Connecting the Northern Territory’s (NT’s) gas pipeline network to the east coast would provide the supply boost needed as much of the eastern seaboard’s production is diverted to three new LNG export plants, according to the Australian pipeline industry.
The NT’s prospects for future gas production look bright, both in the offshore Bonaparte Basin and onshore – where shale exploration is just beginning. While the territory already uses its resources for gas-fired generation, its population of roughly 212,000, spread across 135 million hectares means its own...
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