Eastern Gas Corporation (ASX:EGA) Managing Director and CEO David Spring joined Ross Greenwood on Sky News Australia's Business Weekend to discuss the tightening east coast gas market and Eastern Gas's role in bringing new domestic supply online. With forecast shortfalls putting energy security firmly on the national agenda, David outlines why well-located, development-ready gas projects have never been more strategically important.

In the interview, David shares an update on the company's flagship Venus Project in Queensland's Surat Basin - home to an independently certified contingent resource of 130 petajoules, sitting close to existing pipeline infrastructure - and the recent appraisal drilling campaign designed to move the project towards development. Watch the full interview below.