Key operators active across the Territory’s onshore basins include Central Petroleum Ltd, Tamboran Resources, Beetaloo Energy Australia Ltd, Santos Ltd, and Echelon Resources Ltd, with activity focused on conventional gas production, shale gas appraisal, and emerging helium and hydrogen plays.
The tables below lists the best estimate of reserves (2P), best estimate of contingent resources (2C) and prospective resources (P50) using the SPE-Petroleum Resources Management System across the onshore basins of the Northern Territory.




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Download the conventional oil and gas factsheet PDF (1.9 MB) and shale gas and liquids factsheet PDF (1.9 MB).
For more information on the geology, resources, exploration and prospectivity of the onshore sedimentary basins, view the onshore sedimentary basins inventory.