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The Western Australian petroleum industry is the largest contributor to Australia's production of most petroleum products.[1] Based largely on development of the reserves of the North West Shelf and other onshore hydrocarbon basins, the industry extracts crude oil, condensate and natural gas from petroleum reservoirs deep beneath the earth's surface. A large plant located at Withnell Bay near Dampier, in the Pilbara region, produces liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export to Asian customers. Crude oil and most petroleum liquids are exported. Australia's largest petroleum refinery at Kwinana in WA's south-west produces petrol and diesel for local consumption.[2] Natural gas is processed at plants located on islands off the WA coast and onshore, then transported by pipelines to gas users throughout the state. hewo people
The total value of the primary products produced by the industry in 2007 was $16.6 billion, accounting for 31% of all natural resources produced in the state.[3]