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...

Issue 40

RENEWABLES SCORE BUDGET HAT-TRICK

The Budget will see investments in three major initiatives. Work on the business case for the Darwin-Katherine Renewable Energy Hub has been boosted by $1 million in the Budget for this financial year. The funding will allow work on the master planning and concept development of the major electricity transmission infrastructure project to...

Issue 40

NT RESOURCES WEEK – GAS, MINING AND DECARBONISATION

It includes the South East Asia Australia Offshore & Onshore conference, the Mining the Territory Conference, and the Environmental Management & Decarbonisation Forum. NT Resources Week will be held at the Darwin Convention Centre on 13-14 September. The triple-header – Northern Australia’s largest resources and construction...

Issue 40

INPEX’S RECONCILIATION JOURNEY

Joined by special guests, dignitaries and employees, the launch events held in Darwin and Perth provided an opportunity for the broader INPEX teams and stakeholders to reflect on the reconciliation journey to date. INPEX President Director Australia Tetsu Murayama takes great pride in reflecting on the business achievements to date, while...

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SANTOS SHOWS FAITH IN THE NT

Rusca Environmental Solutions will carry out waste management services for the extension of the Darwin liquefied natural gas plant at Wickham Point. Santos sees the contact as an important step forward in its commitment to support and increase opportunities for Indigenous businesses and create economic development in Aboriginal...

Issue 40

TANAMI: AUSTRALIA’S GOLDEN HEART

Newmont has forged a close partnership with the Indigenous Warlpiri people to operate the underground Tanami mine, nearly 540 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs. The long-life, world-class mine, which sits on Aboriginal-owned land, produces an average of 500,000 ounces of gold each year. Tanami Expansion 2 is expected to extend the...

Education

PIPELINE OF LOCAL TALENT SHINES AT INPEX

The traineeship program is delivered by Programmed Skilled Workforce over a two-year period, combining on-the-job and classroom-based learning. The newly qualified production technicians have completed a Certificate II and III Process Plant Operations (PMA) qualification, as well as other important training, including emergency response as an...

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McARTHUR RIVER MINE: LIANTHAWIRRIYARRA

The partnership is between Glencore’s McArthur River Mining and the li-Anthawirriyarra (people of the sea) Sea Ranger Unit, who are collaborating on an ongoing water quality monitoring program of marine waters around MRM’s Bing Bong Loading Facility. Glencore’s MRM, 700 kilometres south-east of Darwin and 65 kilometres from the township...

Issue 39

WOMEN LIGHTING UP ENERGY WORLD

The day allowed me to reflect on my own career – how I got to where I am and how it came about for me to work for and represent the energy industry.  While never an A+ student in maths, science and information technology, they were my favourite subjects. One of the most defining times in my life personally and professionally was...