Moomba oil and gas plant in Cooper Basin, South Australia. Source: The Advertiser
THE biggest oil and gas industry conference in the southern hemisphere will today hear how is going to "play a major role in Australia's emergence as a global energy superpower".
While much of the local focus has been on SA's role as an emerging uranium powerhouse, the four-day Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference will hear how Australia and SA are set to benefit from predictions global energy demand will increase by a third in the next 25 years.
APPEA chief executive David Byers said SA's Cooper Basin remained Australia's leading onshore conventional petroleum province, and SA was a major producer of oil and conventional gas with Adelaide-based Santos and Beach Energy leading the way.
He said US experiences indicated SA's next big growth story may lie in shale gas.
Adelaide Now
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