SYDNEY: Australia will enforce export restrictions on major gas producers, the prime minister said Thursday, to shore up domestic supply as a growing energy crisis sees power prices rise and blackouts more common.
The country is expected to surpass Qatar as the world’s largest liquid natural gas producer by 2020 -- with Japan, China and South Korea key buyers. But booming export demands have left it short of local supplies.
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