Carbon pricing

Australia's Carbon Price
What does it mean for your business?

Implications for the Energy (Including Oil & Gas) industry

Following the release of The Clean Energy Future Plan and subsequent Exposure Draft of the Clean Energy Bill 2011, the Energy (Including Oil & Gas) industry has shown a divided response across the downstream and upstream sectors.

The introduction of the The Plan does indeed bring with it new and complex challenges for the industry.

In our latest publication focused on the implications of an Australian carbon price economy, we delve into the Energy (Including Oil & Gas) industry and provide insight into some potential future challenges. This includes impacts on exportation markets amidst the massive capital project investments currently underway, the liability of Energy (Including Oil & Gas) operations under The Plan and the role the sector could actually play in helping Australia meet its reduction targets.

This in depth analysis includes:
  • the facts of The Plan
  • implications for the O&G industry
  • reactions from across the industry
  • Q&A with Paul Bendall, PwC's Energy (Including Oil & Gas) leader, who provides insight into some of the key issues following the announcement
  • accounting implications
  • key next steps for affected O&G businesses
If you would like assistance working through carbon price response strategies for your particular organisation, please contact one of our Energy (Including Oil & Gas) experts on the right hand side of this web page.

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