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years (1913-1923), (II, Various years (1924 - 1947), (CGS, Various years (1948-
1955), (OGS, Various years (1956 - 1964), (IGS, Various years (1965 - 1971), (IGS,
Various years (1972 - 1981), (BGS, Various years (1982 - 2002), (BGS, Various years
(2002 - 2006), (BGS, 2006) and (BP, 2010). For the period between 1931 to 1940,
oil data corresponds only to the region of Victoria. Up until 1964, the statistics
include crude petroleum plus oil shale.

Table D.10: Evolution of Australian oil production

Year kton Year kton Year kton Year kton

1913 5.52 1937 0.04 1961 1985 30,447

1914 16.26 1938 0.03 1962 1986 27,151

1915 5.03 1939 0.02 1963 1987 29,076

1916 5.66 1940 0.02 1964 278 1988 27,493

1917 10.27 1941 1965 334 1989 25,908

1918 10.52 1942 1966 432 1990 30,548

1919 10.15 1943 1967 993 1991 28,835

1920 8.12 1944 1968 1,818 1992 28,326

1921 1945 1969 2,065 1993 26,300

1922 1946 1970 8,541 1994 28,505

1923 1947 1971 14,803 1995 27,031

1924 1948 0.12 1972 15,685 1996 28,407

1925 1949 0.14 1973 20,635 1997 30,000

1926 1950 0.16 1974 24,559 1998 28,000

1927 1951 0.27 1975 21,738 1999 27,000

1928 1952 1976 22,122 2000 37,000

1929 1953 1977 22,793 2001 34,000

1930 1954 1978 22,976 2002 33,000

1931 0.08 1955 1979 23,141 2003 27,000

1932 0.08 1956 1980 19,451 2004 20,748

1933 0.08 1957 1981 19,799 2005 21,439

1934 0.02 1958 1982 18,839 2006 20,831

1935 0.02 1959 1983 21,209 2007 24,097

1936 0.02 1960 1984 26,377 2008 23,799

D.5.3 Natural gas

Table D.11 shows Australian natural gas production from 1961 to 2006. The data
has been obtained from the British Geological Survey's historical statistics (IGS,
Various years (1965 - 1971), (IGS, Various years (1972 - 1981), (IGS, Various years
(1972 - 1981), (BGS, Various years (1982 - 2002), (BGS, Various years (2002 - 2006),
(BGS, 2006) and (BP, 2010).