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Ten-Year Wait for Large-Scale Australian Oil and Gas Production?
May. 18, 2012 10:56AM PST
Resource InvestingBloomberg reported that obstacles such as a lack of drilling equipment and increased labor and infrastructure costs could mean that Australian shale explorers will not reach large-scale oil and gas production for another ten years.
Bloomberg reported that obstacles such as a lack of drilling equipment and increased labor and infrastructure costs could mean that Australian shale explorers will not reach large-scale oil and gas production for another ten years.
As quoted in the market news:
‘The only factor that could change that significantly is if there’s a liquids-rich play that really drove the need to rapidly bring in the rigs,’ Andrew McManus, the Sydney-based vice president of Australasia energy consulting at Wood Mackenzie, said in an interview. ‘Then you can see the value proposition and would want to fast-track that.’
Projects focusing on higher-priced oil and liquids may earn better returns and reach production faster, according to Wood Mackenzie and ConocoPhillips.