Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Advice

Projects in this group provide technical advice to government on the administration of the petroleum industry in Australia and administer geological and geophysical data relevant to the industry. The group also contributes to the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies. Projects in the group address aspects of 3 priority goals in national research priority 1 (NRP1 - An environmentally sustainable Australia) priority goal 4 (reducing and capturing emissions in transport and energy operations) through studies on geosequestration and priority goals 5 and 6 (sustainable use of Australia's biodiversity and developing deep earth resources) through its management and preservation of geoscientific data.