Shell Weighs $24 Billion Stake Sale in Australian LNG Project

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Shell is considering selling its $24 billion minority stake in the Australian North West Shelf LNG project to ADNOC and Midocean Energy, citing changes in project operations.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 80% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: Moderate

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 80% confidence.

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Source OilPrice.com
Claim Shell Weighs $24 Billion Stake Sale in Australian LNG Project
AI inference Bearish · 80%
Generated 2026-02-26 08:45

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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Original source

Shell is in talks with ADNOC and Midocean Energy on the potential sale of its minority stake in the Australian North West Shelf LNG project, Bloomberg has reported, citing unnamed sources. The supermajor holds a 16.67% in the project, which is worth some $24 billion. An earlier Bloomberg report said Shell had started considering a sale following changes to how the North West Shelf project would operate, namely as a so-called third-party tolling facility, meaning buyers of the gas pay a fee to have it liquefied. Woodside’s North West Shelf…

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Original article published by OilPrice.com on February 26, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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