Onshore gas has played a major role in the Territory economy for decades, with the Amadeus Basin near Alice Springs producing gas since the 1980s.
The Territory’s abundant onshore gas resources remains one of our strongest competitive advantages, can provide a real solution to Australia’s east coast gas supply security, and will play an essential role as a transition fuel in our journey to a net zero-emissions future.
This will, in turn, accelerate a multibillion dollar growth in the Northern Territory economy.
This means more royalty dollars for investment into social programs and public infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, more regional jobs for locals, more direct and indirect flow-on benefits to businesses, and more opportunities for all Territorians to prosper.
For more information, get the Onshore gas extraction (printable booklet) PDF (1.7 MB)