{"id":82873,"date":"2015-09-01T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82873"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:59:19","slug":"australia-lng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/?p=82873","title":{"rendered":"Australia starts to see its new LNG industry pay off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The enormous expansion in Australia&#8217;s liquefied natural gas&nbsp;industry has borne fruit; with the first export shipment of LNG bound for Asia leaving the central Queensland port of Gladstone in January, carrying a cargo worth $50 million.&nbsp;The shipment was the first return on at least $60 billion spent on building the three export LNG projects based in Gladstone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out this infographic showing some of the amazing early stats from Aussie LNG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNG_IN_AUSTRALIA-_Counting_the_benefits-410x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87120\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNG_IN_AUSTRALIA-_Counting_the_benefits-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNG_IN_AUSTRALIA-_Counting_the_benefits-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNG_IN_AUSTRALIA-_Counting_the_benefits-768x1920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/resourcework2.devstudio.work\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/LNG_IN_AUSTRALIA-_Counting_the_benefits.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>By 2018,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a report<\/a>&nbsp;in the Australian Financial Review, the three Gladstone LNG plants could hit full production with&nbsp;360&nbsp;tankers a year leaving for overseas markets.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just one of the LNG projects now being developed will provide up to $90 billion in government revenue&nbsp;over its 20-year working life.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across the life of Chevron&#8217;s Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG projects, the contribution to Australia&#8217;s gross domestic product&nbsp;is expected be about $500 billion \u2013 equivalent to the size of the New South Wales economy.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 80 per cent of the projects&#8217; spending will go to Australian suppliers, delivering tens of millions of dollars to local businesses, creating a still-larger &#8220;multiplier&#8221; effect across the economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>British Columbia has spawned a cottage industry of skepticism on LNG exports \u2013 and until we actually do see a plant built, it is important not to count the unhatched chickens. 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