en.Wedoany.com Reported - Woodside has announced the signing of a sales agreement with Alcoa to supply 31.1 petajoules of domestic natural gas from 2027 to 2030.

The agreement was reached after the Western Australian government approved in December 2025 the extension of operations for the Pluto-Karratha gas plant interconnector. Woodside stated that this approval enables additional gas from the Pluto source to be processed using the existing capacity of the Karratha gas plant and quickly enter the market as new contracted domestic supply.

These natural gas volumes will be supplied to Alcoa's refineries in Western Australia. These refineries employ thousands of local workers and primarily produce alumina, which is the raw material for aluminum—a metal widely used in construction, manufacturing, and the energy industry. Mark Abbotsford, Woodside's Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, stated that the agreement demonstrates how the operation of Western Australia's domestic market supports both gas producers and consumers, and highlights the continued effectiveness of the state's domestic gas policy in providing a stable and predictable policy environment, laying the foundation for supplying natural gas to major industrial users.

Woodside has been supplying domestic natural gas to Western Australia for over 40 years. According to the company's data, in 2025, Woodside's share of natural gas production in Western Australia was 90.3 petajoules, accounting for approximately 21% of the state's domestic gas supply.

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