Australian Petroleum and Exploration Association
The Australian Petroleum and Exploration Association calls itself 'the voice of Australia's oil and gas industry'.
It has more than 80 full member companies.
Members
Members include Dart Energy, a firm which is involved in coal bed methane or CBM extraction in Scotland and which holds a fracking licence. A Dart spokesman told the Mirror in May 2013 that the firm had no plans for fracking in Scotland.
Several other firms operating in the North Sea, including Chevron and ExxonMobil, are also members of the Australian industry body. [1]
Lobbyists
- Crosby Textor - A Dart spokesman said that the firm does not use Crosby Textor Fullbrook, the UK arm of Mr Crosby’s lobbying and PR empire.
Affiliations
Contact
- Website: http://www.appea.com.au/
Resources
Notes
- ↑ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lynton-crosby-lobbying-row-number-1879248#ixzz2t3oGw38m Lynton Crosby lobbying row number THREE: David Cameron aide's links to fracking firm revealed[, James Lyons, Mirror, 10 May 2013
