Australia eyes shared Browse LNG hub

The Australian federal government and Western Australia’s state government will seek to establish a single common-user liquefied natural gas processing hub for gas from the offshore Browse basin, where Japan’s Inpex, Australia’s Woodside and UK supermajor Shell already operate large gas fields.

Best of both worlds: Australian Energy Minister Peter Garrett wants to continue development of LNG from Western Australia's Browse basin while protecting the environmental and cultural heritage of the Kimberley region

Russell Searancke