Queensland releases land for oil, gas exploration
More than 14,400 km2 of land in Queensland will be made available for oil and gas exploration, including gas preserved for Australian buyers only, the state government said on December 16.
Resources minister Scott Stewart has released the 2021 Queensland Exploration Plan, providing advance notice of areas to be released for exploration tenders.
“Gas is an essential feedstock for our manufacturers as well as transitional fuel to our low emissions future,” Stewart said. “The pandemic has shown how fragile global supply chains can be and how important local manufacturing is. The Palaszczuk Government continues to do the heavy lifting on domestic gas policy and supply to support our manufacturers and their workers.”
The exploration plan is the fifth to be released and sets out a programme of eight tender areas for oil and gas exploration to be released in December, the state government said.