Queensland Gas Company Limited

Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) will hold an Investor Briefing today, Wednesday 20 August 2008.

The Managing Director of Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF), Richard Cottee, has committed to remain in the position for a further six years, ensuring certainty and stability as QGC embarks on a major growth phase.

The superior offer from Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) for Roma Petroleum (ASX:RPM) ─ an offer unanimously recommended by the Roma Board ─ would lead to a concerted exploration focus on tenements prospective for coal seam gas, QGC Managing Director Richard Cottee said today.

Queensland Gas Company Limited (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) and Bechtel Oil jointly announce that the Queensland Curtis LNG Project has secured Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. as the project contractor for its proposed LNG plant near Gladstone in Australia.

Queensland Gas Company Limited today announced that it will increase its offer for Roma Petroleum NL (Roma)(ASX:RPM)

Queensland Gas Company (ASX:QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) Managing Director Richard Cottee has welcomed the Queensland Government's announcement of a $5 million grant for a feasibility study into the use of water produced from coal seam gas (CSG) extraction.

The Queensland Government today declared the Queensland Curtis LNG Project to be significant, a move which triggers environmental impact assessment under Queensland and Australian Government legislation. The project is an alliance between Queensland Gas Company Limited of Australia (ASX:QGC)(PNK:QGSCF) and BG Group plc (LON:BG) of the United Kingdom.

Queensland Gas Company (ASX:QGC)(PNK:QGSCF) has exceeded interim estimates of its Proved, Probable and Possible reserves, following analysis and final confirmation by independent certifiers, Netherland, Sewell & Associates.

Queensland Gas Company (ASX: QGC)(PINK:QGSCF)(will increase its Proved and Probable (2P) reserves of coal seam gas from 1,317 petajoules (PJ) to more than 2,370 PJ, of which QGC's share would be more than 1,895 PJ.

The boards of Queensland Gas Company (ASX: QGC)(PINK:QGSCF) and Roma Petroleum NL (ASX: RPM) have agreed on terms for QGC to make a friendly bid for all the issued shares in Roma.