WA Premier Roger Cook's core "Made in WA" election policy will be tested by his use of local content provisions to keep Chevron's WA engineers working in WA.
The Woodside-operated remote Browse gas fields off the Kimberley coast have been planned to supply various LNG projects over two decades without success, held back by cost, distance and a high level of carbon dioxide in the gas. BP is the major shareholder.
WA is the only state in Australia with rising emissions on the back of new LNG projects that will make meeting Paris Agreement emissions reductions very dificult.
Woodside and ConocoPhillips are gravitating toward the cheapest development options for their Browse and Barossa gas fields to compete with low-cost Qatar.
