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.

The Albanese government’s draft plan for gas reservation clearly conflicts with its assurance that long-term LNG sales contracts wouldn’t be hit, KOGAS Australia said.