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By far the biggest application comes from the Aboriginal Land Council

SIX companies have applied for petroleum exploration permits on the North Coast and more than half the Northern Rivers and New England area are subject of permit applications.

Trapuzzano, Tito, Metgasco, Macquarie Energy, Summerland Way Energy, Clarence Moreton Resources and the NSW Aboriginal Land Council have all applied to the NSW Government for the right to explore for petroleum products in the region.

By far the biggest application comes from the Aboriginal Land Council, which has applied for an exploration licence for an area covering an estimated 46,000 square kilometres around the Clarence.

Land council chief executive officer Geoff Scott said it was in the early stages of what he hoped would be a "seat at the table of the resources sector".

"At this stage, all we've done is submit an application to the government to be considered for a number of exploration permits," he said.

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