Energy in Australia
Energy-in-Australia-2015
Energy-in-Australia-2015
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Uranium<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> has the world’s largest EDR of uranium with an estimated<br />
592,765 petajoules (1,151 kt) at the end of 2014. This represents around<br />
one-third of global resources. At current rates of production, <strong>Australia</strong>’s<br />
uranium resources are sufficient for a further 231 years of production.<br />
The majority of <strong>Australia</strong>’s uranium resources are located <strong>in</strong> South<br />
<strong>Australia</strong>, the Northern Territory and Western <strong>Australia</strong>. The Olympic Dam<br />
deposit <strong>in</strong> South <strong>Australia</strong> is the world’s largest uranium deposit. <strong>Australia</strong><br />
has significant potential for the discovery of new uranium resources,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g through the Woomera Protected Area <strong>in</strong> South <strong>Australia</strong>.<br />
Figure 2.4: <strong>Australia</strong> Economic Demonstrated Resources of uranium<br />
700,000<br />
600,000<br />
500,000<br />
PJ<br />
400,000<br />
300,000<br />
200,000<br />
100,000<br />
0<br />
1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014<br />
Source: Geoscience <strong>Australia</strong> (2015)<br />
Exploration<br />
Exploration expenditure on energy resources <strong>in</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> was $4.1 billion<br />
<strong>in</strong> 2014–15, about $1 billion less than 2013–14. Oil and gas accounted for<br />
92 per cent of total expenditure at around $3.8 billion.<br />
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