2012 Australian onshore acreage releases

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Elinor Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Shale Gas ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Resource Endowments ◽  
Regulatory Regimes

Onshore Australian acreage releases and investment opportunities occurring in 2012 in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory are summarised. Diverse exploration opportunities exist for petroleum explorers in onshore basins, including potential for unconventional targets such as shale gas. The states and Northern Territory believe there are high prospects for significant new conventional and unconventional developments onshore. Australian state and territory governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments. This includes pre-competitive basin studies, cost-effective and speedy provision of digital exploration data, transparent regulatory regimes, provision of effective land access regimes, internationally competitive royalty regimes, and promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

Australian states and Northern Territory acreage update at APPEA 2008

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
Bill Tinapple
Keyword(s):  
Coastal Waters ◽  
Geothermal Energy ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Seismic Acquisition ◽  
Data Provision

This is the annual presentation of what’s happening in onshore and coastal waters exploration in Australia’s states and the Northern Territory. The main focus of these jurisdictions’ annual report at the APPEA conference is upstream petroleum acreage opportunities. Exploration for geothermal energy resources will also be covered. There are many and diverse exploration opportunities in onshore frontier and producing Australian basins available for explorers in 2008, including geothermal energy exploration opportunities. The number of onshore Australian acreage applications has been steadily increasing in recent years and this has resulted in higher levels of drilling and seismic acquisition, but large areas remain untouched by modern exploration. Australian state governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments including: pre-competitive basin studies; speedy and cost-effective provision of digital exploration data; provision of effective land access regimes; transparent regulatory regimes; internationally competitive royalty regimes; and, promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

2015 Onshore Petroleum Acreage Release

2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Louise Goldie Divko
Keyword(s):  
Sedimentary Basins ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Petroleum Exploration ◽  
Tight Gas ◽  
Release Process ◽  
Over The Counter ◽  
Land Access ◽  
Work Program ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Gas Tight

Australian state and territory acreage opportunities and recent activities are summarised in this paper. Exploration opportunities continue to exist for petroleum explorers in onshore basins, including a number of sedimentary basins that have previously largely been overlooked, with an increased focus (and commercial success) on basin centred gas, tight gas and shale gas plays. Access to onshore acreage in Australia for petroleum exploration is, in most jurisdictions, by means of a formal release process with a work program bidding system. Over-the-counter applications are available in some states based on perceived basin prospectivity. Australian state and territory governments continue initiatives to encourage exploration to realise their natural resource endowments. This includes pre-competitive basin studies, cost-effective and speedy provision of digital exploration data, transparent regulatory regimes, provision of effective land access regimes, internationally competitive royalty regimes, and promotion of acreage releases nationally and internationally.

scholarly journals Domestic institutions, growth and global justice

2021 ◽  
pp. 147488512110153
Author(s):  
Chris Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Global Justice ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Resource Endowments

According to one prominent theory of development, a country’s wealth is primarily explained by the quality of its institutions. Leaning on that view, several political theorists have defended two normative conclusions. The first is that we have no reason for concern, from the point of view of justice, if some countries have greater natural resource endowments than others. The second is that proposals for redistribution across borders are likely to be superfluous. Advocates of global redistribution have not yet grappled with these momentous arguments, or shown whether, and how, they might be rebuffed. This article does just that.

scholarly journals Alternative methods of determining the number of House of Representatives seats for Australia’s territories

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Wilson ◽  
Andrew Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Population Projections ◽  
Alternative Methods ◽  
Australian Capital Territory ◽  
Australian Capital ◽  
Background Population ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Member Of Parliament

Background: Population size determines the number of seats each Australian state and territory is entitled to in the House of Representatives. The Northern Territory (NT) and Australian Capital Territory (ACT) were allocated two and three seats, respectively, in the August 2017 determination, but by very small margins. Both territories risk losing a seat at the next determination. This would result in them having considerably more people per member of parliament than any of the states. Aims: This paper (1) provides modelling to support the consideration of alternative rules for determining membership entitlement to the House of Representatives which does not disadvantage the NT and ACT and (2) presents population projections for future determinations under the current and alternative rules. Data and methods: Population projections for the states and territories were produced for three demographic scenarios. The resulting numbers of seats for the NT and ACT were calculated for each scenario under the current and proposed alternative seat entitlement rules. Results: Under the existing rules the NT and ACT would only keep their current number of seats at the next determination if they experienced higher net in-migration than in recent years. Under the alternative seat entitlement rules suggested, the NT and ACT would be very unlikely to lose any seats and would almost certainly gain seats in ensuing decades. Conclusions: There is a case for re-examining the way the states and territories are allocated seats in the House of Representatives.

Natural Resource Endowments, Governance, and the Domestic Revenueeffort: Evidence From a Panel of Countries

2008 ◽  
Vol 08 (170) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Thornton ◽  
Fabian Bornhorst ◽  
Sanjeev Gupta ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Endowments

scholarly journals Cost-effectiveness of stroke care in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients: an observational cohort study in the Northern Territory of Australia

BMJ Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (10) ◽  
pp. e015033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuejen Zhao ◽  
Steven Guthridge ◽  
Henrik Falhammar ◽  
Howard Flavell ◽  
Dominique A Cadilhac
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Incremental Cost ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Haemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Stroke Care ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Hospital Inpatient ◽  
Aboriginal Population

ObjectiveTo assess cost-effectiveness of stroke care for Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory (NT), Australia.DesignCost-effectiveness analysis using data from a cohort-based follow-up study of stroke incidents.SettingPublic hospitals in the NT from 1992 to 2013.ParticipantsIndividual patient data were extracted and linked from the hospital inpatient and primary care information systems.Outcome measuresIncremental cost-effectiveness ratios were calculated and assessed graphically. Survival time was used to measure effectiveness of stroke care, in comparison with the net costs per life-year gained, from a healthcare perspective, by applying multivariable models to account for time-dependent confounding.Results2158 patients with incident stroke were included (1171 males, 1178 aged <65 years and 966 from remote areas). 992 patients were of Aboriginal origin (46.0%, disproportionately higher than the population proportion of 27%). Of all cases, 42.6% were ischaemic and 29.8% haemorrhagic stroke. Average age of stroke onset was 51 years in Aboriginal, compared with 65 years in non-Aboriginal patients (p<0.001). Aboriginal patients had 71.4% more hospital bed-days, and 7.4% fewer procedures than non-Aboriginal patients. Observed health costs averaged $A50 400 per Aboriginal compared with $A33 700 per non-Aboriginal patient (p<0.001). The differential costs and effects for each population were distributed evenly across the incremental cost-effectiveness plane threshold line, indicating no difference in cost-effectiveness between populations. After further adjustment for confounding and censoring, cost-effectiveness appeared greater for Aboriginal than non-Aboriginal patients, but this was not statistically significant (p=0.25).ConclusionsStroke care for the NT Aboriginal population is at least as cost-effective as the non-Aboriginal population. Stroke care presents worthwhile and equitable survival benefits for Aboriginal patients in remote communities, notwithstanding their higher level burden of disease. These findings are relevant for healthcare planning and policy development regarding equal access to stroke care for Aboriginal patients.

Looking back in time: can safe pasture utilisation rates be determined using commercial paddock data in the Northern Territory?

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dionne Walsh ◽  
Robyn A. Cowley
Keyword(s):  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Northern Territory ◽  
Safe Level ◽  
Grazed Pasture ◽  
Utilisation Rate ◽  
Land Condition ◽  
Land Types

A ‘safe’ pasture utilisation rate is defined as the proportion of annual forage growth that can be consumed by domestic livestock without adversely affecting land condition in the long term. Pasture utilisation rates are thus a cornerstone of a sustainable grazing industry because they directly determine livestock carrying capacity. Until now, it has only been possible to determine utilisation rates in the Northern Territory via expensive and time-consuming grazing trials. Reliance on this method has limited the validation of safe utilisation rates for the range of land types used for pastoral production. This study tested an alternative cost-effective method for calculating utilisation rates based on an approach used previously in Queensland. The method retrospectively calculates utilisation rates using cattle records and modelled pasture growth from commercial paddocks in good land condition. The assumption underpinning the method is that paddocks in good land condition, with a long history of grazing, must have been managed in such a way as to achieve a safe level of pasture utilisation. Utilisation rates were calculated for 10 commercial paddocks on three properties in the Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory from 1999 to 2009. Animal intake for each paddock was calculated from detailed cattle records held in property databases. Pasture growth was estimated using simulation models and cross-checked with field measurements. An average utilisation rate of up to 25% of annual pasture growth was found to be safe on highly uniform, grey cracking-clays supporting Mitchell grass (Astrebla F. Muell. spp.) pastures. However, this level of utilisation had negative impacts on land condition on less resilient and preferentially grazed pasture communities in paddocks with a mix of land types. The implications of the results for carrying capacity, animal productivity and seasonal risk management are explored in this paper.

Assessing the Influence of Shale Gas Boom on China’s Power Sector and Environmental Policy by Modeling

2014 ◽  
Vol 962-965 ◽  
pp. 1762-1766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Xuan Hui ◽  
Wen Jia Cai ◽  
Can Wang
Keyword(s):  
Shale Gas ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Base Case ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Primary Energy Consumption ◽  
Power Sector ◽  
Coal Price ◽  
Set Up

As the U.S shale gas revolution evolved, there was a growing expectation that this can be replicated in China. Power sector, as the biggest contributor to China’s primary energy consumption and CO2emission, is faced with tremendous pressure and challenge. Shale gas resource will be a big opportunity for power sector to alleviate energy shortage and emission problem. This study is trying to figure out to what extent will future large gas supplies improve China’s energy structure and under which policy will the change be more efficient and cost-effective. Regarding the task, two scenarios are set up here: Base Case, Coal price rising and carbon emission control scenario. Based on the comparison of these scenarios, detailed conclusions for policy decision are drawn up.

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