Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has taken up the coalition’s battle cry for the gas industry to stand up for itself as part of the energy transition.
Australia can be a “carbon capture superpower”, taking emissions from gas production and heavy industries as a world leader in carbon management services, Santos chief executive Gallagher told an industry conference in Adelaide.
“The main game is gas because it makes renewables possible,” he said.
He said that if Santos could deliver abated gas to customers for about $24 a tonne, this would decrease the energy transition cost.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton told the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association conference Labor was doing everything possible to shut down coal and frustrate the gas sector….