Modeen: Flashpoint

The construction of three new liquefied natural gas plants in Central Queensland throws a spotlight on the industry, and sees Australia overtake Qatar as the world's number one exporter of LNG.

While Qatar struggles to regain its crown and other countries vie for a share of the burgeoning LNG market, a tanker is sunk in the Philippine Sea north of Papua New Guinea.

Believing an international cartel is responsible for the attack on the tanker and that Australia's LNG plants could be under thre...