Python packages take any dataset on this site by its slug, so a new dataset needs no new release. The DuckDB file attaches read-only over HTTPS, and a query reads only the blocks it touches.

The dated URL in the code never changes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/latest/ redirects to the newest version.

https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/latest/data.csv

In Excel choose Data, then From Web, and paste this address. Excel keeps it, so Refresh All reads the newest version. A sheet holds about a million rows; past that, load the query to the Data Model.

What is in it

Column names are made snake_case and the publisher's original header is kept beside each one. Blank cells are null. Nothing is added, removed, ranked or summarised.

FieldTypePublisher's headerNote
reporting_yearintegerreporting_year
authorized_holderstringauthorized_holder
permit_numberstringpermit_number
basinstringbasin
field_namestringfield_name
reservoir_unit_typestringreservoir_unit_type
product_typestringproduct_type
sales_unitstringsales_unit
effective_datedateeffective_date
reserve_entity_volume_methodstringreserve_entity_volume_method
reserves_1p_developednumber1p_developed
reserves_1p_undevelopednumber1p_undeveloped
reserves_1p_totalnumber1p_total
reserves_2p_developednumber2p_developed
reserves_2p_undevelopednumber2p_undeveloped
reserves_2p_totalnumber2p_total
reserves_3p_developednumber3p_developed
reserves_3p_undevelopednumber3p_undeveloped
reserves_3p_totalnumber3p_total
resources_2c_totalnumber2c_total
field_name_rese_corrstringfield_name_rese_corrThe field name as the publisher standardised it.

Download this table as a data dictionary (Excel), or read it as a Frictionless Table Schema at schema.json.

A sample of 10 rows

The ten field and permit lines with the largest proved and probable (2P) gas reserves in the newest reporting year, largest first. A blank cell is shown as null.

reporting_yearauthorized_holderpermit_numberbasinfield_namereservoir_unit_typeproduct_typesales_uniteffective_datereserve_entity_volume_methodreserves_1p_developedreserves_1p_undevelopedreserves_1p_totalreserves_2p_developedreserves_2p_undevelopedreserves_2p_totalreserves_3p_developedreserves_3p_undevelopedreserves_3p_totalresources_2c_totalfield_name_rese_corr
2025ARROW CSG (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDPL 253SURAT BASINHOPELANDCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC2.3979983651702.397998365172.39799836517715.124804913717.5228032792.39799836517715.124804913717.5228032790HOPELAND
2025QGC UPSTREAM HOLDINGS PTY LTDPL 498SURAT BASINPENRHYN, CHARLIE, ARTHUR, PHILIPCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31PROBABLISTIC373.01530633580.1435363243453.158842659539.936801692166.256620226706.193421918810.293255058296.5331639381106.826419108.314587784PENRHYN/ CHARLIE/ PHILLIP/ ARTHUR/ CAMERON
2025ARROW CSG (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDPL 1039CLARENCE-MORETON BASINCARN BREACOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC0000686.989872626686.9898726260686.989872626686.9898726260CARN BREA
2025ARROW (TIPTON) PTY. LTD.PL 238CLARENCE-MORETON BASINPLAINVIEWCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC54.93491577585.7680883083140.70300408354.934915775586.450947561641.38586333654.934915775586.450947561641.3858633360PLAINVIEW
2025AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LNG PTY LIMITEDPL 297SURAT BASINCOMBABULACOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC579.4922103730.722320818362580.214531191589.7317298780.772568719333590.504298597605.7429753230.847571561128606.59054688427.600201269COMBABULA
2025SANTOS TOGA PTY LTDPL 100BOWEN BASINFAIRVIEWCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC329.15407301208.847881235538.001954245334.56462785242.46056631577.02519416334.56462785243.968953615578.53358146545.077329985FAIRVIEW
2025BRONCO ENERGY PTY LIMITEDPL 282SURAT BASINROMACOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC442.92203732515.075792805457.99783013484.57131255548.918985885533.49029844489.5230932649.0079783538.5310715644.746722525ROMA
2025AUSTRALIA PACIFIC LNG PTY LIMITEDPL 407SURAT BASINPINE HILLSCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC76.140815221388.3896384708164.53045369277.3253069138441.27095719518.59626410379.0739729193449.270683396528.34465631623.2090096391PINE HILLS
2025ARROW (TIPTON) PTY. LTD.PL 198CLARENCE-MORETON BASINTIPTONCOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC204.933104406256.190985653461.124090059204.933104406309.405346272514.338450677204.933104406313.380725432518.3138298380TIPTON
2025SANTOS CSG PTY LTDPL 1088BOWEN BASINSCOTIACOAL SEAM GASGASPETAJOULES (PJ)2025-12-31DETERMINISTIC324.7895063662.532112975387.321619335332.16232955177.74684943509.90917898334.220595515177.74684943511.96744494596.77109458SCOTIA
The first row as JSON

As it appears in data.json.

GET https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/latest/data.json
{
  "reporting_year": 2025,
  "authorized_holder": "OGT ENERGY PTY LTD",
  "permit_number": "ATP 1190",
  "basin": "SURAT BASIN/ BOWEN BASIN",
  "field_name": "YARRABEND",
  "reservoir_unit_type": "RETROGRADE CONDENSATE GAS",
  "product_type": "CONDENSATE",
  "sales_unit": "MILLION BBLS OIL EQUIV. (MMBOE)",
  "effective_date": "2025-12-31",
  "reserve_entity_volume_method": "PROBABALISTIC",
  "reserves_1p_developed": 0.0,
  "reserves_1p_undeveloped": 0.0,
  "reserves_1p_total": 0.0,
  "reserves_2p_developed": 0.0,
  "reserves_2p_undeveloped": 0.0,
  "reserves_2p_total": 0.0,
  "reserves_3p_developed": 0.0,
  "reserves_3p_undeveloped": 0.0,
  "reserves_3p_total": 0.0,
  "resources_2c_total": 0.08,
  "field_name_rese_corr": "YARRABEND"
}

Query it without downloading

The query API returns only the rows you ask for, as JSON, NDJSON or CSV, from the same typed rows as the files. It needs no key. Build a query here and run it, then copy the URL or the code into your own work.

Try rows or aggregate for this dataset. The query builder needs JavaScript.

How filters work

Each filter is field=operator.value in the query string, and every filter must match. A number or date field compares as a number or date, and a text field compares as text. Values are case-sensitive except with ilike. Prefix not. to negate a filter, as not.eq.value.

OperatorWhat it matches
eq.valueEqual to the value.
neq.valueNot equal to the value. A blank cell does not match.
gt.valueGreater than the value.
gte.valueGreater than or equal to the value.
lt.valueLess than the value.
lte.valueLess than or equal to the value.
like.*text*Matches a pattern where * stands for any run of characters. Case-sensitive.
ilike.*text*The same as like, ignoring case.
in.(a,b,c)Equal to any value in the list. A value cannot contain a comma.
is.nullBlank in the source, or suppressed by the publisher.
ParameterWhat it does
selectFields to return, comma-separated. Every field when absent.
orderfield.asc or field.desc, comma-separated. The publisher's row order when absent.
limitRows per page, 1 to 10,000. 100 when absent.
offsetRows to skip. The next URL in each answer sets it for you.
groupOn aggregate, fields to group by, comma-separated.
metricOn aggregate, count, sum.field, avg.field, min.field or max.field, comma-separated. count when absent.
formatjson, ndjson or csv. JSON carries the provenance header, and the others carry it in response headers.

Without a version the API answers from the newest loaded version, and that answer changes when the publisher releases again. Put versions/<date>/ before rows or aggregate for an answer that never changes. /api/v1/datasets/<slug>/versions lists the loaded versions. The 1 newest version is loaded; versions lists them.

The API allows 60 requests in 10 seconds from one address. Above that it answers 429 for 10 seconds with a Retry-After header, a RateLimit-Policy header and a JSON body that gives the limit. Every API answer carries the same RateLimit-Policy. A client should wait the Retry-After seconds, or read the files, which have no limit. openapi.json describes this dataset's query paths for client generators and agents.

https://publicdata.au/mcp is a remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP with the same tools, defined in the same place, so a tool added to the pages is added here too. It needs no key and no account. The row tools are held to the query API's limit of 60 queries in 10 seconds from one address, and each call is two queries because it also counts the matching rows. Add it to Claude Code with claude mcp add --transport http publicdata https://publicdata.au/mcp, add the URL in Claude as a custom connector, or give it to any client that connects to remote MCP servers. Each queryable dataset is also a resource at https://publicdata.au/d/<slug>/fields.json, which lists its fields with their types, the publisher's descriptions, their ranges and the values they hold, so an agent can read a dataset's shape before it writes a query.

Smaller files

The same rows split by a field, one JSON file each. Each file carries the same provenance header.

By reporting_year (1 files)

by/reporting_year/index.json lists every file with its row count.

What changed

One version for every release the publisher has made since this site started following the dataset. The date is the day the file changed on the portal.

versions.json · changes.json · history.tar.zst (61 KB, every version's Parquet and manifest)

Questions

How do I download Petroleum and gas reserves by field as a CSV file?

Open https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/latest/data.csv. It redirects to the newest dated version, which is https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/v/2026-08-18/data.csv today. The same path serves Excel, JSON, Parquet, SQLite, DuckDB, NDJSON, Arrow. A dated URL never changes, so use it when the file must stay the same.

Can I open Petroleum and gas reserves by field in Excel?

Yes. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/v/2026-08-18/data.xlsx is a workbook with the 1,713 rows on a records sheet, the field list on a second sheet and the provenance on a third. The CSV also opens in Excel. https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/v/2026-08-18/data.csv.gz is the CSV at about a tenth of the size.

What years does Petroleum and gas reserves by field cover?

The current version covers the years since 2025. Each release from Natural Resources and Mines becomes a new dated version here, and earlier versions stay online.

How often is Petroleum and gas reserves by field updated?

Natural Resources and Mines releases it annually. This site checks the portal every week and adds a dated version when the file changes.

Can I use Petroleum and gas reserves by field commercially?

Yes. CC BY 4.0 allows commercial use, redistribution and derived works as long as the attribution is kept. The attribution string is in this page's side column and inside every file.

Is this the official source for Petroleum and gas reserves by field?

No. The publisher is Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Manufacturing and Regional and Rural Development, and its page is https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/petroleum-gas-production-and-reserve-statistics. This site republishes the publisher's file without changing its content. The original sits beside every version as source.xlsx with its SHA-256, so the two can be compared.

How do I get only the rows for one reporting year?

Every version has one JSON file per value of reporting_year, 1 files in the current version, listed with row counts at https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/v/2026-08-18/by/reporting_year/index.json. For example https://publicdata.au/d/qld-petroleum-gas-reserves/v/2026-08-18/by/reporting_year/2025.json holds the 1,713 rows where reporting_year is 2025.

What this site did to the data. Cells were typed, headers were renamed and the encoding was made UTF-8. Rows were left alone. The publisher's file sits beside every version as source.xlsx so the change can be checked.

Queensland petroleum and gas production and reserves is 2 tables here, and each takes its version date from its own file.