Beetaloo or bust: the route to commercial success for an Australian shale play, page-150

I'm sure that the greater scope of the East Coast pipeline and APA will not move as quick as Jemena, but it is worth recalling the pace that the NEGI line was built at.

"Asian conglomerate Jemena began construction on the $800 million, 622 kilometre Northern Gas Pipeline, to run from Tennant Creek to Mount Isa about 18 months ago, and today it was officially opened in the NT."

There was a better summary of the timeline last time I looked, but an article is here:
Northern Territory on cusp of becoming gas centre of Australia as gas pipeline opens - ABC News

I'm curious as to the pessimism regarding whether this gas will be produced. Precious little has been discovered in Australia since the CSG build-out in QLD. There's a reason for that...