LNG

May 17 (LNGJ) - Woodside Petroleum, the major Australian LNG producer, has signed a seven-year contract with a company called Contract Resources to use its planned facility in Karratha, Western Australia, to process spent catalysts and hazardous waste by-products from LNG production and the oil and gas stream process. The Contract Resources secure storage, processing and purification plant will be the first of its kind in Australia and construction is expected to commence shortly. “Woodside is pleased to be the foundation client for Contract Resource’s new treatment plant, which will provide an innovative and environmentally sustainable solution for the LNG industry in Australia,” said Niall Myles, Senior Vice-President of Woodside’s operations unit.