❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on projected CO2-e emissions from the Woodside Browse Basin Joint Venture Project, both during extraction/processing and from end-use. The answer states the Department lacks sufficient information to provide reliable estimates at this early stage of development.
AnsweredQoN 1149Legislative Council
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In relation to the Woodside Browse Basin Joint Venture Project, -
(1) What are the projected annual CO2-e emissions associated with the extraction and processing of the gas?
(2) What are the total CO2-e emissions estimated to be produced as a result of using the gas as an energy source?
(1) What are the projected annual CO2-e emissions associated with the extraction and processing of the gas?
(2) What are the total CO2-e emissions estimated to be produced as a result of using the gas as an energy source?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 September 2009
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
22 days
(1) The Woodside Browse Basin Joint Venture Project is in its initial stages of development. The Department of Mines and Petroleum does not have sufficient information at this time to make a reliable estimate of what might be the projected annual carbon dioxide equivalent emissions that would be associated with the extraction and processing of the gas. The Department has been advised that the Browse Basin gas contains between eight and twelve per cent carbon dioxide across the three fields, but it is not possible to estimate with any certainty what the carbon dioxide equivalent emissions might be from the extraction and processing activities until the engineering design has been completed.
(2) The carbon dioxide equivalent emissions likely to be produced as a result of using the gas as an energy source will largely depend on the volume of natural gas used and the process by which it is used as an energy source. The Department has no detail about either of these matters at this stage.
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(2) The carbon dioxide equivalent emissions likely to be produced as a result of using the gas as an energy source will largely depend on the volume of natural gas used and the process by which it is used as an energy source. The Department has no detail about either of these matters at this stage.
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