The WA government has green lit Woodside’s plan to run its North West Shelf plant for another 50 years, ending a six-year-long approval process and clearing the way for its contentious $30 billion gas project.
In a ministerial statement published on Thursday, Environment Minister Reece Whitby declared the proposal lodged back in 2018 may be implemented, subject to a swathe of conditions.Among them, the state government indicated Woodside would be required to undertake a review of operational measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions within 12 months of the approval and then on a five-yearly basis, with the hub on the Burrup Peninsula expected to generate 4.
to abandon WA’s emissions reduction requirements in favour of handballing responsibility for CO₂ reduction to the Commonwealth to “avoid duplication” The plan to extend the life of Australia’s largest export facility, spanning more than 200 hectares north-west of Karratha, was lodged with the environmental watchdog more than six years ago.It is a critical part of the $30 billion Browse joint venture between Woodside, BP, Mitsui, Mitsubishi and PetroChina, which hinges on its ability to pipe gas 1000 kilometres from the field to the 40-year-old plant for processing.
The decision coincides with the release of new footage of Scott Reef off WA’s north-west coast amid concerns held by renowned author Tim Winton’s about the impact of drilling for Browse, which lies less than three kilometres from the reef.
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