Aus greenlights Scarborough environment plan
Woodside has been granted environmental approval for the nearshore component of the proposed Scarborough development by the Western Australian ministry of environment.
The ministerial statement 1172 authorises the installation of a 32-km section of the Scarborough trunkline within state waters, together with associated activities needed to build it.
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Woodside Acting CEO Meg O’Neill welcomed the minister for environment Amber-Jade Sanderson’s decision to approve the proposed Scarborough development activities in state waters.
“This is an important regulatory milestone as we now have both Commonwealth and state primary environmental approvals in place to support a final investment decision for the Scarborough development,” O’Neill said.
“Scarborough gas contains negligible reservoir carbon dioxide. Combined with the adoption of best available proven technology in design at Pluto Train 2, these developments will be amongst the lowest-carbon LNG sources globally for Woodside’s north Asian customers,” she added.
Woodside is proposing to develop the Scarborough gas resource through new offshore facilities connected by a 430-km pipeline to a proposed expansion of the existing Pluto LNG onshore facility. The expansion includes modifications to the existing Pluto Train 1, construction of a second gas processing train (Pluto Train 2) and additional domestic gas infrastructure. Woodside is aiming for a final investment decision for Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 this year.