PEAK gas industry body the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association has signalled a higher public profile with the election of Santos chief David Knox as chairman.
The emerging coal-seam gas industry in particular has been strongly attacked by environmental and community groups in the past year, and many companies in the sector have not responded to these attacks, arguing the association should play that role.
The association recently changed its chief executive from Belinda Robinson to David Byers, who told The Australian yesterday that the closer public focus on the gas industry -- especially coal-seam gas -- meant that the body needed a far higher public profile than previously.
"It's a fact that now we have a much more visible industry than previously -- it's not over the horizon any more, it's very much something that people can see," Mr Byers said.
The Australian
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