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Australia's onshore proves haven for small firms

Journal Article · · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)
OSTI ID:6945210
This paper reports that onshore exploration an development work in Australia, although not as active as offshore E and D, is providing interesting niche opportunities, especially for smaller companies. There continues to be hope of making commercial finds in Western Australia's onshore Carnarvon basin --- site of Australia's first post-World War II oil discovery, Rough Range in 1953. An oil play is under way in the Canning basin, and gas finds are the focus elsewhere in Western Australia. however, only two onshore regions in Australia stand out with concentrated and consistent E and D programs: the Cooper-Eromanga and Surat/Bowen basin complexes.
OSTI ID:
6945210
Journal Information:
Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 90:43; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English