Future LNG developments in Western Australia

Western Australia has one operating LNG project, the North West Shelf Project and a second LNG project, the Gorgon Project currently at the marketing and feasibility stage. Total Western Australian gas resource estimates range from around 30 to 60 trillion cubic feet. LNG market opportunities in North East Asia in 2000 could see a new supply requirement of between 4 and 9.5 million tonnes increasing to 11.5 to 23 million tonnes by 2005. Western Australian LNG production will be 7 million tonnes per annum by 1995 and with further expansions of the North West Shelf Project could attain 12.5 million tonnes by 2001. The implementation of the Gorgon Project in the period 2000 to 2008 could see production increase to 20 million tonnes