Woodside, GE to Promote LNG as Fuel in Western Australia

Woodside and GE have signed an agreement to work together to support the use of LNG as a fuel in Western Australia and will provide customers with the option of seamless access to reliable LNG fuel supply and gas-fuelled transport and power generation solutions.

Woodside CEO Peter Coleman February 28 said that this type of collaboration was key to development of the LNG fuel market in Western Australia. “The agreement between our companies will harness the combined experience and offerings of Woodside and GE, allowing customers to choose LNG as a fuel that will deliver significant cost and emissions reductions.”

Woodside CEO Peter Coleman (Credit: Woodside)

A month ago, small-scale producer and distributor Evol LNG completed Australia’s first commercial LNG bunkering in Western Australia January 23, 2017 for Woodside and then followed it up with first LNG bunkering at Fremantle Port February 19.

Woodside also recently announced a joint initiative to foster use of LNG as a fuel for shipping iron ore and other bulk ores to China; when it made that announcement last month, it also said it would take delivery of the first LNG-fuelled marine support vessel in the southern hemisphere. 

Shardul Sharma