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Denison is a gas production and exploration company focused on both efficiently increasing its existing conventional gas production and developing the significant unconventional resources within its Denison Trough tenement areas in Queensland. Since April 2019, Denison has operated 14 conventional gas fields, 2 gas processing facilities, 4 additional gas compression facilities and a 324-kilometre gas pipeline network connected to the open-access Eastern Australian gas transmission system. Over the last five years, Denison has focused on bringing additional 2P conventional gas reserves into production, fill its available gas processing capacity, meet its executed gas sales agreements through to 2026, and to explore to find new horizons and significantly increase reserves. Denison is also focused on the development of its contingent CSG and Deep Tight Gas resources to position itself to become a significant independent producer into the East Australian gas market.

Coolibah Pty Ltd is an energy communications and issues management consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. It provides advisory services to government, industry associations, management consultancies and companies engaged in a wide range of energy activities and services.

Its principal is Keith Orchison, who has been involved in resources and energy industry policy issues management and communications for more than 36 years.

He has been a communicator in one way or another for 53 years, starting as a sports writer in South Africa in the 1950s.

During his time as a journalist he was editor of a large specialist magazine at 24, national news editor of a daily newspaper at 26 and editor of one of South Africa’s best-known current affairs magazines at 28.

In Australia in the 1970s he worked briefly for Rupert Murdoch before moving in to business communications and becoming PR head of Associated Pulp & Mills in 1974 and of La Trobe University in 1977.

In 1980 he was head-hunted to be chief executive of the upstream petroleum industry association, now the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), a position he held until 1991. He holds APPEA’s gold medal for services to the petroleum industry.

In 1991 he was headhunted to be chief executive of the Electricity Supply Association of Australia, a post he held until retiring in 2003.

He served on CSIRO energy advisory committees for six years and chaired its Energy Technology sector advisory committee in 1999-2001. He was a member of the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, an association of 14 energy, mining and manufacturing associations, for 10 years and was chairman of the AIGN in 2002.

From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Howard Government’s Critical Infrastructure Advisory Council and chaired its energy committee.

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2004 for service to the petroleum and electricity industries through fostering co-operation between energy producers and government agencies and through the development the development of policies to benefit Australia in the long term.

Today, apart from consulting activities, he publishes the "This is Power" blog and the "Coolibah Commentary" on this website and he works with Quest Events to present (and co-chair) a series of popular "energy outlook" conferences. He is also a commentator for “Gas Today magazine. Since 2007 he has been engaged in publishing yearbooks about electricity.

VISIT: www.coolibahconsulting.com.au

Utility is the title of choice for decision makers at all levels of water and energy utilities, as well as other major players like consulting engineers and first-tier contractors. Utility is integrated across print and online, and explores the biggest news and issues across the utility industry. It is Australia’s only dedicated utility magazine, and covers all areas of the utility sector, including water and sewer, gas, electricity, communications and the NBN. Visit https://utilitymagazine.com.au/

Energy is a thought-leading, technology-neutral magazine, developed to help the industry answer some of the critical questions it is currently grappling with. We look at the policies and politics affecting the industry; but we always place the emphasis on outcomes rather than political point-scoring. We are committed to helping the industry move forward and solve the energy trilemma – establishing new forms of energy that are reliable, affordable and clean – without over-emphasising the role governments will play in finding the solution. Visit https://www.energymagazine.com.au/

The Australian Pipeliner is the official magazine of the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) and the leading media brand for the sector.

The publication covers everything from upstream gas exploration and facilities, to construction and maintenance of hydrocarbon transmission pipelines and water pipelines. With mature readership lists developed over several decades, excellent brand recognition in the industry and a strong reputation for producing high-quality original content, The Australian Pipeliner has unparalleled access to key decision-makers in the upstream and midstream sectors.

Energy Today provides a positive platform for the petroleum, gas, and future fuels industries, allowing in-depth coverage into new projects, integrity and maintenance, technology, and people who power this great sector.