LNG

Australia, whose LNG output will soon exceed 80 million tonnes per annum, is proposing other nations follow its initiative for industry-wide coordination of plant shut-downs and more sharing of infrastructure.

Western Australian, the state hosting three liquefied natural gas export plants and with a fourth, Wheatstone LNG, set to come on stream shortly has been urged to cancel an inquiry into hydraulic fracturing for shale gas as a waste of time and money and a cause of uncertainty that is “strangling” the onshore gas industry.