2012 Australian onshore acreage releases
Elinor AlexanderDMITRE
The APPEA Journal 52(1) 45-54 https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ11004
Published: 2012
Abstract
Onshore Australian acreage releases and investment opportunities occurring in 2012 in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory are summarised. Diverse exploration opportunities exist for petroleum explorers in onshore basins, including potential for unconventional targets such as shale gas. The states and Northern Territory believe there are high prospects for significant new conventional and unconventional developments onshore.
Australian state and territory governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments. This includes pre-competitive basin studies, cost-effective and speedy provision of digital exploration data, transparent regulatory regimes, provision of effective land access regimes, internationally competitive royalty regimes, and promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.
Elinor Alexander graduated with BSc (geology) (hons) from the University of Adelaide in 1985. She then joined the oil, gas, and coal division of the Department of Mines and Energy as a petroleum geologist. She is now director of geology and exploration branch in the energy resources division of DMITRE. She leads a team of geologists and technical staff responsible for promoting petroleum and geothermal opportunities in SA using applied geoscientific studies, regulating company exploration work program compliance, and managing geological data. Elinor is a past president of PESA (SA branch). Elinor.alexander@sa.gov.au |
