Woodside sold the project to an insubstantial company to avoid a few hundred million in decommissioning costs: now it and its competitors will pay the price.
Wesfarmers is a Perth-based conglomerate best known for Bunnings and Kmart but with substantial interests in chemicals, energy and fertilisers including in WA CSBP Fertilisers, Kleenheat and EVOL LNG.
Norwegian Yara has big plans for green ammonia in WA's north while local Wesfarmers looks to build another traditional carbon-intensive facility south of Perth.
