Updated May 18, 2026 – 3.54pm, first published at 2.02pmWoodside Energy’s multibillion-dollar plan to use gas from the remote Browse fields off Australia’s far north-west coast to supply its North-West Shelf LNG plant could be under threat from an unexpected move by Japan’s Inpex to buy into the fields.Woodside said it would consider whether to exercise its pre-emptive rights on the agreement that Inpex struck last Friday to buy PetroChina’s 10.67 per cent stake in the three undeveloped Browse gas fields: Calliance, Brecknock and Torosa. Those fields hold about 14 billion cubic feet of gas and 400 million barrels of condensates, a type of light oil.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Woodside mulls veto right to Inpex gas deal amid project design threat
Japan’s move to buy into the giant Browse project could throw a spanner in the works of Woodside’s plan to pipe the gas back to its North-West Shelf LNG plant.
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