Gas
Mildura will have access to natural gas by the middle of 2014 thanks to the construction of new gas pipeline.
State government approval has been given to two multi-billion dollar resources projects.
WHL Energy has outbid six other companies for the VIC/P67 permit in the Otway Basin offshore Victoria that includes the La Bella gas field.
Multinet Gas has selected Comdain Infrastructure as the preferred operational services supplier for its gas distribution network.
A Queensland mining company is planning exploratory drilling for natural gas on shore in Victoria's South Gippsland.
Plans by a major energy uitility to construct a $310 million gas storage facility in the NSW Hunter region have gained State Government approval.
Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) has awarded a $800 million of gas gathering and water treatment facilities contracts across rural and central Queensland to Leighton Contractors.
The Victorian State Government has issued a planning permit for a gas-fired power station in Victoria's southwest.
The decision to allow the construction of a proposed dual-gas fired power station in Gippsland has been heralded as a win for the region.
Arrow Energy has released the environmental impact study (EIS) for its $15bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Curtis Island off Gladstone, in Central Queensland.