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Offshore South East Australia future gas supply study

22 Jun, 2017
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Offshore South East Australia



On 15 June 2017, the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator Matt Canavan announced the Australian Government will complete a study into offshore gas basins in Southern Australia, as part of the $90 million investment in domestic gas security and supply.

The Offshore South East Australia Future Gas Supply Study will consider the future potential for gas production from the Gippsland, Otway, Bass and Sorell Basins (the Offshore South East Australian Basins) to supply the South East Australia domestic gas market.

The Department of Industry, Innovation and Science will oversee the Study, with much of the information and data being provided by the National Offshore Petroleum Titles Administrator (NOPTA), with assistance from Geoscience Australia. The Victorian and Tasmanian Governments will be key stakeholders and consulted throughout.

The Study will be delivered to the Australian Government Minister for Resources and Northern Australia by the end of August 2017.

Background

The eastern Australian gas market is undergoing significant structural change. Australia is on the cusp of becoming the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, having seen investment of more than $200 billion in the past decade.

The accessibility and price of gas have been identified as key risks for Australian business competitiveness and cost of living pressures. Predicted supply shortfalls by the end of the decade, combined with other factors including linking to international export markets, ageing infrastructure, state and territory bans, are resulting in a higher new ‘normal’ gas price and constrained availability.

The objectives are:

  • To provide an understanding of the volumes of gas available within the Offshore South East Australian Basins for potential future input into the east coast domestic gas market.
  • To identify short and long term opportunities to maximise sustainable gas recovery from the Offshore South East Australian Basins.

The Study will provide advice on the following issues:

  • Short, mid and long term opportunities (including brownfields development) to bring new gas supplies online;
  • An estimation of potential gas volumes and the possible timing of development;
  • Technical, commercial and market impediments to further development;
  • Future pre-competitive and exploration required to identify opportunities for future supply; and
  • Existing retention leases, including if they should be subject to a re-evaluation of commercial viability.

Key Activities

NOPTA will consider a broad range of issues including the extent of discovered and undiscovered resources, opportunities for development of known resources and potential timing, and infrastructure opportunities or impediments.

The key activities to be undertaken as part of this review will be to:

  • Produce an inventory of known gas resources;
  • Produce an inventory of prospective resources;
  • Develop an estimate of undiscovered resources;
  • Review existing producing fields performance;
  • Review existing onshore gas plant for current and future capacity;
  • Identify timelines that additional gas could be delivered through existing infrastructure; and
  • Assess opportunities for additional gas supply and accelerated development of resources.

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