Greenpeace Protest Halts Work At $12.5 Billion Scarborough Gas Project, 2 Arrested
Woodside Energy has paused work at a floating production unit for its $12.5 billion Scarborough gas project off Western Australia after Greenpeace activists boarded the offshore facility, disrupting pre-commissioning activities at a project that is 98% complete.
Two activists spent Saturday night on the semi-submersible unit, located about 375 km (233 miles) off the state’s north-west coast.
Greenpeace said four activists climbed onto the 70,000-tonne platform on Saturday and displayed banners reading “Stop Woodside’s Dirty Gas. Save Scott Reef”.
Woodside said on Sunday that operations at the floating production unit (FPU) remained safely paused…