❓ Question regarding the WA government's policy on gas exports from the Perth Basin, specifically concerning the allocation to Woodside's North West Shelf (NWS) facility and potential impacts on domestic gas prices and supply.
⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 2246Legislative Council
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I refer to the previous decision by Premier Mark
McGowan to allow the Waitsia project to supply gas from Western Australia's (WA) onshore reserves
in the Perth Basin to Woodside's North West Shelf (NWS) export facility, and to the
more recent decision by Premier Roger Cook to allow up to 20% of production from
Perth Basin projects to supply the NWS export facility, and I ask:
(a) will the Government now legislate the updated policy arrangements for the
Perth Basin, including the 20% export allocation and the return to 100%
reservation for the domestic market, after 31 December 2030;
(b) if no to (a), why not;
(c) has the Government undertaken any modelling or assessment of the impact of
these decisions on WA gas prices;
(d) if yes to (c), will the Minister table this analysis;
(e) if no to (d), why not;
(f) does the Minister accept the comments made by independent analyst and
economist, Liam Wagner, who has warned that
opening up of WA's domestic reserves for export would result in the onshore gas
price being pegged to the international price;
(g) if no to (f), what analysis is the Government relying on;
(h) other than Woodside's NWS facility, which has a significant
shortfall of gas from offshore fields, are there any other WA gas export
facilities which are seeking to export gas from the State's onshore reserves in
the next decade;
(i) if no to (h), does the Minister concede that the recent moves to allow export of gas from
onshore reserves are solely for the benefit of Woodside; and
(j) given the very large demand for gas that will be created by Woodside's
proposed NWS extension, and the fact that this facility is already
a net taker of gas from the WA domestic reserves, how can the Minister assure
West Australian's that it is putting their interests above the commercial
interests of Woodside when making decisions about the NWS extension and the State's domestic gas reserves?
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McGowan to allow the Waitsia project to supply gas from Western Australia's (WA) onshore reserves
in the Perth Basin to Woodside's North West Shelf (NWS) export facility, and to the
more recent decision by Premier Roger Cook to allow up to 20% of production from
Perth Basin projects to supply the NWS export facility, and I ask:
(a) will the Government now legislate the updated policy arrangements for the
Perth Basin, including the 20% export allocation and the return to 100%
reservation for the domestic market, after 31 December 2030;
(b) if no to (a), why not;
(c) has the Government undertaken any modelling or assessment of the impact of
these decisions on WA gas prices;
(d) if yes to (c), will the Minister table this analysis;
(e) if no to (d), why not;
(f) does the Minister accept the comments made by independent analyst and
economist, Liam Wagner, who has warned that
opening up of WA's domestic reserves for export would result in the onshore gas
price being pegged to the international price;
(g) if no to (f), what analysis is the Government relying on;
(h) other than Woodside's NWS facility, which has a significant
shortfall of gas from offshore fields, are there any other WA gas export
facilities which are seeking to export gas from the State's onshore reserves in
the next decade;
(i) if no to (h), does the Minister concede that the recent moves to allow export of gas from
onshore reserves are solely for the benefit of Woodside; and
(j) given the very large demand for gas that will be created by Woodside's
proposed NWS extension, and the fact that this facility is already
a net taker of gas from the WA domestic reserves, how can the Minister assure
West Australian's that it is putting their interests above the commercial
interests of Woodside when making decisions about the NWS extension and the State's domestic gas reserves?
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