The Northern Territory was a fitting location for the event,with the region's growing natural gas industry playing an integral part of the economy and regional story.On Monday 10 September,the morning business sessions commenced,including a welcoming address from APGA President Dave Maloney.Mr Maloney's presentation was followed by a report from the association's CEO Steve Davies.Naturally,Mr Davies’report had a distinctly local flavour and touched on the local government's recent decision to end the moratorium on fracking.”The NT Government has investigated the possibility of exploiting shale gas through a rigorous inquiry and wide consultation with the community,”he said.”The government is to be congratulated on accepting the advice of that independent inquiry and establishing a robust process for assessing future projects.And just in the past few days,the government has announced the NT Gas Strategy,which aims to expand all aspects of the gas industry in the territory.”The future for gas certainly looks bright in the north of Australia.”This is also good news for the rest of the country.Putting more gas in the market has the potential to open opportunities for industry throughout the east coast gas market.”
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