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 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, April 17, 2006 - 12:00 3. Assessment Scoping Approved Monday, August 7, 2006 - 12:00 Environmental Review Environmental Review documentation PER document (PDF, 37.47 MB) PER - Technical report (PDF, 41.95 MB) Proponent response to submissions Response to submissions (PDF, 5.09 MB) Addendum to the Response to Submissions (PDF, 3.8 MB) Summary of revised dredging modelling (May 2007) (PDF, 340.3 KB) 4. EPA Report on assessment EPA Report Number 1259 EPA Report Pluto LNG Development, Burrup Peninsula (PDF, 17.51 MB) Key Environmental Factors Marine Environmental Quality Marine Fauna Date published Monday, July 9, 2007 - 12:00 Appeals close Monday, July 23, 2007 - 12:00 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and implementation of proposal Ministerial Statement Comments Originally Statement 747, published on 3 September 2007, superseded by this Statement (757) on 24 December 2007.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, December 24, 2007 - 12:00 Ministerial Statement Ministerial Statement 757.pdf (PDF, 3.07 MB) 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, January 24, 2011 - 12:00 Section 46 inquiry Pluto LNG Development (Site B option) Burrup Peninsula (s46) Pluto Liquified Natural Gas Development (Site B Option) Burrup Peninsula (s46) … 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, May 6, 2008 - 12:00 Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:00 Monday, March 29, 2010 - 12:00 Monday, July 1, 2019 - 12:00
