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Proposed Browse to NWS Development

Project
Proponent: 
Woodside Energy Ltd
Proposal description: 

Woodside Energy Ltd has provided a combined document that relates to both its Commonwealth referral (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999) and State referral (Environmental Protection Act 1986).

The component within State Waters includes drilling and completion, installation, commissioning, operation, well repair and workover and decommissioning of subsea wells and associated infrastructure located in Western Australian State waters, to extract hydrocarbons from the Torosa reservoir, located approximately 425 km north of Broome and approximately 290 km off the Kimberley coast.

Regarding the application submitted under s.43A of the EP Act to change the proposal during the EPA’s assessment in May 2025, due to website constraints, the proponent’s s.43A application information has been provided on a separate s.43A webpage. Please refer to the s.43A webpage for the proponent’s response to submissions on the s.43A application. Please note that with the completion of the s.43A process, updates to the s.43A webpage have ceased and any future updates to the proposal will be recorded on the original proposal page only.

Proposal Content Document: 
PDF icon Amended Proposal Content Document - August 2025.pdf
Assessment Number: 
2191
Region: 
Kimberley
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Oil and gas
Last updated: 
August 20, 2025
Current Status: 
Response to submission published
Response to submission published
1. Referral
Comment on this referral: 
Proposed Browse to NWS Development
Comment period: 
Wednesday, 21 November, 2018 to Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
Referral documentation: 
PDF icon Referral Form
PDF icon Supporting Document
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Extract of determination: 
PDF icon Proposed Browse to NWS Development
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Benthic Communities and Habitats
Marine Environmental Quality
Marine Fauna
Date published: 
Thursday, 24 January, 2019
3. Assessment
Scoping
Environmental scoping document: 
PDF icon CMS17489 - ESD - Approved.pdf
Approved: 
Monday, 8 July, 2019
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Wednesday, 18 December, 2019 to Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
Make a submission: 
Proposed Browse to North West Shelf Project - State Waters - Public Environmental Review
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Environmental Review Document - State Waters - Assessment 2191 - Browse to North West Shelf (EIS ERD Appendix B)
PDF icon Draft EIS ERD Part 1 -Chapters 1-5.pdf
PDF icon Draft EIS ERD Part 2 -Chapters 6-9.pdf
PDF icon Appendices A - C.pdf
PDF icon Appendix D.1 - Advisian BTL Environmental Survey Report
PDF icon Appendix D.2 - AIMS Scott Reef and Rowley Shoals LTM 2017 report
PDF icon Appendix D.3 - JASCO Browse to North West Shelf Noise Modelling Study
PDF icon Appendix D.4 - RPS Marine Discharge Modelling Report
PDF icon Appendix D.5 - RPS Oil Spill Modelling Report
Date Published (Environmental Review documentation): 
December 18, 2019
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Browse to NWS Project - ERD Response to Submissions.pdf
PDF icon Appendix A - Technical Studies.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B.1 - State Waters Environmental Quality Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B.2 - State Waters Greenhouse Gas Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B.3 - Overview of Browse Hydrocarbon Spill Preparedness Approach.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B.4 - Turtle Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix B.5 - Pygmy Blue Whale Management Plan.pdf
PDF icon Appendix C - Responses Received - Part1.pdf
PDF icon Appendix C - Responses Received - Part2.pdf
PDF icon Appendix C - Responses Received - Part3.pdf
PDF icon Appendix C - Responses Received - Part4.pdf
PDF icon Letter - Response to EPA Information Request of July 2023.pdf
Date published (Proponent response to submissions): 
December 4, 2023
Change to proposal during assessment under s. 43A
s. 43A notice: 
PDF icon CMS17489 - S43A Notice - 161219.pdf
PDF icon S43A Notice - 121022.pdf
PDF icon s. 43A Notice - 200825.pdf
Date of approval s. 43A: 
Wed, 20/08/2025

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/proposed-browse-nws-development