Rock under exploration near Pine Creek. (Carl Curtain)
A Canadian company exploring for petroleum in the Northern Territory says a moratorium on fracking would be a step backwards.
Environmentalists and Aboriginal groups have recently called for a ban on hydraulic fracturing, where fluids and sand are pumped into rocks to gain access to oil and gas.
Petro Frontier president of operations Richard Parkes says the technology has been used in Central Australia since the 1950s.
"Coal seam gas is a different sort of process, and a different application to what we're looking at here," he says.
"We're trying to prove that these rocks can be fracked, and can be economically produced.
"So it's really an exploration phase.
ABC Rural
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