Update to Domestic Gas Policy In August 2023, the WA Government...

Update to Domestic Gas Policy


In August 2023, the WA Government updated the WA Domestic Gas Policy for the Perth and Canning Basin. The update follows the August 2020 update to the WA Domestic Gas Policy, Revised policy to secure domestic gas supply and create jobs, which prevents the export of onshore gas through the existing pipeline network.

To ensure domestic energy security, the WA Government will not consider exemptions from the WA Domestic Gas Policy for onshore gas developments on the existing pipeline network to export LNG, including those in the Perth Basin. Gas from the existing pipeline is for Western Australian industry and consumers only.

For the Canning Basin, these gas resources are not connected to the existing pipeline network and as such a normal application of the WA Domestic Gas Policy applies, which requires gas project developers to make available 15 per cent of exports for the domestic market.

The update to the WA Domestic Gas Policy will safeguard and secure Western Australia’s gas supply and support long-term economic and industrial development in the State.

https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/update-domestic-gas-policy