Issue 41

GAS CENTRAL TO OUR CLEANER ENERGY FUTURE

Hundreds of millions of dollars of investment along the supply chain have already poured into regional NT communities during the exploration phase. Now the safe development of the region’s onshore gas reserves will help usher in a new wave of prosperity for the region as the NT Government collects royalties to help fund public services and...

Issue 41

INPEX: A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY

INPEX General Manager NT Stuart Knowles took part in a panel discussion at Facing North in Canberra where he provided an update and the steps the company is taking to support a cleaner energy future as mapped out in INPEX’s Vision@2022 strategic plan. “In July, we welcomed INPEX’s announcement to acquire a 50 percent stake in Enel Green...

Education

TOWARDS A BRIGHTER ENERGY FUTURE

Earlier this year, the onshore operations team at Bladin Point celebrated the safe departure of the 500th LNG cargo. As the business moves towards net zero emissions by 2050, the Territory remains a focal point for INPEX and could play a critical role in the company’s decarbonisation strategy. “Simply put, our focus is on...

Business

THE TERRITORY GOES ON SHOW

The highly successful event will be held in Parliament House, Canberra, on 2 August.  It is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Cabinet Ministers and business leaders.  The inaugural Facing North was held in September 2017 – and it was such a success that it was staged...

Business

TIME TO TALK BUSINESS

The first forum, a panel discussion led by Shaun Drabsch, chief executive of the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, will be Facing North for A Cleaner Energy Future.  It will explore how the Territory is building on its natural strengths in mineral resources and mining to build new capability and opportunities further along the...

Business

INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND VISION

Thinking creatively and exploiting natural advantages are helping diversify the economy and open the way for the Top End to become a world-class hub of renewable energy and green manufacturing.  What was once considered the Territory’s greatest disadvantage – geography – is now seen as one of its greatest assets as the burgeoning...

Issue 40

ACHIEVING THE RIGHT BALANCE

As the world's population continues to grow, the demand for energy also increases.  However, the need for energy and the effects of its production on the environment cannot be ignored. In recent years, more attention has been given to environmental protection and the need to secure energy sources.  The misconception that caring...

Issue 40

REALISING THE TERRITORY’S GROWTH POTENTIAL

The multi-billion-dollar Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct on the outskirts of Darwin will be a blueprint for the future of Australian master-planned industrial hubs.  The Territory Government is determined to create thousands of well-paid jobs and diversify the economy while protecting the Top End’s cultural heritage and...

Issue 40

THE FACTS OF FRACKING – WEALTH, JOBS, SECURITY

It will unlock the world’s largest untapped gas reserves.  The knock-on effects will be enormous – the creation of more than 6000 jobs, royalties handsome enough to pay down the Territory’s crippling $9.5 billion debt, security of domestic gas supplies and a boost for Australia’s $90 billion LNG export industry.  Of...

Issue 40

STARS ALIGN FOR JERVOIS

Surging demand for copper – driven by the clean energy transition, together with supply constraints – has analysts forecasting a chronic shortfall in copper over the next decade.  That’s good news for the Northern Territory’s Jervois project, 380 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs.  “We’re making significant...

Issue 40

WORLD-CLASS RESEARCH REVOLUTIONISES MAPPING

The technology, developed by Dr Rohan Fisher, uses environmental modelling, cultural mapping and simulations of landscape processes projected onto 3D-printed terrains for use in a wide variety of knowledge exchange contexts.  These Projection Augmented Landscape Models (PALMs) bring science and local knowledge together in a way that...

Issue 40

AROWS SPEARHEADS ECONOMIC GROWTH

The Territory Government is pumping an additional $3.95 million over the next three years to progress the Adelaide River Off-stream Water Storage project, otherwise known as AROWS, bringing the total investment for the project to $21 million since inception. The Territory Government and the Power and Water Corporation engaged...