Article originally published by Stockhead.

Over the past few months, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has repeatedly and publicly doubled down on natural gas as the fuel to drive the energy transition.

While sparring with the Australian Greens over energy policy, Albo has thrown his weight behind natural gas as the fuel baseline required to usher in a greener future.

Stockhead spoke with experts to their picks on which ASX-listed juniors could be best place to make the most of it.

Prenzler director Jonathon Feil picked a play a little closer to home, throwing his backing behind Omega Oil & Gas, a company with an exploration focus in Queensland’s Bowen and Surat basins.

OMA spudded the Canyon-2 Permian Deep Gas exploration well in March, the first tangible activity focused on Permian Deep gas in the region since British Gas executed wells in 2012.