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Pluto LNG Development (Site B Option), Burrup Peninsula

Project
Proponent: 
Woodside Energy Ltd
Proposal description: 

The construction of facilities for the development of the Pluto Gas Field on the North-West Shelf, and the processing and export of the gas at a liquefied natural gas plant to be constructed on the Burrup Peninsula. Extensive dredging will be undertaken adjacent to the export facility.

Assessment Number: 
1632
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Oil and gas
Last updated: 
November 25, 2024
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Assess - Public Environmental Review
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Social Surroundings
Marine Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Date published: 
Monday, 17 April, 2006
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Monday, 7 August, 2006
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 11 December, 2006 to Monday, 19 February, 2007
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon PER document
PDF icon PER - Technical report
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to submissions
PDF icon Addendum to the Response to Submissions
PDF icon Summary of revised dredging modelling (May 2007)
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1259
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Pluto LNG Development, Burrup Peninsula
Key Environmental Factors: 
Marine Environmental Quality
Marine Fauna
Date published: 
Monday, 9 July, 2007
Appeals close: 
Monday, 23 July, 2007
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Comments: 

Originally Statement 747, published on 3 September 2007, superseded by this Statement (757) on 24 December 2007.

Date of approval: 
Monday, 24 December, 2007
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 757.pdf
Post-assessment changes
S46C changes to conditions: 

Attachment 4 - Change to Schedule 6 (Summary of Proponent Offsets) – change to conditions approved under section 46C on 24 January 2011.

Date S46C: 
Monday, 24 January, 2011
Section 46 inquiry: 
Pluto LNG Development (Site B option) Burrup Peninsula (s46)
Pluto Liquified Natural Gas Development (Site B Option) Burrup Peninsula (s46) [2490]
s. 45C amendments: 

Attachment 1 - increment of Pluto LNG development project disturbance footprint to allow for minor infrastructure reconfiguration and realignment, and for the addition of security fencing required due to the facility being classified as a site of Vital National Importance - s45C change to proposal approved on 6 May 2008.

Attachment 2 - to include the construction of an Emergency Escape Route (walkpath) from Site B to Haul Road in the currently approved disturbance footprint of the proposal (as shown on Figure 5) - s45C change to proposal approved on 20 August 2009.

Attachment 3 - To increase the land disturbance footprint of the proposal by 3.03 hectares - change to proposal approved under s45C on 29 March 2010.

Attachment 5 - Changes:

  • Deletion of the described gas field from the Proposal preamble, to clarify that gas from other fields can be processed at Pluto LNG (as per the Public Environmental Review);
  • Deletion of the described gas turbine types used to drive the liquefaction compressors and for power generation from Schedule 1, to allow for greater flexibility in turbine design;
  • Inclusion of gas export via shipping, trucking or piping to Schedule 1, to reflect the existence of the Pluto LNG trucking facility and proposed Pluto-North West Shelf Interconnector.
  • Deletion of the described gas field Pluto North West Shelf from the Proposal Schedule 1 to gas fields.

 Changes to proposal approved under section 45C on 1 July 2019.

Date of approval s. 45C: 
Tuesday, 6 May, 2008
Thursday, 20 August, 2009
Monday, 29 March, 2010
Monday, 1 July, 2019

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