The state-owned utility needs to replace the generation capacity it will lose by closing down all its coal-fired power stations over the next four years.
The Paris-based International Energy Agency with 30 countries as members, including Australia, produces research on energy markets including the influential annual World Energy Outlook.
Prospects for LNG are under a shadow if Paris Agreement emissions cuts are pursued, according to the IEA, leaving Woodside and Santos in a very dark place.
