Perspectives
Insights
Views on subsurface, exploration and energy supply across Australia, PNG and Southeast Asia.
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Posted in PESA Gazette
Australia's exploration disconnect: why higher oil prices no longer drive investment
Four decades of inflation-adjusted exploration spend, oil price and exploration intensity show that Australia's post-2015 exploration decline looks structural rather than cyclical.
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Unlocking the Taroom Trough: Queensland's next chapter in domestic gas
Reflections on Omega Oil and Gas's Queensland Energy Club presentation on the Taroom Trough, and why eastern Australia's next tranche of gas supply will be unconventional.
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Onshore PNG: what's holding exploration back, and what can move it forward
Onshore Papua New Guinea is one of the most prospective yet least understood petroleum regions in the Asia Pacific. Five hurdles slow progress, and there are practical ways to move past them.
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PNG: where material exploration upside still exists
From Kutubu and Hides to the deepwater Gulf of Papua: a brief history of exploration in Papua New Guinea, and why it still offers a genuine opportunity to think boldly.
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Australia's exploration decline: a structural shift we're not talking about enough
For decades, Australian exploration rose and fell with the oil price. That relationship is breaking. Spend and exploration intensity are at multi-decade lows, and the drivers look structural rather than cyclical.
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