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| A remote shale gas basin [Beetaloo] in Australia answers Hormuz security fears |
| 2026-09-05 |
| DARWIN, Australia, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Hundreds of kilometres from anything resembling civilisation, a remote shale natural gas field in northern Australia may seem like an unusual beneficiary of the Iran conflict. But energy security is once again paramount as Asia grapples with the fallout from the war, and a new scramble for long-life resources is taking shape. The Beetaloo basin lies about ​600 kilometres (373 miles) from the Northern Territory capital of Darwin, a remote city closer to the Indonesian capital Jakarta (2,740 km) than it is to Australia's major city of ‌Sydney, some 3,940 km away. Beetaloo marked a milestone in its protracted development this week with the first natural gas flowing from an appraisal well to a new pipeline connected to an existing pipeline going to Darwin. |
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