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Poppy Johnston

Japanese firms reportedly cash in on-selling Aussie gas

Japanese firms are on-selling imported gas while there is a domestic shortage in Australia. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Japanese energy firms could be making upwards of $1 billion on-selling Australian liquefied natural gas to other countries at a time when domestic shortfalls loom.

Australia is the top supplier to Japan's third-party trade business, a new analysis suggests, making up roughly 40 per cent of cargos with an estimated 600-800 petajoules onsold via the intermediary.

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