❓ The Premier outlines the economic potential for Western Australia in the US energy market, particularly regarding liquefied natural gas, and details an upcoming trade mission to explore opportunities.
AnsweredQoN 1338Legislative Assembly
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Can the Premier please explain to the House what economic potential exists for this State in the giant United States energy market? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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There is no doubt that Western Australia is experiencing a window of opportunity at the moment. We need to do all we can to ensure we realise that opportunity so that there are new jobs for Western Australia. The US economy and its energy market are undergoing significant change. It is predicted that a shortfall between rapidly rising natural gas demand and declining domestic supply will result in North America becoming one of the most significant markets for liquefied natural gas in the world today. To illustrate that point, the forecasts of the US Department of Energy indicate that, by 2020, Americans will be consuming 62 per cent more natural gas than they do today and that at least nine out of 10 new electricity generating plants will be fired by natural gas. That is the situation that exists in the United States today. Obviously Western Australia has very successfully provided for the Japanese market in liquefied natural gas. We have been very successful in winning the Guangdong contract in China to supply liquefied natural gas. What we must now do is go to North America and win the markets there on behalf of the people of Western Australia. I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: There is no doubt that Western Australia is experiencing a window of opportunity at the moment. We need to do all we can to ensure we realise that opportunity so that there are new jobs for Western Australia. The US economy and its energy market are undergoing significant change. It is predicted that a shortfall between rapidly rising natural gas demand and declining domestic supply will result in North America becoming one of the most significant markets for liquefied natural gas in the world today. To illustrate that point, the forecasts of the US Department of Energy indicate that, by 2020, Americans will be consuming 62 per cent more natural gas than they do today and that at least nine out of 10 new electricity generating plants will be fired by natural gas. That is the situation that exists in the United States today. Obviously Western Australia has very successfully provided for the Japanese market in liquefied natural gas. We have been very successful in winning the Guangdong contract in China to supply liquefied natural gas. What we must now do is go to North America and win the markets there on behalf of the people of Western Australia. I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
There is no doubt that Western Australia is experiencing a window of opportunity at the moment. We need to do all we can to ensure we realise that opportunity so that there are new jobs for Western Australia. The US economy and its energy market are undergoing significant change. It is predicted that a shortfall between rapidly rising natural gas demand and declining domestic supply will result in North America becoming one of the most significant markets for liquefied natural gas in the world today. To illustrate that point, the forecasts of the US Department of Energy indicate that, by 2020, Americans will be consuming 62 per cent more natural gas than they do today and that at least nine out of 10 new electricity generating plants will be fired by natural gas. That is the situation that exists in the United States today. Obviously Western Australia has very successfully provided for the Japanese market in liquefied natural gas. We have been very successful in winning the Guangdong contract in China to supply liquefied natural gas. What we must now do is go to North America and win the markets there on behalf of the people of Western Australia. I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: There is no doubt that Western Australia is experiencing a window of opportunity at the moment. We need to do all we can to ensure we realise that opportunity so that there are new jobs for Western Australia. The US economy and its energy market are undergoing significant change. It is predicted that a shortfall between rapidly rising natural gas demand and declining domestic supply will result in North America becoming one of the most significant markets for liquefied natural gas in the world today. To illustrate that point, the forecasts of the US Department of Energy indicate that, by 2020, Americans will be consuming 62 per cent more natural gas than they do today and that at least nine out of 10 new electricity generating plants will be fired by natural gas. That is the situation that exists in the United States today. Obviously Western Australia has very successfully provided for the Japanese market in liquefied natural gas. We have been very successful in winning the Guangdong contract in China to supply liquefied natural gas. What we must now do is go to North America and win the markets there on behalf of the people of Western Australia. I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
There is no doubt that Western Australia is experiencing a window of opportunity at the moment. We need to do all we can to ensure we realise that opportunity so that there are new jobs for Western Australia. The US economy and its energy market are undergoing significant change. It is predicted that a shortfall between rapidly rising natural gas demand and declining domestic supply will result in North America becoming one of the most significant markets for liquefied natural gas in the world today. To illustrate that point, the forecasts of the US Department of Energy indicate that, by 2020, Americans will be consuming 62 per cent more natural gas than they do today and that at least nine out of 10 new electricity generating plants will be fired by natural gas. That is the situation that exists in the United States today. Obviously Western Australia has very successfully provided for the Japanese market in liquefied natural gas. We have been very successful in winning the Guangdong contract in China to supply liquefied natural gas. What we must now do is go to North America and win the markets there on behalf of the people of Western Australia. I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
I am very pleased that the Chamber of Minerals and Energy has approached me about joining it on a trade mission to the United States. I am pleased to be taking up that offer tomorrow and visiting the United States with the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. There will be a senior delegation of gas industry representatives, including some executives from the Chamber of Minerals and Energy. The trade mission will consist of an eight-day trip to California; a visit to Mexico, where terminals are planned for the import of liquefied natural gas; and a visit to Washington and New York, where I will meet both government and corporate energy officials. What we will do in Western Australia is ensure that we are ahead of the game, so that when these markets occur, we are in there waving the flag on behalf of the people of Western Australia. It is my responsibility as Premier of this State to ensure that we leave no stone unturned in an effort to create new jobs and opportunities for the Western Australian people. I will be there on behalf of the people of Western Australia, working to ensure that the Western Australian case is well understood by the potential markets in the United States and that Western Australia, which has achieved a great deal as the most progressive State in the Federation, continues to play that role in the future.
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