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The Minister for Resources, the Honourable Scott Stewart has announced a Queensland-based company has been given the green light under the Call for Tenders for Authorities to Prospect (PLR2020-2) to explore for gas on prospective land located in the Bowen and Surat basins. AusGasCo CSG Pty Ltd has been appointed preferred tenderer for two blocks, located to […]

Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) shipping data has revealed that despite the impacts of COVID-19, record levels of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) have been exported during the 2020 calendar year (CY20). GPC shipping data indicate December’s record level of LNG exports have once again breached the 2 million mt/year mark. The data shows GPC’s three export terminals shipped […]

Work is underway to potentially help unlock Queensland’s Bowen Basin and create 1,000 construction jobs in the process. Minister for Resources Scott Stewart said the $5 million gas infrastructure study could lead to opening the Bowen Basin as Queensland’s next gas frontier. The two-year study will investigate the best options for connecting gas reserves in the Bowen […]

The Department of Resources (DOR) have delivered an Online Resource Community Info Session where residents living in and around the Wide Bay, Burnett or Banana Shire Council learnt about resource activities in their regions. This free public Online Resource Community Info Session had subject matter experts from the Queensland State Government provide updates on mineral activity in […]

Record Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports left the port of Gladstone during the month of October, Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) shipping data has revealed. In continued good news for the industry, National Australia Bank economists have predicted demand for Gladstone’s gas could continue to rise. “LNG demand in east Asia has generally been bubbling along at a […]

The Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing, the Honourable Glenn Butcher has announced four companies have been awarded new exploration tenders to explore areas close to their existing infrastructure to get more gas to market quickly. Minister Butcher said gas from some of the areas was guaranteed to Australian companies to maintain jobs. “Queensland’s gas and manufacturing [&he...

Recently much has been reported in the media on the Morrison Government’s “Gas-Fired Recovery” Plan, the critical role Queensland will continue to play in supplying additional gas volumes into the domestic market, plans to unlock key gas basins in the North Bowen and Galilee basins, and the expansion of the Gas Supply Hub (GSH) in Wallumbilla, […]

The GasFields Commission have delivered a Navigating Land Access Webinar the first in a series of webinars in collaboration with the Department of Resources (DOR), the Department of Environment and Science (DES), the Land Access Ombudsman (LAO) and the Land Court of Queensland. The first webinar in the series – Navigating Land Access – brought together […]

The GasFields Commission Queensland (GFCQ or the Commission) has established a Surat Stakeholder Advisory Group (SSAG or the Group) to act as a primary regional mechanism for the Commission to consult with and inform GFCQ stakeholders and the Surat regional communities on its operations and related sustainable coexistence matters. The SSAG’s Charter states: “The role of the […]