The 2016 NGFR provides insights into the increasingly complex interdependencies between the gas and electricity sectors and the relationship between Australia’s energy demand and growing links to the international gas sector.

The gas forecasts continue to be dominated by gas demand to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, with Australia (including east and west coast LNG) projected to become the world’s second largest LNG exporter by 2018, and the major LNG supplier for East Asian markets.