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Adrian Black

Australia's appeal to LNG investors running out of gas

Foreign investment in new Australian gas projects is expected to decrease, a report warns. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian gas production will flatten out for the rest of the decade as tough regulations and low-cost competitors scupper foreign investment in new projects, a research agency says.

Despite decisions such as the federal government's recent approval of Woodside's North West Shelf LNG extension project, Australia's capacity growth has lagged lower-cost, permissively-regulated peers like Qatar or the US, the BMI report found.

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