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About WAPIMS

Western Australian Petroleum and Geothermal Information Management System (WAPIMS) is a petroleum exploration database containing data on titles, wells, geophysical surveys and other related exploration and production data. The system also contains the Core Library (Perth and Kalgoorlie) database.

Overview

WAPIMS is a database of public information generated from activities conducted under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources Act 1967 (PGERA67) and the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 (PSLA82). These activities include well drilling and completion, geophysical survey acquisition and reprocessing, as well as other activities related to the exploration, appraisal and development of petroleum, geothermal, natural hydrogen and helium resources, and underground storage of CO2. WAPIMS also hosts information about samples held in the Perth and Kalgoorlie Core Libraries.

Public release of information

Detailed information regarding the release of State petroleum data can be found in Part 9 of the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources (Resource Management and Administration) regulations 2015.

  • Open information (also known as 'always open' information) including the name, location, type or purpose, and other general information about a well or survey may be made public by DMPE at any time.

  • Well data and reports may be released two years after the end of the activity. Where permits expire through surrender, cancellation, revocation or termination the data becomes releasable on the day of expiry.

  • The release of survey reports and data vary according to survey type, permit type, and commercial intent (exclusivity). While survey reports and data containing basic information may be released three years from the end of the activity, confidentiality periods of up to 15 years may apply.

State and Commonwealth jurisdictions

WAPIMS holds public information generated from energy resource exploration and production activities conducted within Western Australia’s onshore and state water boundaries, as well as WA Commonwealth offshore activities released before 1 January 2012.

For information on energy resource exploration conducted within Australian Commonwealth waters, visit the National Offshore Petroleum Information Management System website, or contact Geoscience Australia at ausgeodata@ga.gov.au or the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA).

Privacy collection notice

This Privacy Collection Notice explains how your personal information is collected, managed, and used when you submit WA Petroleum and Geothermal Information Management System (WAPIMS) request and feedback forms.

Why we collect your personal information

The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration collects your personal information as part of WAPIMS to:

  • Respond to request and feedback submitted via WAPIMS website.
  • Fulfill requests and identify areas for data, policy, service and system improvements.
  • Maintain records of correspondence for accountability and reporting purposes.

What personal information do we collect

As part of WAPIMS the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration collects your:

  • Name.
  • Phone number and email address.
  • Mailing address.
  • Details of the company or organisation which you represent.

Providing your personal information is voluntary. However, if you do not wish to provide it we will not be able to respond to your submission or take appropriate action about your request.

How do we manage your personal information

The Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration will manage your personal information carefully, respectfully, and in accordance with relevant Western Australian legislation.

To support the purpose for which it was collected, we may share your personal information with:

  • Geoscience Australia.
  • National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA).

We will only disclose your personal information to anyone else with your consent, or where we are authorised or required by law to do so.

For more information about how the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration handles personal information, please refer to the Privacy Policy – DMPE available on our website or contact us using the details below for alternative formats.

How you can contact us

You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information by contacting the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration using the details below.

Email: petdata@dmpe.wa.gov.au
Mail: Manager Energy Exploration Information, Geological Survey and Resource Strategy Division
Mineral House
100 Plain Street
EAST PERTH WA 6004

We welcome your privacy requests, concerns or feedback about the way we handle your personal information which may be sent to the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration using the details below.

Email: dmpe.pris@dmpe.wa.gov.au
Phone: +61 8 9222 3333
Mail: Privacy Officer
Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration
Locked Bag 100
EAST PERTH WA 6892

Data package and delivery

We have data packages available on request, which contains all public reports and data available to individually download via WAPIMS.

Data packages are available for each sedimentary basin and includes the following data:

  • Well reports and digital well logs, including sample analysis reports

  • Geophysical survey reports, navigation and processed data

  • Scanned images of seismic section (suitable for trace reconstruction to SEGY)

Contact us to request a data package. You may be required to provide a brand new, unopened hard disk drive to copy the data package onto.

Where data is not available digitally, you may order a copy of the original tapes or cartridges through WAPIMS by adding them to your order basket. The requesting customer is responsible for all costs associated with the copying of tapes and cartridges. Copying may be done using one of the following DMPE approved contractors:

Licence and attribution

The Government of Western Australia supports and encourages the dissemination, exchange and reuse of public sector information. All data and other material produced by Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration constitute Crown copyright.

Unless otherwise noted, and with the exception of the Western Australian Government logo, images, and other material or devices protected by a trademark, all copyright content of the Data is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

To view the terms of this licence

visit: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

Please give attribution to: ‘© State of Western Australia (Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration) 2026’

We also request that you observe and retain any copyright or related notices that may accompany this material as part of the attribution. This is also a requirement of the Creative Commons Licences.

Under this licence you are free to use this information in accordance with the licence terms without having to seek permission from Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration material.

If you have modified or transformed the Data, or derived new material from those of Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration in any way, the following attribution must be used: ‘Based on Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration material’.

Accessing core and cuttings

All WA state and Commonwealth NOPDCR petroleum core and cuttings are managed by the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA) and stored in the Perth Core Library. For more information about accessing GSWA core library services and samples visit Core library services and samples.

You can view WA State petroleum well sample availability using the Core Library tab and request access using the request form. To access reports of previous studies completed on the cores, use the Search bar.

For Commonwealth well sample materials stored at the Perth Core Library under NOPDCR agreement, please use NOPIMS to view availability of material and request access.

You will also need to book a suitable date and time to view the requested samples by emailing corelibrary.requests@dmpe.wa.gov.au. Once your request has been approved, the sample(s) will be made available on your booking date at the relevant Core Library.

Conditions for sampling

  1. Permission will be given only after GSWA staff has examined current Perth Core Library holdings, and after the applicant supplies a comprehensive list of material to be removed for analysis.

  2. Approval is subject to the volume of material available, and a review of results obtained from previous destructive analyses.

  3. When sampling core for destructive analysis, the minimum sample quantity required to complete the analysis should be taken. It is expected that the sample will be consumed in analysis. However, if the core is not destroyed, contaminated, or consumed, it must be returned to the Perth Core Library within six months of the sampling date. Core sampling is limited to a one-quarter (¼) core section by volume, and a representative one-quarter (¼) core section must be retained by the Perth Core Library for archiving purposes.

  4. When sampling cuttings for destructive analysis, the minimum sample quantity required to complete the analysis should be taken. It is expected that the sample will be consumed in analysis. However, if the cuttings are not destroyed, contaminated, or consumed, they must be returned to the Perth Core Library within six months of the sampling date. Samples from cuttings are limited to 10g per interval, and a representative 50g sample must be retained by the Perth Core Library for archiving purposes. Samples from cuttings must be representative of the total sample (i.e. selective sampling of a particular lithology is not permitted).

  5. A detailed inventory of all samples and volumes taken from each well and the purpose for which they were taken must be supplied to the Perth Core Library at the completion of sampling.

  6. A copy of the analysis report and data, including methods of analyses and interpretations, must be submitted within six months of the sampling date. The report and data must be submitted to:

    For WA State wells:

    Geoscience Information Officer
    Energy Exploration Information
    Geological Survey and Resource Strategy Division
    Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration
    petdata@dmpe.wa.gov.au


    For open file Commonwealth:

    The Manager, NOPDCR
    Geoscience Australia
    Repository and Data Management
    ausgeosamples@ga.gov.au


    For confidential Commonwealth:

    The Manager, Data Management Team
    National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator
    data@nopta.gov.au

  7. All derivative material prepared (slides, mounts, residues, etc.) from both WA State and Commonwealth wells are to be submitted to the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration within six months of the sampling date.

    Geoscience Information Officer
    Energy Exploration Information
    Geological Survey and Resource Strategy Division
    Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration
    1st Floor, 100 Plain Street
    East Perth WA 6004

  8. Requests for extensions to submission timeframes outlined in items 6 and 7 must be applied in writing to:
    petdata@dmpe.wa.gov.au for WA State wells
    ausgeosamples@ga.gov.au for open file Commonwealth wells
    data@nopta.gov.au for confidential Commonwealth wells

  9. Analysis reports and data generated from confidential samples will remain in confidence until after the relevant day of the activity(s) has passed. Analysis reports and data generated from open-file samples will become publicly available six months from the sampling date.

  10. All samples to be sent overseas for analysis must have an approval to export prior to shipment.
    Requests for approval to export samples must be applied for in writing to:
    petdata@dmpe.wa.gov.au for WA State wells
    ausgeosamples@ga.gov.au for open file Commonwealth wells
    data@nopta.gov.au for confidential Commonwealth wells

Borrowing slides and residues

The Petroleum Relinquishment Collection is made up of slides and residues generated from sampling of petroleum and geothermal well samples. These include:

  • Palynology slides

  • Palynology residues

  • Micropaleontological slides

  • Micropaleontological residues

  • Petrology thin sections

  • Petrology offcuts, SEM stubs and resin blocks, etc

You can view the availability of material in the Western Australian State Petroleum Relinquishment Collection by use the Search Bar above and selecting Wells. Use the Paleontological Material Loan Request Form to request a loan of slides or residues.

For Commonwealth well sample materials stored at the Perth Core Library under NOPDCR agreement, please use NOPIMS to view availability of material and email Geoscience Australia at ausgeodata@ga.gov.au to request a loan.

Conditions of loan

  1. Loans are initially for a period of 6 months unless other terms are agreed to. This loan period may be extended upon application.

  2. The Department reserves the right to recall any material at short notice.

  3. A report containing both basic and interpretative results of any examination of paleontological and petrological material should be submitted and all loan materials returned to the department by the end of the agreed loan period. The report is to be submitted in PDF format and clearly state the Approval number. The report will be released as open-file 6 months after the material is made available.

  4. Holotypes and paratypes of any new species described from the material are to be reposited with the department.

  5. In the case of residues and undigested sidewall cores, any slides or other preparations made from this material, as well as unused residue and sidewall core, are to be returned to the department.

LICENCE FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF LAND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY DEPARTMENT OF MINES, PETROLEUM AND EXPLORATION

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The information provided is interpretative. The information is made available in good faith and derived from sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of release. Every effort has been made to make the information a useful reference. However, you should not rely solely on this information when making a commercial decision.

Subject to the terms and conditions provided below, the " + Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration + " W.A., on behalf of the State of Western Australia ("The Licensor"), having its office situated at 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004 Australia, hereby grants the following licence to you ("The Licensee") to use the software and data provided.

  1. Licence:
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    2. The Licensor grants to the Licensee a non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use the software and data.
    3. The Licensee acquires only the right to use the software and data whilst this agreement is in effect and does not acquire any rights of ownership.
    4. Copyright over the software and data shall at all times remain the property of the State of Western Australia, under the custodianship of the Licensor.
    5. The Licensee acknowledges that it shall use the software and data at its own risk and agrees that neither the Licensor nor any employee or agent of the Licensor shall be liable for any loss or damage occasioned to the Licensee by provision of the software and data under this agreement or use of them by the Licensee.
    6. The Licensee may make sufficient copies of the software and data as required for security and archival purposes.
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    9. All stamp duties and governmental charges arising out of or incidental to this Agreement shall be the responsibility of and payable by the Licensee.
  2. Licensees Obligations:
    1. The copying, exchange, sale or release of the software and data (in part or whole, or other derived forms or hardcopy versions) for third party use cannot be undertaken without prior notification and written agreement of the Licensor.
    2. If products derived from the software and data provided through this agreement are to be released for external purposes, the Licensor shall be given a copy of the derived product. The Licensor shall also be given adequate opportunity (prior to their release) to evaluate the results.
    3. The Licensee shall ensure that all products developed from or incorporating the supplied software and data or part thereof, bears an acknowledgement that the State of Western Australia is the owner of the copyright of that software and data, and the Licensor is the source of the supplied software and data.
  3. Term and Termination:
    1. This licence commences upon acceptance these conditions and is granted in perpetuity, but may be terminated in the following circumstances:
      a) if the Licensee is in breach of any term of this agreement;
      b) if the Licensee is wound up, or has a liquidator, receiver or manager or receiver and manager appointed;
      c) if the Licensee destroys the software and data for any reason;
      d) either party gives to the other one months notice in writing of termination;
    2. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Licensee shall make every reasonable attempt to delete and expunge from its systems and records and return to the Licensor all copies of the software and data in its possession except those required to be kept by the Licensee by force of statute.
  4. Indemnity:
    1. The Licensee agrees to indemnify the State of Western Australia, the Licensor, and its officers and employees in respect of all claims and consequences for loss, damage or injury suffered by the Licensee or any other person or corporation resulting from the use by the Licensee or any other person or corporation of the software and data or any part thereof, or of derived information products produced from the software and data.
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    1. This Agreement shall be read and construed according to the Laws of the State of Western Australia and the parties submit to the jurisdiction of that State.
  6. Disputes:
    1. Disputes between the parties shall be submitted to arbitration pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Arbitration Act, 1985.

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