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Social research into the Great Australian Bight to look at potential community effects of oil and gas exploration
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Resources industry
Natural gas
Social change
Community development
Social impact
Community engagement
Eyre Peninsula
Description
South Australia's University of Adelaide is researching the social structure of Eyre Peninsula communities to determine potential impacts from oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight.
It is part of a four-year, $20 million collaborative science program between oil giant BP, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) and Adelaide and Flinders Universities.
The program is looking into the Bight's environmental and economic values.
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Copyright:
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015
Access Rights Type:
open
Post date:
20 Feb 2017
