Sydney, May 10, 2010 -- Focus Reports is currently in Australia to prepare a special report, for the Oil & Gas Financial Journal, on the country’s ambitious oil & gas industry.

The facts and findings of the government’s recently released Energy in Australia 2010 reveal a prevalent theme: Australia is ready to embrace its role as an energy superpower.  It is a cutting edge technological player, a reliable destination for global capital and a neighbor and close trading partner to energy-hungry Asia. Australia’s favorable energy profile adds to its established reputation as one of the best performers among today’s developed economies and a leader in the global recovery.

Based on those outstanding facts, this special report will present to Oil & Gas Financial Journal’s readers the priorities, challenges, and achievements of Australia’s energy sector today.  Amongst other topics, it will explore Australia’s tangible ambitions to become the Asia-Pacific region’s top energy supplier; strategies for attracting a skilled labor force that meets the high productivity needs for a rapidly growing resources sector; the state and federal regulatory framework that guides the energy industry in Australia; the economic benefits and job creation that oil and gas sector deliver at the national level; the increasing importance of gas as a transition fuel that helps government meet clean energy targets; and government investments in infrastructure that either directly or indirectly assist the industry.  

The Australian report will feature all the key players in the Australian energy community: The Honorable Martin Ferguson, Federal Minister for Resources, Energy, and Tourism; Dr. Clinton Foster, Chief of Petroleum and Marine Division at Geoscience, The Hon. Anna Bligh, Premier of Queensland; The Hon. Mike Rann , Premier of South Australia; Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive of APPEA; Dr. John Tilley, Chief Executive of AIP, Michael Carmody, Chief Executive of LPG Australia, Don Voelte, CEO of Woodside Petroleum, David Knox, CEO of Santos and Grant A. King, Managing Director of Origin Energy, amongst many others. 

Interview will be published on energy.focusreports.net in anticipation of the report’s print publication in later this year.           

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