Beetaloo Development Outlook
Beetaloo moves from potential to production as new Outlook maps Australia's next major gas province
The Beetaloo Basin is no longer simply a prospective gas resource. Gas from the Basin is already supplying the Northern Territory, and a major new independent report examines the industrial infrastructure, investment and economic opportunities that could follow as development expands.
The
Beetaloo Development Outlook, commissioned and fully funded by the Darwin Major Business Group (DMBG) and prepared by Vantage North Group, examines how one of Australia's most significant prospective onshore gas provinces could develop into a major contributor to national energy security and industrial growth.
DMBG’s Role
DMBG wanted to move beyond the debate about whether the Beetaloo should be developed and examine what development could actually involve.
This is not a political document or another contribution to the debate about net zero. It is an independent examination of the industrial systems, investment and capabilities that would be required as the Basin develops.
Australia has an opportunity to think strategically about how this resource could support domestic energy security, new industries and our economic relationships with the region.
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Why the Beetaloo Development outlook matters
Darwin Major Business Group is driven by a shared passion to help drive our economy forward. To build opportunities for local businesses and secure livelihoods for Territorians. Our way of doing that is to help to build the conversations that shape the decision that need to be made.
We believe this report could serve a much bigger purpose; it could help business and Territorian understand how a shale gas province might unfold. And how gas for electricity, gas for data centres, gas for LNG and for Australia’s East Coast all knitted together can help the Territory’s economic future.
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