Australia must ‘leap frog’ LNG competitors – Accenture
Construction at the Wheatstone LNG plant. The project has faced delays. (Chevron)
Australia needs to be playing ‘leap frog’ rather than ‘catch-up’ with other countries in becoming energy unit cost leaders if it is to remain competitive during the global oil price slump, Accenture believes.
Bernadette Cullinane, managing director of energy in the consultancy’s local office, told the Australasian Oil and Gas Conference (AOG) in Perth that the country’s operators and service providers "must anticipate the future and embrace it".