The chief executive of Australia's peak body for the oil and gas industry says no fracking will occur in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin without consent from affected traditional owners or pastoralists.
The chief executive of Australia's peak body for the oil and gas industry says no fracking will occur in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin without consent from affected traditional owners or pastoralists.
Speaking at a Senate inquiry into the basin in Darwin on Tuesday, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) CEO Andrew McConville said gas companies would not operate on land without permission.
"No oil and gas exploration, and no production of oil and gas, can be undertaken without the consent of traditional owners or the pastoralists," he told the inquiry.