Useful references:

1. Verve Energy website at:
   www.verveenergy.com.au
2. The Horizon Power website at:
   www.horizonpower.com.au
3. APPEA Policy / Industry Issues at:
   www.appea.com.au/
4. The Western Australian Department of Industry and Petroleum website at:
   www.doir.wa.gov.au/
5. The CSIRO website at:
   www.csiro.au/index.asp?
6. “Energy Information Administration - EIA – The Official Energy Statistics from the U.S Government” website at:
   www.eia.doe.gov
7. “Energy Western Australia”, published by the Office of Energy, The Government of Western Australia, February 2003:
   www.energy.wa.gov.au/1/75/64/publications.pm
8. International Energy Agency website at:
   www.iea.org/
9. Australian Institute of Petroleum:
   www.aip.com.au/
10. The “Paleontological Research Institute” website at:
    www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history
11. The “Answers.com” website about “the oil industry” at:
    www.answers.com/topic/history
12. The “NationMaster.com” website about “hydrocarbons” at:
    www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hydrocarbon
13. The “Windows to the Universe” website about “organic sedimentary rocks” at:
    www.windows.ucar.edu/tour
14. The “Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines & Processing Centres” website about “shale oil” at:
    www.australianminesatlas.gov.au
15. The “Energy Minerals Division – A Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists” website about “oil shale” at:
    emd.aapg.org/technical_areas/oil_shale.cfm
16. “The Original Online Source for the Oil Industry” website about “Industry News and Features” at:
    www.oilonline.com/news/features/default.asp
17. “The Energy Bulletin” website linking to a 2005 article which is titled “BHP, Australian Explorers Shift to Gas as Oil Finds Dwindle” at:
    www.energybulletin.net/5259.html
18. “BP Australia” website about the “Kwinana Refinery” at:
    www.bp.com.au/