New territory opens for gas exploration program
The Queensland Government has today released Tender Package PLR2020-2.
This new tender release for petroleum and gas exploration is being offered in response to industry feedback and as part of the Queensland Government’s Unite and Recover for Queensland Jobs plan. It includes five areas totalling 1,459 km² (479 sub-blocks) around Moonie and Injune in the resource-rich Surat and Bowen Basins. The tender process will remain open for bidding until 3 September 2020.
This release is in addition to the 12 areas currently open for tender, covering a total area of 6,746 km² under Tender Package PLR2020-1 (open for bidding until 9 July 2020) in the south and central west.
What does this mean for landholders?
If you’re a landholder in the Surat, Galilee or Bowen Basins and wish to know more about what to expect with gas field developments, the GasFields Commission (the Commission) strongly encourages you to download a copy of our flagship publication, The Gas Guide, to obtain all the information you need to negotiate a fair and reasonable outcome should a resource company request to operate on your land.
Gas Guide 2.0 catalogues pertinent information that landholders need to know about the various stages of petroleum and gas development in Queensland – beginning with the advertisement and awarding of new exploration tenders (see Chapter 3 – Exploration Phase).
If you have any questions regarding the exploration process, Queensland’s onshore gas industry, please contact us directly via:
- Web: Contact Form
- Phone: 1300 548 021
- Email: enquiries@cqld.org.au