澳大利亚北领地比塔卢盆地开始产出天然气，该盆地被称为澳大利亚最大的陆上气田之一，储量达430万亿立方英尺1。该盆地位于达尔文东南方约500公里，面积达28000平方公里1。政府宣称该项目将带来超过170亿澳元的收益并创造13000个工作机会1。联邦政府已投入至少2.2亿澳元支持该项目，北领地政府向Tamboran Resources提供了750万澳元的贷款担保，Beetaloo Energy Australia在2024年单独获得1500万澳元的纳税人资金1。
然而科学家和环保组织就该项目的气候影响提出警告1。研究表明该项目年排放量相当于4900万吨二氧化碳，约占澳大利亚2021年排放量的11%1。专家指出，该项目仅需抵消5%的排放量，远不足以补偿环境损害，且液化天然气需求预计最早在2030年代中期开始下降1。此外，研究预测北领地许多地区将在数十年内因气候变化变得不宜居住1，该项目可能成为搁浅资产1。
Australia's Northern Territory has begun extracting natural gas from the Beetaloo Basin, located approximately 500 kilometers southeast of Darwin across an area of 28,000 square kilometers.1 The basin is recognized as one of Australia's largest onshore gas fields, with estimated reserves of 4.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.1
The Australian federal government has committed at least A$220 million to the project, while the Northern Territory government has provided a A$7.5 million loan guarantee to Tamboran Resources.1 Additionally, Beetaloo Energy Australia received A$15 million in taxpayer funding in 2024 alone.1 The government projects the development will generate over A$1.7 billion in revenue and support 13,000 jobs.1
However, scientific research indicates the project's annual emissions would equal 49 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, representing approximately 11 percent of Australia's 2021 total emissions.1 Environmental advocates and researchers argue that even if the project were to offset 5 percent of these emissions through other means, this falls far short of compensating for the environmental damage.1 Demand for liquefied natural gas is expected to begin declining by the mid-2030s at the earliest,1 raising concerns that the project may become a stranded asset. Climate modeling also predicts that many areas of the Northern Territory could become uninhabitable within decades due to climate change.1
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