The US giant pretends Labor's policies are thwarting the expansion of its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants, which it does not plan to do anyway, to gain leverage with governments.
The US miner has held back findings that it drilled near Cockatoo nesting trees and has had its plans for protecting Perth's water supply rejected.
Luck has run out for WA's coral reefs, with most under twice the level of heat stress that can kill coral. Climate change is the cause.
Since the mid-1960s, ExxonMobil has produced oil and gas offshore the coast of Gippsland, Victoria. The operation is 50 per cent owned by Woodside.
The idea is one of many around Australia that would delay the cost of decommissioning old infrastructure.
If Woodside absorbs BHP's oil & gas assets new laws ensure the massive decommissioning liability falls to one of the companies, not the Australian taxpayer, unlike the Northern Endeavour.
Buying BHP’s Australian oil and gas assets could allow Woodside to escape its lost decade, but its shareholders and Australian taxpayers should count their fingers after the handshake.
BHP's climate target excludes the Bass Strait, North West Shelf and future Scarborough LNG on the incorrect basis that the operator controls the emissions, not the joint owners.
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