Environmentalists say appointment of Liberty Energy’s Chris Wright highlights US interests ‘driving fracking’ in Northern Territory
Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright has been chosen by Donald Trump to lead the US Department of Energy. US gas company Tamboran Resources has struck a partnership with Liberty Energy for the delivery of fracking equipment to drill wells in the NT’s Beetaloo basinLiberty Energy CEO Chris Wright has been chosen by Donald Trump to lead the US Department of Energy.
Under the deal, Liberty Energy made a $15.2m equity investment for a “frac fleet” to support the largest fracking operations in the Beetaloo basin to date at Tamboran’sWright said at the time that significant Beetaloo gas production “could help energise Australia’s future and help meet Asia’s insatiable demand for natural gas to power economic growth, improve air quality and lower greenhouse gas emissions”.
Ekin said US gas companies invested in the NT’s gas reserves “don’t understand the Territory beyond its petroleum reserves”.Market Forces oil and gas campaigner Rachel Deans said: “American companies Tamboran and Empire want energy dominance in global markets, but Australians want clean drinking water and a safe future free from floods and bushfires fuelled by fossil fuel pollution.
Pressure has been mounting on the Albanese government to use its powers under the federal water trigger to assess the impacts of pilot fracking projects in the Beetaloo basin on groundwater resources.
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