Australia’s Karratha LNG plant closed after cyclone amid fuel shortages
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Australia’s Karratha LNG plant closed after cyclone amid fuel shortages

March 29, 2026
South China Morning Post
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At least one of the world’s largest LNG plants remained closed on Sunday after a cyclone knocked out power to thousands of people in Western Australia. The outages were restricting already stretched fuel supplies caused by the war in the Middle East. Woodside Energy, which processes fuel from one of the world’s biggest offshore gas operations, said on Sunday that its Karratha plant remained offline.

Australia’s Karratha LNG plant closed after cyclone amid fuel shortages

“We have commenced remobilising our workforce to some of our offshore facilities and inspections...

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