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The Age
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Green groups fail in bid to delay federal call on Woodside proposal
Two major conservation groups have lost their bid to further delay Environment Minister Murray Watts' decision on Woodside's 50-year North West Shelf extension. The deadline for a decision on the controversial proposal was delayed from March 31 until May 31 as a result of a 'reconsideration request' from the Conservation Council of WA and Greenpeace Australia to bring more of Woodside's Burrup Hub vision into the minister's assessment. Both Greenpeace and the Conservation Council WA argued Woodside's $30 billion Browse gas field development proposal – which would use North West Shelf assets – and the company's plans to build a carbon capture and storage facility should all be considered together. On Wednesday, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water notified the two groups that request was denied, paving the way for an imminent decision on the NWS proposal by Watt, who visited WA this week. The hub on the Burrup Peninsula in WA's north-west is expected to generate 4.3 billion tonnes of emissions over its lifespan, more than 10 times the nation's current annual total. Loading CCWA executive director Matt Roberts was disappointed with the department's decision. 'We have been saying all along that without the North West Shelf, there is no Browse gas project, the plant is dependent on the approval of drilling operations in and around the pristine Scott Reef in WA's north-west to supply the gas plant on the Burrup Peninsula,' he said. 'This extension is the centrepiece of Woodside's Burrup Hub, opening up widespread industrialisation of WA's oceans and iconic Pilbara and Kimberley landscapes.
Sydney Morning Herald
22-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Green groups fail in bid to delay federal call on Woodside proposal
Two major conservation groups have lost their bid to further delay Environment Minister Murray Watts' decision on Woodside's 50-year North West Shelf extension. The deadline for a decision on the controversial proposal was delayed from March 31 until May 31 as a result of a 'reconsideration request' from the Conservation Council of WA and Greenpeace Australia to bring more of Woodside's Burrup Hub vision into the minister's assessment. Both Greenpeace and the Conservation Council WA argued Woodside's $30 billion Browse gas field development proposal – which would use North West Shelf assets – and the company's plans to build a carbon capture and storage facility should all be considered together. On Wednesday, the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water notified the two groups that request was denied, paving the way for an imminent decision on the NWS proposal by Watt, who visited WA this week. The hub on the Burrup Peninsula in WA's north-west is expected to generate 4.3 billion tonnes of emissions over its lifespan, more than 10 times the nation's current annual total. Loading CCWA executive director Matt Roberts was disappointed with the department's decision. 'We have been saying all along that without the North West Shelf, there is no Browse gas project, the plant is dependent on the approval of drilling operations in and around the pristine Scott Reef in WA's north-west to supply the gas plant on the Burrup Peninsula,' he said. 'This extension is the centrepiece of Woodside's Burrup Hub, opening up widespread industrialisation of WA's oceans and iconic Pilbara and Kimberley landscapes.
