Woodside LNG Deal: Energy Giant Expands Exports While Boosting Local Gas Supply

Australia’s energy policy debate is increasingly shifting toward a key question: how much gas producers should supply locally versus exporting to global markets. A new agreement between Woodside Energy Group and the Western Australian government illustrates the growing tension between those two priorities.

Woodside has secured approval to export nearly 3 million additional tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after agreeing to increase domestic gas supply into Western Australia’s energy market. The deal modifies an existing state agreement tied to the company’s Pluto LNG project, one of the state’s major gas developments.

For policymakers, the arrangement. . .