Insider says there's no need to access sea of gas in WA's Browse basin

Key points

• Researchers at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility argue Western Australia does not face a gas shortage. They say producers could sell more gas domestically from existing projects.
• Woodside and the state government maintain the Browse gas fields are needed to avoid a supply crunch from 2030. Gas industry figure Steve Lewis says large projects only proceed with export sales, and that the domestic market is too small.
• The researchers also say Browse would be expensive and carbon-intensive.