WOODSIDE estimates its Browse Basin LNG project will generate up to $50 billion in revenue for the Australian economy without significant risks to migrating whales, other marine species or nearby coral reefs.
The oil and gas giant has released its draft environmental impact statement for the offshore infrastructure of its proposed $30bn development off Western Australia's Kimberley coast.
While concluding there would be no significant risk to the environment, it said there could be some disturbance to nesting green turtles on Scott Reef from artificial lighting and a slight impact on whales from drilling noise.
Environmental groups compared Scott Reef's biodiversity richness to that of the Great Barrier Reef and said Woodside's plan to drill through it to the underlying Torosa gasfield presented unacceptable risks.
The Australian
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