A local oil and gas producer which owns an exploration permit offshore of the Sydney coastline is pushing its case, as the new NSW Labor government’s energy minister settles into the job.
Asset Energy, which controls the tenement stretching from Newcastle to Wollongong known as PEP-11, is amping up its bid to continue exploring the site under a new NSW Government, which makes up one half of a joint decision-making panel with the federal government.
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Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine. Connect with Samantha on Twitter. Email Samantha at samantha.hutchinson@afr.com.au
