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Squiz Shortcuts: What is the Taroom Trough?

Squiz Shortcuts: What is the Taroom Trough?

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 With the war in the Middle East putting pressure on global fuel supplies, a lot of questions are being asked about why we’ve let our production lapse here in Australia. With that in mind, there’s now a heap of attention on sites being explored to build that back up again, so we’re covered when there are disruptions overseas. One of those is Southeast Queensland’s Taroom Trough - a source of crude oil and natural gas that the Queensland Government wants to fast-track mining approvals for. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll get you across what’s involved in mining it, where things stand, and what the issues are. Squiz Recommends: Watching: This episode of A Current Affair called Striking Aussie Oil which looks at how quickly the Taroom Trough could be producing oil and what it might cost… Reading: This piece in The Conversation which goes into what’s required to extract oil from the site and the potential impacts… Got a suggestion for a Squiz Shortcut topic? We'd love to hear it - email us at hello@thesquiz.com.au ⁠Squiz Shortcuts⁠ is your back story to the big news stories… Want the email version? Sign up for the free Shortcuts newsletter here.
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