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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

Rinehart-backed joint venture pledges $1bn gas expansion but hurdles remain

Gina Rinehart raises her finger pointing at something. She is wearing a black and white patterned top a jewellery
A gas company co-owned by Gina Rinehart has plans to increase its annual gas output by 40PJ which is said would be diverted to Australian customers. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

Gas producer Senex, which is jointly owned by South Korea’s steel giant Posco and Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, has planned a more than $1bn expansion to its Queensland gasfields with the bulk of the extra fuel apparently to be earmarked for domestic use.

The company, which is seeking federal and state approval for two sites adjacent to its Atlas and Roma North projects in the Surat Basin, made the announcement ahead of a speech by the resources minister, Madeleine King. It still has to clear some state regulatory hurdles, Senex said.

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