More than 800 square kilometres of land has been set aside for the resources industry, as part of Queensland’s first exploration forward plan released today. Minister for State Development and...
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The country’s rich gas industry is expected to play a significant role in Australia’s energy future, according to a new report by McKinsey Australia. Christiaan Heyning, who co-authored The role of...
The Australian oil and gas industry has been “demonised” by activists, Shell Australia Chairman Andrew Smith said at a conference in Brisbane yesterday. Speaking at the Australian Petroleum...
Minister Resources, Energy and Northern Australia Josh Frydenberg has announced $4m of funding is to be made available to CSIRO to undertake gas research. The research will be undertaken using the...
Asteroid mining company Planetary Resources has secured US$21.1 million to measure the Earth’s natural resources via satellite. The company will deploy and operate Ceres, an advanced Earth...
The problem the world faces is that many of the resources that are truly threatened are the renewable ones, not, as so often assumed, the non-renewables. Many of the earth’s renewable resources are...
Falling oil prices are causing a shake-up in the gas industry. The latest sign of this is Australian energy company Woodside’s indefinite deferral of its huge gas project off northwest Western...
The Northern Territory Government this week announced that Jemena has been selected to build and operate the North East Gas Interconnector (NEGI), connecting the Territory’s vast gas fields to...
Marcelle Arak, University of Colorado Denver and Sheila Tschinkel, Emory University Global stock markets have been in a tailspin this week. And the sinking price of oil received at least some of the...
With rich farming land, a thriving oil and gas industry and a tightknit sense of community, Roma is the hub and heart of southwest Queensland. Commerce Roma president Carmen Roberts writes about the...

