Minister for Resources The Honourable Scott Stewart
Queensland has come to the rescue of its southern counterparts with a major deal to bring more Queensland gas on to the domestic market ahead of a predicted shortfall.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart today welcomed the announcement that an additional 91 petajoules of natural gas will be available to customers in southern states from 2022 following a new four-year gas supply agreement between Origin and Australia Pacific LNG.
“Once again Queensland is stepping up and doing the heavy lifting on domestic gas supply and policy,” Mr Stewart said.
“This deal will bring additional gas to the domestic market, particularly to the southern states who are facing a potential gas shortage crisis in the coming years.
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Minister for Resources The Honourable Scott Stewart
Decades of Queensland’s exploration data now available to all explorers is expected to encourage the resources sector to grow in the future.
Resources Minister Scott Stewart said data sharing would help drive positive investment across the state and in turn Queensland’s economy.
“Data and the sharing of that information is what will drive our world-class resources sector in the near future – it is the lifeblood of exploration,” Mr Stewart said.
“Almost 20,000 new industry exploration reports spanning the last 50 years will be made available to the resources industry, leading to greater transparency and bringing to light information relating to the exploration of Queensland’s coal and minerals.