Browse to NWS Gas Pipeline
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Browse to NWS Gas Pipeline is a proposed gas pipeline in Western Australia.[1]
Location
The offshore pipeline is proposed to run from a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility in the Browse Basin to existing Northwest Shelf infrastructure near the North Rankin Complex off the shore of Western Australia.[1][2]
Project Details
Main Line
- Operator: Woodside Energy[1][2]
- Owner: Browse Joint Venture[1]
- Capacity: 2,150 MMscf/d (annual daily average)[1][2]
- Length: 900 km[1][2]
- Diameter: 42 inches[1][2]
- Status: Proposed[1][2]
- Start year: 2028[3]
- Associated infrastructure: North West Shelf LNG Terminal North West Shelf Gas Pipeline
Inter-Field Spur Line
- Operator: Woodside Energy[1][2]
- Owner: Browse Joint Venture[1]
- Capacity: 1,100 MMscf/d (annual daily average)[1][2]
- Length: 85 km[1][2]
- Diameter: 34 inches[1][2]
- Status: Proposed[1][2]
- Start year: 2028[3]
- Associated infrastructure: North West Shelf LNG Terminal
Background
The Browse development area is located around 425 km north of Broome, off the coast of Western Australia.[4] The project involves developing the Brecknock, Calliance, and Torosa fields.[1] Two floating production storage and offloading facilities (FPSOs) with capacities of 1,100 million standard cubic feet per day will be included as part of the development.[1] Gas will be transported from the FPSOs through the 85 km inter-field spur line and through the main Browse to NWS pipeline, which will connect the offshore field development to existing infrastructure near the North Rankin Complex.[1] Ultimately, the gas from the Browse development project will be processed at the North West Shelf project's Karratha Gas Plant.[5]
In May 2025, the federal government approved an extension of the North West Shelf gas facilities' life until 2070, in a major green light towards finalizing the overarching Browse gas project. These facilities were previously slated to wind down in 2030, which would have prevented the project from using the existing infrastructure.[6]
Environmental assessments were ongoing as of July 2025.[7]
Opposition and Environmental Impacts
After Woodside, the project's operator, submitted the final Browse to NWS project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), the public submitted 19,899 submissions as part of the consultation process for the development.[8] Issues raised in these submissions included greenhouse gas emissions, impacts to marine fauna, and impacts to wetlands and geological sites. Greenpeace Australia opposed the project saying that "the climate and environmental impacts listed in the EIS [were] unacceptable."[8]
After the 2025 decision to extend the life of existing North West Shelf facilities to 2070, traditional owners and environmentalists pledged to continue fighting the development, focusing on the Browse Basin gas fields and how they risk damaging ancient rock art at Murujuga National Park.[9]
Inter-Field Spur Line
The proposed offshore inter-field spur line will connect the Browse Project's proposed FPSOs at Torosa to the main Browse Trunkline near the Calliance/Brecknock FPSO.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 NS Energy. "Browse Gas and Condensate Project, offshore Australia". NS Energy. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Woodside (December 2019). "PROPOSED BROWSE TO NWS PROJECT DRAFT EIS/ERD". Woodside. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 31 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 kgi-admin (2021-11-01). "Oil pipeline profile: Browse–North West Shelf gas pipeline, Australia". Offshore Technology. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ Environmental Protection Authority (18 December 2019). "Proposed Browse to North West Shelf Project - State Waters - Public Environmental Review". Environmental Protection Authority. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Key Milestone: Woodside Publishes EIS for Browse to North West Shelf (NWS) Project". OE. September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ↑ "Woodside's North West Shelf Extension: A Strategic Anchor for LNG Supply Chain Investors in 2025". Ainvest. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ "Browse". Woodside Energy. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Esmarie Iannucci. "Woodside awaits Ministerial approval for Browse-NWS project". Mining Weekly. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ↑ "Traditional owners say 'there's always hope', vow to keep fighting Woodside". Retrieved 2025-07-28.
