One of the world’s largest oilfield service companies employing roughly 55,000 people across more than 70 countries, has applied to build a major oil and gas support hub near Daly Waters.

Camden Smith

Business Reporter

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July 21, 2026 - 1:09PM

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One of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, employing roughly 55,000 people across more than 70 countries, has applied to build a major oil and gas support hub near Daly Waters.

Halliburton, the company that built the Alice Springs to Darwin rail link, has lodged an application to construct and operate the Halliburton Beetaloo Facility within the Daly Waters Aerodrome precinct, delivering an integrated support  services hub for the Beetaloo Basin.

The proposed site is located approximately 600 metres from the aerodrome and 1.6km from Daly Waters township.

The application seeks to clear 21.36ha of land within NT Portion 339 for services including general warehousing and logistics, mechanical and heavy equipment servicing, industry treatment and materials processing, workforce accommodation and personnel recruitment and training.

The application seeks construction in four phases, with vegetation clearing carried out progressively as each phase is implemented beginning with 2.82ha, 1.83ha, 3.14ha and 13.56ha, totaling 31.36ha over four phases.

“The facility will be a support services base for storage, logistics, equipment servicing,materials processing, accommodation and personnel training,” the application said.

“Ensuring safe and efficient operations for the Beetaloo Basin and surrounding oil and gas developments. Daly Waters occupies a strategically important geographic position relative to current and future Beetaloo Basin exploration and development areas.

“The proposal provides an opportunity to consolidate oil and gas industry servicing activities with aviation-based support functions at a location that is already established and historically used for aviation purposes, thereby enabling efficient, orderly and lower-impact delivery of essential regional infrastructure.”

The proposed facility will be developed on fully sealed and bitumised surfaces and includes building footprints, internal access roads and hardstand areas; associated parking and service areas.

The application said native soils would not remain exposed or subject to erosion and the land would not be used in a manner where soil capability or land type influences environmental performance.

Once construction is complete, potential environmental risks associated with the proposal such as stormwater run-off, vegetation clearing and construction disturbance are not land-type dependent and can be adequately managed through engineering and stormwater management plans.

Halliburton has lodged a land clearing application.

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“These risks are more appropriately addressed through design and management controls rather than land type mapping,” the application said. “Requiring a land type map for a development that results in permanent surface sealing would provide no meaningful additional environmental protection outcome.”

The Guidelines allow discretion where supporting studies do not materially inform decision-making or risk mitigation.

Source: Beetaloo Energy