Under an agreement signed last week with China's Xinjiang Guanghui Group, Newbridge will invest up to $300 million in an LNG processing plant in north-western China's Xinjiang autonomous region.

The new investment will aim to triple Guanghui's gas processing capacity to 4.5 million cubic metres per day over the next three years, a senior Guanghui official said.

Guanghui's LNG business is spearheaded by its Xinjiang Guanghui LNG Development subsidiary.

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