❓ A parliamentary question seeks emissions data related to the North West Shelf facility extension and Burrup Hub expansion. The Minister defers to the EPA assessment for emissions data and provides an estimate for domestic gas supply.
AnsweredQoN 2667Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
I refer to the North West Gas Development (Woodside) Agreement Amendment Bill 2019, and I ask: (a) will the Minister please table the projected emissions from the North West Shelf facility for every year of its planned extension; (b) if the Minister is unable to table projected emissions from the North West Shelf facility for every year of its planned extension, then please table what emissions data the Minister has access to; (c) for the emissions data the Minister is unable to table, please explain why the Minister does not have access to this data and why data transparency is not a requirement of extending the North West Gas Development Agreement; (d) what is the projected volume or supply of domestic gas expected to flow from the Burrup Hub expansion; and (e) what are the associated annual greenhouse gas emissions from combustion of this gas in Western Australia?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
3 December 2019
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
9 days
(a)-(c) and (e) I am advised that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is currently assessing, an extension of operations for the North West Shelf facility until 2070 through a Public Environmental Review. As part of this assessment the proponent is required to characterise proposed emissions and develop an air emissions inventory for the facility, which will be published as part of the Environmental Review Document. The Environmental Review Document will be available shortly for public review.
(d) The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation advises that an estimated 1800 petajoules of domestic gas is expected to be supplied over the project life.
(d) The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation advises that an estimated 1800 petajoules of domestic gas is expected to be supplied over the project life.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.