On this page we follow the share prices, market announcements, incidents and news on Australian Stock Exchange listed companies in the business of fracking, the gas explorers in Australia. Some non-listed private companies are included.
The state of fracking in Australia
Queensland allows fracking subject to government approvals.
Northern Territory allows fracking subject to government approvals.
Victoria has outlawed fracking but allows onshore conventional gas extraction.
New South Wales has approved the single gas field for Santos at Narrabri in the Pilliga Forest, Narrabri.
Moratoriums continue in Tasmania and Western Australia in its gas-rich Canning Basin.
In South Australia, the government has promised a ban on fracking in the state’s gas-rich southeast.
Australian Gas Exploration Companies
| Company | ASX code | Frack | Location | Location | Location | Location |
| Advent / Bounty | BUY | ? | Offshore Sydney | |||
| AGL | AGK | Yes | Gloucester | Camden | Hunter | Galilee |
| AJ Lucas | AJL | Yes | Hunter Valley | CuadrillaUK | China | |
| APA | ||||||
| Apex Energy | – | No | Warragamba | Wollongong | ||
| Armour Energy | AJQ | Yes | Northern Territory | Gippsland | Otway, Vic | |
| Arrow Energy | – | Yes | Surat Basin | Bowen | ||
| AWE | Mitsui & Co. | Yes | Offshore W.A | New Zealand | ||
| AXP Energy | Kentucky | Illinois | Colorado | |||
| Beach Energy | BPT | Yes | Cooper Basin | Tanzania | USA | PNG |
| Blue Energy | BLU | Northern Territory | Queensland | |||
| Buru Energy | BRU | Yes | Broome WA | Derby WA | ||
| Carbon Minerals Limited | CRM | Yes | New South Wales PELs 1 & 12 (Gunnedah Basin) | |||
| Comet Ridge | COI | ? | Mahalo Gas Hub | Galilee Basin | ||
| Cooper Energy | COE | ? | Cooper Basin | Indonesia | Romania | |
| Central Petroleum | CTP | Yes | Northern Territory | |||
| Dark Horse Resources | DHR | 22% LKO | Argentina | |||
| Dart | DTE | Yes | ||||
| Empire Energy Group | EEG | ? | ||||
| Empire Oil & Gas | EGO | ? | Perth | Carnarvon | ||
| Andrew Forrest | ||||||
| Galilee Energy | GLL | Yes | Galilee Basin | Surat Basin | ||
| Horizon Oil | HZN | ? | New Zealand | China | PNG | |
| Icon Energy | ICN | ? | Cooper Basin | Surat Basin | ||
| Karoon Gas | KAR | ? | Kimberley | Brazil | Peru | |
| Lakes Blue Energy | LKO | Yes | Otway, Vic | Gippsland | ||
| Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd | LNG | No | Gladstone | |||
| Magnum Gas & Power | MPE | Yes | Sydney Basin | Wollongong | Botswana | |
| Metgasco | MEL | Yes | Casino NSW | |||
| Molopo | Yes | |||||
| NuCoal Resources | No | |||||
| NSW Aboriginal Land Council | – | ? | Murwillumbah | Grafton | White Cliffs | |
| New Standard Energy | NSE | ? | Canning Basin | Bowen Basin | Texas | |
| Nexus Energy | ? | |||||
| Oil Basins Limited | OBL | ? | Canning Basin | |||
| Origin Energy | Yes | |||||
| Panagaea | Manning Valley | |||||
| Planet Gas | Yes | Cooper Basin | Shoalhaven | Sydney | Gunnedah | |
| Prominence Energy | No | Western Australia | Louisiana, USA | |||
| QGC – Shell | Yes | |||||
| Rawson Resources | Yes | |||||
| Red Sky Energy | Yes | |||||
| Roc Oil Company | ? | |||||
| Santos | STO | Yes | Pilliga NSW | Narrabri | ||
| Schlumberger | Yes | Otway | Queensland | |||
| Senex Energy / Gina Rinehart | Yes | Cooper Basin | Roma North | Wandoan | ||
| Sino Gas & Energy | ? | |||||
| Strike Energy | ? | |||||
| Sun Resources | ? | |||||
| Syngas | ? | |||||
| Tamboran Resources | TBN | Yes | Northern Territory | |||
| Tlou Energy | Yes | |||||
| Vopak | No | Port Phillip Bay |
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