b'Canberra observed Figure 2.Map showing the locations of the 64 acreage release areas in 2019 (in dark yellow). See https://www.industry.gov.au/strategies-for-the-future/investing-in-offshore-petroleum-exploration for more information.To summarise, it appears that the minerals sector is performing well but the petroleum sector urgently needs a boost, otherwise our import bill for petroleum products will get even worse.In 2010/11 we produced 25 bl and imported 49.2 bl, and in 2017/18 we produced 15.7 bl and imported 58.7 bl. So, the shortfall increased from 24.2 bl to 43.0 bl in seven years (see https://www.energy.gov.au/publications/australian-petroleum-statistics-2018).Not goodwe must find more oil!Figure 3.Metres drilled per quarter from 2009-2019, from data supplied by the ABS https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8412.035 PREVIEW OCTOBER 2019'