The Inquiry
The onshore gas industry in the Northern Territory is highly regulated.
Following the completion of all 135 recommendations from the Hydraulic Fracturing Inquiry’s Final Report, the NT Government has implemented a strong regulatory framework that ensures an onshore petroleum industry will operate to the world’s best practices.
The new framework and operating environment for the gas industry is in line with the stringent safeguards that the Inquiry recommended.
It looks after the environment and ensures greater transparency and accountability, while enabling an industry that will provide jobs in our regions and provide economic benefits for all Territorians.
In addition, a Strategic Regional Environmental and Baseline Assessment (SREBA) has been completed for the Beetaloo region.
This is a comprehensive set of baseline studies of the physical, biological and social environment, which inform good decision making by regulators and allows any impacts from industry development to be monitored and addressed over time.