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First gas arrived in the South West from the NWS Venture’s onshore gas processing facilities, near Karratha on 23 August 1984, with a small quantity of gas flared at Kwinana to symbolically mark the occasion.
The North West Shelf Venture domestic gas venture is now made up of an international consortium consisting of Woodside Energy 50%, BP Developments Australia 16.67, ChevronTexaco Australia 16.67%, BHP Billiton Petroleum (North West Shelf) 8.33% and Shell Development Proprietary (8.33%).
Currently nine purpose-built LNG ships transport NWS LNG to Japan and the venture has signed a $25 billion supply deal with the Chinese province of Guangdong.
In early July gas began flowing into the $1 billion fourth train where it will be liquefied for export from the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Commissioning of the train has begun in readiness for meeting expanded production commitments this year.
The new train will boost LNG production capacity at the venture's onshore gas plant from 7.5 million tonnes a year to 11.7 million tonnes making it the biggest single LNG train in the world and the biggest construction project in Australian since the original North West Shelf LNG developments in 1980s and 1990s.
