Karratha is a city in the Pilbara region of Western
Australia, adjoining the port of Dampier.
Karratha, an isolated city, is located approximately
1,535 kilometres north of Perth and 850 kilometres
south of Broome on the North West Coastal
Highway. At June 2015, Karratha had an estimated
urban population of 19,235.
Karratha's economic base includes the iron ore
operations of the Rio Tinto Group, sea-salt mining,
ammonia export operations, North West Shelf
Natural Gas Project, Australia's largest natural
resource development and the newest Natural
Gas Project called Pluto LNG which is situated
adjacent the existing North West Shelf LNG facility.