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Australia’s Biggest Gas Export Plant Gets Final Approval to Run to 2070
Australia’s first and largest liquefied natural gas plant cleared the final hurdle to operate until 2070, after an almost seven-year process during which operator Woodside Energy Group Ltd. faced opposition from environmentalists and traditional owners concerned about the site’s pollution.
Environment Minister Murray Watt has allowed the North West Shelf project in Western Australia to keep operating for an additional 40 years, almost four months after he granted provisional approval. Woodside has agreed to 48 conditions to limit the site’s impact on local Aboriginal rock art.