Name of the Project
Browse to North West Shelf project.

Location
Off the shore of the Browse basin, about 425 km north of Broome, Western Australia. The proposed development will transport gas to the North West Shelf project’s existing infrastructure at Karratha, in Western Australia.

Project Owner/s
Woodside Energy is the operator of the project on behalf of the Browse Joint Venture comprising Woodside Browse (30.60%); BP Developments (44.33%); Japan Australia LNG (MIMI Browse), with 14.40%; and PetroChina International Investment (Australia), with 10.67%.

Project Description
The proposed project entails the development of the Calliance, Brecknock and Torosa conventional natural gasfields in the offshore Browse basin, which collectively have an estimated contingent resource of 14.4-trillion cubic feet of dry gas and about 411-million barrels of condensate.

The development concept includes two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facilities and a pipeline of about 900 km to the North West Shelf project’s existing infrastructure, including the Karratha gas plant.

The project has a forecast production capacity of 11.4-million tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas and domestic gas on a 100% project basis. It also has a peak condensate production rate of 50 000 bbl/d.

A carbon capture and storage solution has also been incorporated into the offshore design and is expected to reduce Scope 1 greenhouse-gas emissions from the Browse development by about 53-million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent.

Potential Job Creation
The project is expected to create a peak employment of about 2 167 full-time-equivalent jobs in Western Australia during the construction phase, with an estimated 4 760 full-time-equivalent jobs expected to be created across the Australian economy. An economic-impact assessment by Deloitte Access Economics in May 2026 estimates that the project could contribute a long-term uplift of more than A$141-billion to national GDP and generate about A$56.2-billion in taxes, royalties and excise, including about A$19.8-billion in petroleum resource rent tax. The report also estimates that about 80% of the economic impacts would flow to industries outside oil and gas, including construction, services and public services.

Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditure is estimated at about A$48.7-billion, in real terms.

Planned Start/End Date
Not confirmed.

Latest Developments
Woodside is continuing engagement with regulators to progress environmental approvals and technical work to optimise the upstream concept. Contractors have been engaged to progress pre-front-end engineering design engineering scopes for the FPSO facilities. Woodside has also issued invitations to tender for the design and construction of these facilities, to provide market pricing and schedule assumptions to inform a FEED entry decision.

The company is also progressing the gas processing agreement that will establish the commercial framework and terms for processing Browse gas at the Karratha gas plant.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
Deloitte Access Economics (independent economic impact assessment).

Contact Details for Project Information
Woodside Energy Group, tel +61 8 9348 4000 or media contact Dan Pagoda, cell +61 482 675 731 or email dan.pagoda@woodside.com.