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Aussie gas pipeline network set for expansion as LNG takes off

With eastern Australia poised to open to the global LNG market from 2014, Cheryl Cartwright, chief executive of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association, tells Interfax about the challenges facing the market With eastern Australia poised to open to the global LNG market from 2014, Cheryl Cartwright, chief executive of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association, tells Interfax about the challenges facing the market.
By Sally Bogle 30 October 2012 0 7867
Pluto LNG plant. New LNG plants will need investment in infrastructure to supply them. (Woodside)

With eastern Australia poised to open to the global LNG market from 2014, Cheryl Cartwright, chief executive of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA), tells Interfax about the changes facing the market.

Interfax: The Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA) is planning to develop a national gas policy to encourage gas use in Australia. Could you elaborate on this?

Cheryl Cartwright: Following deregulation of the industry some years ago, there is no gas lobby group [in Australia, and] no benefit in promoting gas. There has been an increasing focus on gas in...