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The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) has congratulated Santos on being awarded an Authority to Prospect (ATP) in the gas-rich Bowen and Surat Basins.
QRC Chief Executive Ian Macfarlane said Resources Minister Scott Stewart’s announcement that Santos had been granted a domestic gas ATP was a win for the gas industry and for industrial and household consumers.
“As the peak representative for the State’s gas, coal and metal explorers and producers, the QRC supports the Queensland Government’s policy of only offering tenures which produce domestic gas,” he said.
“To date, the Government’s forward-looking domestic gas policy has released more than 20,000 square kilometres of land to help our manufacturing sector secure the gas it needs.
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Queensland’s resource exploration sector continued to grow in 2020 with $675 million invested, including a large sum put towards a Central Queensland gas venture.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart said Tuesday’s ABS statistics on Mineral and Petroleum Exploration reasserted the positive outlook within Queensland’s resources sector.
“These latest figures show that our resources sector is bouncing back stronger in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr Stewart said.
“Because of all of Queensland’s health response to COVID-19, it means investors are backing our resources sector which has shown how important it is to the state’s economic recovery.
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