Attack on the NGP, page-23

I'm not sure why it is that politicians world wide become so vexed about frac'ing and make such a mess of regulating it .

Perhaps it's because they are naturally talkers rather than doers ?

For a start , if independent third party inspections are considered necessary , they should be done for all wells , whether frac'ing is anticipated or not .

This is not just because it may be decided to frac a conventional reservoir to get around skin damage or because the reservoir is tighter than expected but because the similarities between a frac'd and unfrac'd well outweigh the differences .

Shale gas/tight sandstone gas/tight oil is at the exploration phase in Australia , not production .

Regulators must try to avoid slowing down exploration - or preventing it as NT Labor did with EEG and AJQ .

PS : Just look at the market caps of CTP , Buru , Empire , Real . Investors are avoiding Australian onshore .