Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Published on Dec 3, 2012 by
 
Australia's government is due to decide within weeks whether to approve a massive gas project in country's north-west.

If it gets the go-ahead, the development will be one of the biggest in the world.

But it is dividing communities and critics say it will have a major impact on the environment.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Thomas reports from Broome, north-western Australia.

2 comments:

  1. Chevron says the cost of its massive Gorgon LNG project off the State's North West coast has blown out by $9 billion to $52 billion because of increased labour costs, productivity issues and the strong Australian dollar.

    The US-based oil and gas giant has also put its plant start-up date back to late 2014, with the first LNG cargo scheduled for the first quarter of 2015. It said Gorgon was only about 55 per cent complete

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    The operators of a barge that ran aground near Cervantes last week, have enlisted experts from the United States to try and free the vessel.

    The barge left Henderson, south of Fremantle, 10 days ago, bound for Barrow Island but came adrift in rough seas and struck a limestone reef in a marine park last Thursday.

    The barge's operator, Offshore Marine Services Alliance, says divers have inspected the hull and noted that there is some damage, but it is not serious.

    The Department of Transport say it is closely monitoring the situation

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    More cost and time blowouts to come.
    And stuff ups!

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