Foreign investors in Queensland’s $80 billion LNG sector are worried they may have to individually source gas for local buyers, heightening tensions over the gas reserve plan.

A new federal mandate for LNG exporters to keep more gas in Australia is threatening to strain critical trade relationships in Asia at a sensitive time.

Foreign investors in Queensland’s $80 billion LNG sector are worried they may have to individually source gas for local buyers, heightening tensions over the gas reserve plan.