AGL Energy makes attempt to convince inquiry into LNG project at Crib Point in southeast Australia
Australia's AGL Energy has pushed its case for regulatory approval for its liquefied natural gas import project at Crib Point in southeast Australian in the largest ever environmental assessment inquiry held in the state of Victoria.
Australian LNG exporter Santos boosts domestic supply portfolio with Gold Fields in Western Australia
Santos, Western Australia’s biggest domestic natural gas supplier and growing LNG exporter after purchasing Darwin LNG from ConocoPhillips, said it signed a new supply deal with three goldmines.
Australian company Santos advances Narrabri Gas Project as less expensive than LNG imports
Australian liquefied natural gas plant operator Santos reports progress on a coal-seam gas project in northwest New South Wales with up to 850 wells and which the Adelaide-based company said would be less expensive than LNG imports to meet gas shortages.
ExxonMobil considers Australian LNG regas project to rival Melbourne and Sydney ventures
ExxonMobil Corp, southeast Australia’s biggest domestic natural gas supplier and with stakes in liquefied natural gas production in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East, is considering importing LNG.
Australian domestic LNG shipments from West to East is preferred option to 1,500km pipeline
Australian energy executives have said at a conference in Adelaide that it would be more economic to ship natural gas as LNG from the West Coast to the East Coast rather than build a trans-Australia pipeline.
Australian Northern Territory lifts fracking ban and sees LNG opportunities for 2020s demand
Australian liquefied natural gas producers have welcomed the decisions by the Northern Territory government to lift a ban on hydraulic fracturing for onshore shale gas exploration and said it was an opportunity for the next LNG supply gap in the 2020s.
Australia Pacific LNG and Gladstone LNG plan gas development with Queensland permit
Two of the three Australian coal-seam-gas-to-LNG export plants on Curtis Island near the port of Gladstone in Queensland have successfully tendered for an exploration and production licence for a key block in the Bowen Basin to boost natural gas supplies.
LNG exporter Australia praised for impressive energy policies by IEA and for reform moves
Australia is heading towards becoming the world’s largest liquefied natural gas exporter and its policies have been described as “impressive” by the International Energy Agency as it ensures energy security while moving ahead with reforms for the domestic market.
Asia-Pacific LNG stakeholder Santos wins tender to supply natural gas to Australian mine
Santos, the Australian energy company and stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific LNG export plants, said it has followed its supply pledge to the domestic market by signing a natural gas agreement with a Queensland mining company for its power plant.
Chinese firm plans to pursue West-East LNG transport plan in Australia even if AWE bid fails
Chinese company China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group (CERCG) said it would push ahead with its plans to transport Australian LNG from the West Coast to the East Coast even as its bid for local exploration and production company AWE was likely to be rejected in favour of a higher offer.
