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Mirabeau the Greens know that as well they are not stupid.... in my opinion they are aware that the fracing unlocks enormous gas deposits in many parts of the world and that slows the development of renewable energie technique That dont fit with the plans of the green. Jmo

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � Chamber gives thumbs up to onshore gas after US trip MARCH 07, 2018 SENIOR executives of the Chamber of Commerce NT have thrown their support behind the development of an onshore gas industry after a visit to the United States. CCNT president Greg Ireland and vice president Stuart Kenny, who is also a former NT Cattlemen�s Association chief executive, travelled to King Ranch in Texas which operates oil and gas, cattle and agribusiness on nearly a million acres. The pair diverted from a Northern Territory delegation which had been in the US with Chief Minister Michael Gunner. �We went there without any preconceived ideas or knowledge,� Mr Kenny said. �And what we saw was incredibly impressive.� King Ranch covers 900,000 acres and is operational. It is famous for developing the Santa Gertrudis breed. Greg Ireland Stuart Kenny �They�ve been producing and coexisting cattle, oil and gas since 1920,� Mr Kenny said. �The integration of agriculture and oil and gas is a very smooth operation. You cannot see the impact of the two on the landscape at all.� Mr Kenny said it was the technological advancements which impressed him most. �With the pressure on the oil and gas market over the last five to 10 years it has driven greater efficiencies in the sector and particularly the last three years with the development of the horizontal well and the way in which it has been developed to minimise the impact of the oil and gas on the surface and the clustering effect of the wells. �I thought it was incredible they were drilling down 2km and then bending along the seam and extending that between three and five kilometres but the frack is only between 20m and 25m long. �I was completely satisfied with the water integrity and the way in which the new technology or the technology in general secures the aquifers, and more importantly the technology on the surface and the way it clusters the wells and the minimisation of the visual pollution.� Mr Ireland said that in talking to the Kingsville Chamber of Commerce, the benefits were obvious. �Kingsville is a town of around 35,000 which you could equate to an Alice Springs-sized community and they�ve had some pretty tough times, particularly with population drain,� he said. �The oil and gas industry has really driven the development of the local economy. It really delivered for small business.� Both men believe an onshore gas industry provides greater economic certainty than other industries including Defence. �In my opinion it is super critical,� Mr Ireland said. �It is something that is going to give us an industry that we can rely on. �The potential for political change to impact on the Defence industry is very real if we are not the flavour of the month or the threat profile

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � NT gas companies �must commit to Buy Local� MARCH 07, 2018 THE chairman of the Manufacturers Council wants onshore gas companies who operate in the Territory to commit to the same Buy Local principles required by the NT Government, including auditing. MMC business owner, Owen Pike said mandating a Buy Local commitment would stem the flow of money leaving the NT. He wants the NT Government to mandate before allowing any onshore gas to be fracked. �The companies involved must commit to the Territory Government�s well-known local content policy, the NT�s Buy Local Plan and more importantly, the auditing requirements,� Mr Pike said. �Natural shale gas is the people�s resource and the revenue generated needs to flow back into the NT. �We will not stand for being stitched up again, like we have in the past. This is a must for locals to get any benefits from the industry.� Mr Pike is behind a Facebook campaign to highlight the benefits of fracking to the NT economy. �We know an onshore gas industry is needed in the NT to save the economy from declining any further,� he said. � The final report by the scientific inquiry will be handed to the Gunner Government later this month.

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � NT gas companies �must commit to Buy Local� MARCH 07, 2018 THE chairman of the Manufacturers Council wants onshore gas companies who operate in the Territory to commit to the same Buy Local principles required by the NT Government, including auditing. MMC business owner, Owen Pike said mandating a Buy Local commitment would stem the flow of money leaving the NT. He wants the NT Government to mandate before allowing any onshore gas to be fracked. �The companies involved must commit to the Territory Government�s well-known local content policy, the NT�s Buy Local Plan and more importantly, the auditing requirements,� Mr Pike said. �Natural shale gas is the people�s resource and the revenue generated needs to flow back into the NT. �We will not stand for being stitched up again, like we have in the past. This is a must for locals to get any benefits from the industry.� Mr Pike is behind a Facebook campaign to highlight the benefits of fracking to the NT economy. �We know an onshore gas industry is needed in the NT to save the economy from declining any further,� he said. � The final report by the scientific inquiry will be handed to the Gunner Government later this month.

The deathline that i had set is almost over. I had hopes that after the delay with the social impact report they would speed up ....but it was to much wishful thinking....god luck to all and have a nice weekend. Velo

https://m.fin24.com/Economy/business-cheers-the-return-of-nene-and-gordhan-20180227

Correction ! March 2

My guess is March 3

Excellent take Orson ! So all are happy ....the unions, the industrie , the govt and we !

Conoco lays foundations for expanded gas plant FEBRUARY 24, 2018 CONOCOPHILLIPS has laid the foundations for an expansion of its Darwin LNG plant, its US chairman told a Territory delegation in Washington DC. Ryan Lance met chief Minister Michael Gunner and senior public servants to discuss the implications of a second gas train on the back of a feasibility study funded by the Government. As reported on Friday, The Territory Government contributed $250,000 to the $650,000 study on building a second train. Ryan Lance, CEO Conoco Phillips Darwin LNG is co-owned by ConocoPhillips, Santos, Japan�s Inpex, ENI, Tokyo Electric Power Co and Tokyo Gas Co. �We are working hard to have a backfill opportunity and appreciate the efforts of the NT Government to understand what a second train might look like,� Mr Lance said. �The world looks like it is going to need a lot of gas in the years to come. �We are trying to time it so the new supply can come in the behind the existing plant for when the Bayu Undan comes out of its contract period and its natural decline that is going to be more like 2023. �We�ve explored Barossa and we�ve done the appraisal work at Barossa. But obviously we want to time it so we don�t have down time in Darwin.� Gas for the Darwin LNG plant is sourced by ConocoPhillips from the Bayu Undan field 500km northwest of Darwin. Some estimates had the Bayu Undan supply declining as early as 2021. Mr Lance said there are a lot of potential customers, including India, but ideally Conoco wanted to �rollover� the customers who are buying gas from the LNG facility today. Mr Gunner said the money was well spent and he has asked TeamNT to promote the feasibility study. �We�ve got to have a decision around onshore but it seems to be a distraction given we�ve got off shore resources ... let�s use it,� he said. �TeamNT is about fulfilling the vision of Darwin not just for receiving and exporting gas but a place to make things and shift things.� Darwin LNG directly supports more than 250 local jobs and creates an average of about $100 million per year in supply and service opportunities for businesses. On Friday Santos chief Kevin Gallagher said an expansion study on the Darwin LNG plant has made it the nation�s best chance for a new LNG production train.

We all know about the story below in the link but the comments are interesting. http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/opinion/fracking-fight-must-be-honest/news-story/b74a1ad5164b5d13a12f2534bc98f4f0

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � Fracking could create 1500 Territory jobs FEBRUARY 17, 2018 THE onshore gas industry could begin investing $1.35 billion a year within the next five years creating nearly 1500 local jobs, a new report shows. The Pangaea Beetaloo Basin Development Model for Public Benefit has been derived from Pangaea�s 2015 work program and US shale gas industry well and logistics volume data. Pangaea�s report was sent to the Gunner Labor Government and the Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing last night. The model has been built around a concept of development units. Under this model there is an exploration unit, an appraisal unit and a production unit. The report details the number of jobs, the expenditure and the education qualifications required to fill the positions. It leverages some of its work off already completed work by Deloittes who completed a report in 2015 and an ACIL Allen report prepared for the Scientific Inquiry in to Hydraulic Fracturing last year. The inquiry will deliver its final report to government in March. Important caveats in Pangaea�s report include the lifting of the fracking ban in April and the creation of a Centre for Excellence to help drive increased capability. Pangaea Resources executive director Tim Radburn addressed a group of 50 business and industry people in Katherine on Friday where he went through the report and detailed public benefit to the Territory. �We�ve invested over $100 million in exploration programs to date and are excited about the prospects of the future,� he said. �This should be viewed not only as Territory building, but a true nation building project with numerous public benefits, not least of which is supporting lower cost of living outcomes and higher standards of living for all Australians for many generations to come.� Jemena managing director Paul Adams has endorsed the report. Jemena is building the 622km Northern Gas Pipeline. �An onshore gas industry in the Territory would allow Jemena to progress plans to expand and extend the pipeline to the east coast,� he said. �This project would quadruple the size of our NGP workforce to around 4000 across Northern Australia and mean more investment in local contractors and local communities for the longer term.�

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � Call for anti-frackers to apologise to public servants FEBRUARY 16, 2018 MINES Minister Ken Vowles has called on anti-fracking activists to apologise to public servants in the wake of �scandalous accusations� levelled during the inquiry. Lock The Gate organiser Naomi Hogan accused Origin and the NT Government of being party to a cover up and the inquiry of not properly investigating the matter of a �well deformation� which had been removed from published diagrams in the interim and draft reports. Mines Minister Ken Vowles Inquiry chair Justice Rachel Pepper made it clear in correspondence the �scandalous nature of your allegations against Origin ... proven to be wholly incorrect� required an apology. Ms Hogan issued the apology to the inquiry but has not formally apologised to Origin Energy or the NT Government, despite being encouraged to do so by Justice Pepper. Mr Vowles said he understood the issue of fracking was an emotive issue but there was an expectation all parties involved respect the inquiry process. �Lock the Gate should do the right thing and also apologise to all the hardworking people in my department who they accused of being involved in a cover-up,� Mr Vowles said. An unrepentant Ms Hogan told morning radio she doesn�t regret raising the issue. A press release claiming �evidence tampering� issued is also still available on LTGA�s website. It is the second time the anti-fracking movement has been forced to apologise over providing misleading information to the inquiry. The Arid Lands Environment Centre had to apologise for statements it attributed to a manager within the Department of Natural Resources, Dale Cobben. ALEC organiser Jimmy Cocking made two incorrect statements relating to gas and water. A day later he was back before the inquiry correcting the statements. �We apologise wholeheartedly both to Dale and also the department and the inquiry for the impact that this has had,� he said.

NTNEWS.COM.AU � SOURCE � Door opening for new NT gas market FEBRUARY 14, 2018 A POLICY shift towards more gas may open a new market for Territory exports, the chief executive of Pangaea Resources believes. The company is one of three that hold substantial positions in the Beetaloo Basin. Chief executive Sunil Salhotra said a weekend policy announcement by India�s Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that it intends to build another 11 LNG import terminals over the coming seven years, tripling its imports from 20 million tonnes a year to 70MMtpa was a major opportunity for Territory gas. �India � like a number of countries � are increasing their energy mix away from coal to gas and renewable power generation but gas is also used as other feed stock for commercial and industrial,� Mr Salhotra said. �The policy statements the Indian Government has announced are consistent with other policy announcements we�ve seen through the Asian world. �It represents a shift towards more gas in the energy mix. India has a relatively low mix in terms of gas now. The Territory is physically the closest point to Asia. The great thing about the NT is that the sheer scale of the gas volumes is that it can supply domestic and international markets.� But, despite the plans for at least 11 new import terminals which would take its total to 15, gas transmission infrastructure for LNG remains low to non-existent in many parts of the country. Mr Salhotra said �the plumbing would adapt over time�. Japan is the world�s largest LNG buyer, importing around 81MMtpa, while the world�s second and third largest importers, China and South Korea, took in around 34MMtpa last year. Wood Mackenzie said last year that it expected India�s gas market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7 per cent by 2025 courtesy of new gas infrastructure, but that is now below the nation�s newly announced, ambitious targets. The Northern Territory has a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a process which is a key to onshore gas exploration and production. The Gunner Labor Government is waiting for a scientific inquiry report before deciding if it will lift the moratorium.

NTNEWS.COM.AU � Fracking industry warns three-year delay in NT would cause economic harm FEBRUARY 13, 2018 The gas industry has reacted with alarm to news the green light for fracking in the Northern Territory could be delayed by as long as three years. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association NT director Matthew Doman said he was concerned by reports the head of the NT�s hydraulic fracturing inquiry was considering public recommendations on scientific studies that would cause delays to exploration. �This will result in economic harm to those who seek to work in the gas industry and the local companies that want to work with our industry,� Mr Doman said. �So too it will hurt the traditional owners who receive royalties the day our exploration resumes.� In December, the fracking inquiry recommended in its draft report that three years of scientific studies should be carried out before full-scale gas production could take place. It has since been reported that the head of the inquiry, Justice Rachel Pepper, was considering whether to apply that time frame to exploration. �They want us to look again at whether the recommendation for the need for a SREBA occurs before exploration or after exploration and pre-production,� Ms Pepper said. �We are going to take that on board and have a look again at the timing of that recommendation, and other recommendations where we�re alive to that timing issue.� Mr Doman said: �We have already started work with CSIRO and other organisations to make sure that work is done regardless of the recommendations of the latest inquiry�. �But to prevent any of our work resuming before these studies are completed is a three year delay for no sound environmental reason,� he said. �What we are being told about last weekend�s public meeting is a very significant change that Justice Pepper is considering and we urge her to consider it very carefully. �It would mean nothing would happen in the Northern Territory for the next three or four years.�

doing well

Orson Modesto and Newtofo ! Mirabeau hope you are doubg well !

Judge’s concerns fracking claims ‘not properly corrected’ FEBRUARY 10, 2018 THE chair of the fracking inquiry is concerned allegations of a cover-up over evidence have not been properly corrected. Justice Rachel Pepper is heading the independent Scientific Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing established by the Gunner Labor Government. It is completing its final rounds of public consultation before handing its report to the government next month. During hearings in Alice Springs, Justice Pepper said it was a concern allegations raised by Lock The Gate on Tuesday had still not been “fully and properly withdrawn.” Lock The Gate organiser Naomi Hogan accused Origin and the Territory Government of a “major cover-up”, saying they had deliberately omitted evidence about the deformation of a frack well casing in the Amungee basin near Daly Waters. The accusation was based on diagrams which had been supplied to the inquiry. Updated versions of the diagrams had been made available to the inquiry in May of last year — well before publication of the interim and draft reports — but were not published. Justice Pepper rejected Origin had “deliberately misled her fracking inquiry.” “It’s a matter of continuing concern to the panel that those allegations made by Ms Hogan have not been fully and properly withdrawn and an apology issued,” she said. “Lock The Gate is yet to apologise to Origin or to indeed this inquiry and it is a matter we feel with some dismay.” In a press release issued the day after Justice Pepper and Origin had corrected the claims, Ms Hogan claimed there had been “deliberate tampering of evidence.” “If a multimillion-dollar inquiry and expert panel can’t pick up on a gas company’s deliberate tampering of evidence, what hope do Territorians have in holding the fracking industry to account when relying on an under-resourced, poorly performing mine regulatory framework?” she said. In response to questions from the NT News regarding Ms Hogan’s claims, Justice Pepper said: “At this point the inquiry will not be taking any action regarding contempt of the inquiry in relation to the matters raised.” The Inquiries Act has a provision regarding contempt in sections 11 and 12. It also has provisions under section 14 relating to providing misleading evidence. On Friday Ms Hogan said she had written to the Inquiry but it is unclear if the correspondence included an apology. “Lock the Gate has today written to the Inquiry Panel clarifying the points raised in our submission and the contradictory diagrams of the Amungee NW-1H well,” she said. “Well deformation requires proper public scrutiny.”

Quote Gunner...and it's a promise ! "We made a very clear promise at the last election as a Labor Party, and I'm the leader of that, that we would make a decision based off that final report," Mr Gunner said.

Sorry AS the link is not confirming the cabinets stand, but gives a picture of the situation as it is. I have a good feeling that the moratorium gets lifted.