Fracking in the NT may be one step closer after the territory government released a milestone report into the Beetaloo Basin.
The new report was commissioned in response to recommendations from the Pepper inquiry into the gas fracking industry, which said more data was needed before decisions could be made on natural gas extraction in the area.
Research for the Strategic Regional Environmental and Baseline Assessment (SREBA) was conducted over three years at a cost of $15 million.
“The hydraulic fracturing inquiry laid out a recipe of all the information gaps that needed to be filled before decisions could be made about hydraulic fracturing in the territory,” said Dr Alaric Fisher of the NT Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security….