Australian Gas Resources and their Role as Asia's Energy Powerhouse in the 21st Century

Australian Gas Resources and their Role as Asia's Energy Powerhouse in the 21st Century
Principal speaker

Dr Tina Hunter

Presented by: Dr Tina Hunter, Director, Centre for International Minerals and Energy Law, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.

Australia is currently the 6th largest gas exporter, with its primary markets comprising Korea, Japan and China. With the increased development of Australia's offshore petroleum resources, as well as the rapid development of coal seam gas resources in Eastern Australia, it is likely that Australia will become the largest gas exporter in the world. This increased gas production places Australia as a energy powerhouse in the Asia-Pacific region. This leadership role has a number of socio-economic, political and legal ramifications.

In this seminar I will talk on Australia's gas production capability and capacity for the next generation and the role that Australia will play in meeting Asia's energy needs for the next fifty years. I will also discuss this increased production in a socio-legal context, analysing the implications of the increased energy production in Australia.

Dr Hunter from the University of Queensland teaches and researches in the areas of national and international petroleum law, mining law, property law, administrative law and legal philosophy. She has a long association with Norwegian research institutions completing her PhD in comparative petroleum law at the University of Bergen. Dr Hunter teaches in Australia, the UK, Russia and Norway, and consults to Australian and International governments. Her expertise has been sought by the Commonwealth government regarding petroleum exploration. She drafted the resource management and administration regulations in Western Australia, and has analysed petroleum laws in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. She is presently a member of the South Australian Roundtable for the development of unconventional gas projects, and the Queensland government's working group for the 'Common Resources Act'. When not teaching at UQ, Dr Hunter undertakes research in the UK, Norway, the USA and Canada.

Dr Hunter is inaugural Director of the recently formed Centre for International Minerals and Energy Law, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland.

  • Thursday 22 August 2013
  • N72, Meeting Room -1.18
  • Nathan campus
  • 12.30 – 1:50pm


To RSVP, please contact Natasha Vary on (07) 3735 5322 or n.vary@griffith.edu.au by 5.00pm Monday 19 August 2013.
 

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  • Location Nathan campus, building N72 room -1.18 (Business 2) | Nathan campus
  • Time 12.30 pm to 1.50 pm
  • date Thursday 22 August 2013