Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Australia Pacific LNG—namely, ConocoPhillips and partners—yesterday announced that the second train on its Curtis Island plant has entered into production. This milestone represents the culmination of three groundbreaking Curtis Island LNG projects, a total investment of over $75 billion and thousands employed during the construction of each of the three LNG plants. Australia Pacific LNG's first train began production in December 2015. The first LNG cargo was exported in January 2016. APLNG has loaded a total of 47 ships to date. This achievement reminds us of the importance of the resources and energy sector to the Australian economy. Queensland's LNG industry exceeds $1 billion of production per year and has created over 20,000 long-term jobs. Australia is on its way to being the world's biggest exporter of natural gas, and the three plants that have been developed at Curtis Island are key to this—another example of just how important Central Queensland is to the national economy.