Experts pour water on 'speculative' oil field proposal

Experts pour water on 'speculative' oil field proposal

An energy expert is pointing to logistical and political hurdles to oil drilling in Australia as climate campaigners pour cold water on a proposal.

Queensland bets on new oil field to mitigate fuel crisis

Image: Natalia Bratslavsky/stock.adobe.comThe Queensland Government is targeting traditional measures to mitigate the fuel crisis by unlocking the Taroom Trough – a 750-square-kilometre oil and gas field in central Queensland. The post Queensland bets on new oil field to mitigate fuel crisis appeared first on Energy Magazine.

Experts pour water on ‘speculative’ oil field proposal

A proposal to open up Australia’s first oil field in half a century has sparked scepticism and alarm from energy experts and climate campaigners. The Queensland government wants the Commonwealth to fast-track environmental approvals to drill the Taroom Trough, west of Brisbane, in response to the fuel crisis. Premier David Crisafulli says the central Queensland site poses a “generational opportunity”, with pilot wells already producing about 200…