An expert, independent of government and industry, explains how prolonged industrial activity on the Burrup Peninsula in WA endangers an Australian marvel.
The Perth-based LNG specialist operates the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG projects and is developing the Scarborough and Browse fields. It also has a 50 per cent stake in ExxonMobil's Bass Strait operation and substantial interests in the US and Mexico.
Woodside Energy’s ambition to be at the forefront of ships moving to cleaner fuel took an early step last night with the christening in Fremantle of its first LNG-powered vessel.
Red Bull F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo plans his corners three turns out according to Woodside boss Peter Coleman, who wants to run his LNG plants the same way.
Woodside's Peter Coleman wants to develop new LNG markets in shipping, miming and remote communities by "breaking bulk" and delivering in smaller quantities.
Woodside is confident it will not have to pipe gas to WA from its giant Pluto project despite the company’s five-year reprieve from the State’s domestic gas policy ending in May 2017.
Woodside chief executive Peter Coleman hopes the ramp-up of Wheatstone goes well as the Perth-based group braces for a big reduction in its domestic gas sales in 2017
