Woodside Energy CEO Meg O’Neill says the proposed $30 billion Browse LNG project in Western Australia has become a burning issue for Japanese customers very keen to see the huge gas resource developed but worried about mounting regulatory hurdles in the way.

“The thing that concerns our customers is the longer-term opportunity, and Browse is perhaps the most prominent example,” Ms O’Neill told The Australian Financial Review after an address the National Press Club where she underscored the important role gas plays in regional security in the Asian region as well as the multiple challenges to bring any new supply to market.