Environmental watchdog to review new Kimberley gas project

Key points

• Buru Energy has referred its proposed Rafael conventional gas project in the Kimberley to Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority for review. The company says the project could supply the region with locally produced gas and LPG for the first time.
• Buru executive chairman David Maxwell said the project would improve energy security.
• Environmentalists argue it could pave the way for fracking, a claim the company rejects, saying it no longer uses hydraulic fracturing and has no plans for it.