Friday, October 19, 2012

Dinosaur prints spark row - The West Australian

Dinosaur prints spark row - The West Australian:

Woodside Petroleum has brushed off claims of protesters at its proposed gas hub at James Price Point that scientists surveying dinosaur footprints were there to destroy them.

A traditional owner confronts the survey workers. Picture: Damian Kelly
Mr McCrea said he had seen development and dinosaur prints co-exist, notably at open pit coal mines in western Alberta and in the north east and south east of British Columbia. "That's one of the things we are going to be taking a look at," he said. "There are certain cases I have experienced in which a development would have a huge negative impact on a (dinosaur) track site and for others it was negligible." Mr McCrea said, speaking generally, individual prints could be moved if they were found to be at risk from erosion or a development. A single trackway could also be moved, though it involved huge expense. But a site with multiple trackways was a different proposition, he said.

"These things can be as big as parking lots and it's just not feasible," he said. Mr McCrea said it was possible to make replicas which meant potentially losing the originals to the weather or the effects of the development that was nearby. "It's a difficult thing," he said.

Meanwhile, on the main highway entrance into Broome, the community continues to let their thoughts be known to Woodside.

On one side of the Banner states: Woodside destroying Community and on the other side, Woodside Destroying Culture.

Do you think Woodside's security vehicle, pictured here, noticed it?

11 comments:

  1. Thank you for your kind information. It is very important for us.Again thanks.

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  2. They didn't waste any time getting it down,cherry picker there at 0830.
    Another great action loved it.

    NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING THE ITEMS THAT TOPPED THIS LIST.

    AMEC urges cutting mining red tape

    The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has developed a set of recommendations it says will reduce red tape affecting mining operations.

    The association outlined the policy changes to Western Australian Mines Minister Norman Moore last night.
    ..
    "Issues such as access to land through native title, Aboriginal heritage issues, arrangements with the Government on offsets, they're just typical of the sort of areas that have open-ended time frames to them," he said.

    .........


    WOODSIDE Petroleum said today it has bought a 40 per cent stake in an oil and gas exploration block offshore Myanmar, as foreign companies become increasingly willing to risk investing in the once-reclusive Asian nation.

    Myanmar's government has eased restrictions on the media, expanded access to the Internet, and given dissidents more freedom to express their views since a nominally civilian government took over last year, ending decades of military rule.

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  3. FERGUSON THE SLIMEY BASTARD.

    LITTLE HISTORY FIRST:JUNE 2010:

    Australian oil company bullies East Timor

    The East Timorese government is refusing to accept a proposal by Australian-based exploration company Woodside Petroleum to develop the Greater Sunrise gas deposit in the Timor Sea with a huge FLOATING processing plant. Despite heavy pressure from Woodside, with the backing of the Australian government, East Timor is adamant that the gas should be processed in East Timor.

    Woodside announced the proposal on April 29, claiming it to be the most COMMERCIALY VIABLE OPTION. However, this has been rejected by all sectors of the East Timorese political elite. The Xanana Gusmao-led Parliamentary Majority Alliance (AMP) and the leadership of the main opposition party, Fretilin, are united in demanding that the gas be piped from Greater Sunrise to East Timor.

    Greater Sunrise is expected to generate at least $13 billion in revenue for both East Timor and Australia. Woodside has consistently argued that a DEEP SEA PIPELINE IS NOT TECHNICALLY POSSIBLE or is too expensive. East Timor has conducted its own INDEPENDENT SURVEYS WHICH SHOW OTHERWISE.

    Greater Sunrise contains the largest known gas deposit in the Timor Sea. It is located in an area long claimed by East Timor as wholly within its territory. Around 144 kilometres off the southern coast of East Timor, it is significantly closer to East Timor than to Australia.
    ..
    A decision on how the gas was to be processed was due at the end of 2009, but was delayed, allegedly while Woodside finalised its assessment. Over the same period, Royal Dutch Shell, which is a major shareholder in Woodside and holds a 27% stake in Greater Sunrise, was concluding negotiations with Samsung Heavy Industries (the world’s third largest shipyard) for the supply of up to 10 FLOATING LIQUID NATURAL GAS processing plants, worth approximately US$5 BILLION each.

    Earlier this year, Gusmao and other representatives of the AMP government publicly reaffirmed its position (and that of the previous Fretilin government) that the gas should be piped to East Timor for processing. In February, Woodside CEO Don Voelte accused East Timor of “negotiating through the newspapers”.
    ..
    Unsurprisingly, the Rudd Labor government has come out in support of Woodside’s proposal, implying that East Timor is not abiding by its legal obligations under the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea, signed in January 2006. THIS UNJUST TREATY EXISTS because Australia refuses to recognise East Timor’s sovereign rights under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

    The May 3 Australian quoted resources and energy minister Martin Ferguson as saying: “The Australian government has consistently maintained that the location of LNG processing is a commercial decision for the Sunrise joint venture … As we have always said, we will carry out our obligations and we expect the Timor Leste government to meet its obligations.”
    ..
    On May 6, Voelte and a team of Woodside executives travelled to East Timor to seek a meeting with Gusmao. They were met by a vibrant 200-strong rally that prevented them from leaving the airport for two hours. Gusmao refused to meet with them

    ........





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  4. CONT....

    FAST FORWARD - PRESENT DAY:
    (after 4 corners how could he say this?)

    Australia’s Resources & Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has said he expects a decision on the development of the Greater Sunrise gas resource, in the Timor Sea, TO BE MADE IN THE NEXT YEAR.



    He was responding to reports that Timor-Leste was considering WALKING AWAY from a treaty between the two countries to develop the resource.

    "Clearly we're looking to move toward some decisions (on the Timor Sea gas field) over the next 12 months or so," Ferguson was quoted as saying in an interview with Reuters.

    "Timor-Leste and Australia FREELY ENTERED into a treaty some years ago. We will honour the treaty, we expect Timor-Leste to do the same."
    ..

    The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday that a Timorese government lawyer was in Australia lobbying officials in Canberra and he warned that Timor-Leste could WALK AWAY from the treaty if a development plan is not agreed on by February next year.

    “Timor could EASILY FIND A NEW PARTNER that would be willing to have a pipeline to come through, up in the northern part of Asia there’s a big country there that I’m sure would be very interested in an opportunity to have some gas,” Timor-Leste government lawyer, Pierre-Richard Prosper, told the Australian broadcaster.

    But Ferguson told Reuters that the Timor-Leste government had not communicated that intention to his department
    ..

    AND WOODSIDE - THE OTHER SLIMEY BASTARDS:

    Woodside would prefer to build a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, which the company says would be THE LEAST COSTLY OPTION. East Timor favours an onshore plant within its borders which it has argued would provide more jobs and economic development.

    "THE LEAST COSTLY OPTION"

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  5. Regarding moving dinosaur trackways.

    Oh puhleeese Woodside you still don't get it. They cannot be moved. They are an integral part of the songline. Talk of moving them is akin to moving the Vatican to make way for an industrial development. Two words Woodside - PISS OFF.

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  6. BEN COLLINS HAS NEVER WRITTEN A TRUE PIECE ON GAS AT JPP - HE LIKES TO PUSH BARNETT AND WOODSIDE'S PROPAGANDA.

    BUT IT SEEMS EVEN BEN IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE BLOODY OBVIOUS.

    http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/10/19/3614452.htm?site=kimberley

    He gives a run down on the FLNG and how it is shaping up to be the game changer for Browse.

    However,in true Collins style he had to put a "Barnett" in there.He would have heard how Bob Brown had spoken to all the JV partners,apart from Woodside,and they had said how they are quite happy to see the money go to GJJ no matter where the gas is processed.

    "FLNG would spell the end of the agreements struck between the majority of James Price Point native title claimants, Woodside and the State Government. While heavily criticised by opponents of the gas project, supporters hold up these agreements as part of the key to ending Aboriginal disadvantage in the Kimberley."

    He wasn't too flash on the local content issue either - but he's getting there slowly.

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  7. Why is it that the anti gas lobby can publish so many lies and mistruths? If Woodside was as dishonest as its opponents then we would really be worried. Mr McCrea is one of the top three experts in the world. I am sure that his priority is preserving significant scientific data not pleasing Woodside. I just wish that the protest group was restricted to permanent inhabitants of the area instead of "blow ins" then we would get a true idea of the sentiment of the people of Broome, many of whom are in favour of the development.

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    1. So how many of the "in favour" group are permanent inhabitants?

      Woodside,H.E.S.,Lockforce,ISS Security,the people and kids KLC bused in for the vote,are not permanent inhabitants.

      And anyway it's not the "anti gas lobby" - it's the Save Walmadany lobby.

      PIPE IT AND FLOAT IT.

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    2. Ha! With the list of corrupt dealings and flawed science getting longer by the day your comments have no credibility whatsoever.What a joke!

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    3. You undereducated bumpkin.

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  8. There it goes again. Unsubstantiated statements made by uneducated people.

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