"The future of the industry remains robust. Clearly it’s not going to be at the level that we have enjoyed for some time, and it means the industry does need to find efficiencies. What we can use is the experience we’ve gained. What have we learnt from the last five years? From an engineering and management side, we have to come to decisions quicker, and use the knowledge that we’ve gained over what has been an unprecedented time."
– Andy Cole, Managing Director – Strategy, WorleyParsons
"The challenge we face as an industry is to unlearn what we’ve learnt in the last four years before costly methodologies become the new norm – we can’t afford to continue building pipelines the way we are today."
– Mark Bumpstead, President, Quanta Services Australia
"We’ve got a good lot of fundamentals in the gas industry. We know that our product is 50 per cent of the greenhouse emissions of coal. It is also competitive, particularly in the residential sector, and provides energy security."
– Shaun Reardon, Executive General Manager Assets and Investments, Jemena Limited
"Gas prices are currently at a level that is low enough not to erode demand on the east coast, but high enough to promote further development. I’m an optimist, I think there will be further development in gas and pipelines here."
– Andy Cole, Managing Director – Strategy, WorleyParsons
"It’s important that we continue to be cost competitive, but also that we look for new appliance uses – how will we find new opportunities for gas demand? How can we provide more utilisation options for gas within Australia?"
– Shaun Reardon, Executive General Manager Assets and Investments, Jemena Limited
"There’s a lot of noise around gas trading and unutilised capacity, however, once these three projects in Gladstone do get up and running, the facts of the issue will change – there will be no spare capacity on the APA system concerning getting into Gladstone, and those that want access to capacity will need to underwrite it."
– Mick McCormack, Chief Executive Officer, APA Group
"For us to be successful it is important that we here at APGA continue our advocacy and ensure a level playing field for gas, to ensure that it can compete against renewables in a fair way."
– Shaun Reardon, Executive General Manager Assets and Investments, Jemena Limited