‘No gas supply shortage forecast,' energy operator says

A commitment from producers to increase domestic gas supplies after government threats to curtail exports will stave off gas shortages until at least 2030, a new report shows.

The ACCC forecast gas shortages of between 55 and 108
 petajoules if more domestic supplies weren't immediately secured.

The Australian Energy Market Operator’s 2018 gas outlook for the east coast said the forecast domestic gas shortfall that was predicted late last year by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had now been averted.

Read the story from The Age by Cole Latimer -“‘No gas supply shortage forecast,' energy operator says.”