Cold weather, coal-fired power outages and a lack of natural gas infrastructure to connect to regional markets has left Australia questioning the value of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

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“Much like recent energy crises elsewhere in the world, the situation in Australia is an unfortunate confluence of massive coal capacity outages, combined with a colder-than-normal winter, and years of opposition to gas project developments that might have helped avert this crisis,” Rystad Energy analyst Kaushal Ramesh told NGI.

Coal-power stations and renewables are not inputting power when required, the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) said, triggering a significant and rapid increase in gas-fired power generation, which rose over 50% in the national...