Informa Connect Australia will kick-off this year’s Northern Territory Resources Week with the South East Asia Australia Offshore & Onshore Conference (SEAAOC) to be held on September 13 and 14 at the Darwin Convention Centre.

SEAAOC is Northern Australia’s largest and longest-established petroleum conference and brings together major players involved within Australasia’s oil, gas and petroleum industries.

This year’s SEAAOC conference centres on energy security for the Territory, Australia, and the South East Asia region, and will explore key themes such as Australia’s energy transition and ambitions to develop a clean energy supply chain, along with critical minerals development.

All the key themes to be covered in this year’s Plenary and SEAAOC conference include:

• Australia’s energy transition and ambitions to develop a clean energy supply chain and manufacturing
• Net Zero Australia – What would a decarbonized Australian economy look like?
• Critical Minerals development
• The role that Australia and the NT can play in ensuring energy, political and food security for South East Asia
• Outlook for the global energy industry
• Onshore & offshore gas – Project updates, reserves, economic benefits, investment, infrastructure, services & supply
• Energy Security – Demand for Australia’s energy exports (LNG and hydrogen)
• Experiences developing the US shale industry, and implications for Australia
• The Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct– CCUS, the resurgence of manufacturing & supercharging development in the NT
• The role of gas role as a transition fuel and the investment climate for new oil and gas projects in Australia
• East Coast gas supply state of play
• New opportunities for “Exotic gas” exploration– hydrogen, helium & golden hydrogen
• Geological storage for hydrogen
• Legislative reform update & Federal and State government approvals for the resources sector
• Community engagement and social license
• The outlook for synthetic fuel development in Australia
• Service and supply issues and outlook for offshore, and the Beetaloo

An impressive line-up of speakers from government, industry, and the public sector will attend the SEAAOC conference, including Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Mining and Industry Nicole Manison; Federal Minister for Resources Madeleine King; Santos Executive Vice President of Western Australia, Northern Australia and Timor-Leste Brett Woods; INPEX President Director for Australia Tetsu Murayama; former chief minister and current Fortescue Future Industries Director Australia-West Michael Gunner; and Tamboran Resources Chief Executive Officer, Joel Riddle.

Other speakers include Empire Energy Managing Director Alex Underwood; Central Petroleum Limited Chief Operating Officer Ross Evans; Geoscience Australia Director Low Carbon Geoscience and Advice, Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division Dr Andrew Feitz; and CSIRO Deputy Director for Environment Dr Chris Chilcott among many others.

The upcoming conference in Darwin will be held at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin’s premier venue for conferences, exhibitions, meetings, gala dinners and special events, with spectacular Darwin Harbour views. The Centre is a modern, world-class venue in the tropical capital city.

Informa Connect Australia is the nation’s leading event organiser. Events comprise large-scale exhibitions, industry conferences and highly specialised corporate training.

This is a NOT-to-be-missed event as the pre-eminent gathering for the wider resources industry in Northern Australia. Register early to get $200 off a standard rate of $2,495 + GST (one pass gives access to all three conferences) which ends on August 11. A standard rate of $2,695 + GST will be charged starting August 12.

Tickets to the Gala Dinner are also available for $220 +GST and the Closing Function for $120 +GST.

To book or reserve, visit www.ntresourcesweek.com.au/seaaoc or Email info@informa.com.au – Quoting P22R01.