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Cooper Energy warms up for APA’s Orbost gas plant

Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

Jun 7, 2022 – 9.32pm

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Cooper Energy is tying its shoe laces to sprint for APA Group’s underperforming Orbost gas processing plant, ahead of their transition agreement running out on June 30.

With the clock ticking, Cooper Energy is understood to be making a final push to take control of the plant and end a miserable couple of years working with the pipeline giant.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies. Connect with Anthony on Twitter. Email Anthony at a.macdonald@afr.com

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones. Email Sarah at sarah.thompson@afr.com

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column. Email Kanika at kanika.sood@afr.com.au