Market puts price pressure on EPIK's Newcastle gas terminal project

Michael Parris
Updated August 15 2019 - 12:50pm, first published 12:38pm
COMING AND GOING: A Japanese LNG tanker takes on gas at the export terminal in Gladstone in 2016. A South Korean company hopes to build an import terminal in Newcastle.
COMING AND GOING: A Japanese LNG tanker takes on gas at the export terminal in Gladstone in 2016. A South Korean company hopes to build an import terminal in Newcastle.

Weston Energy boss Garbis Simonian has welcomed plans for a $589 million gas import terminal in Newcastle but says the market will decide if the project is viable.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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