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reached a depth of 800 metres, while Rougem- QGC. The permeability of the coals in the ‘nose’
ont-2 was drilled to a depth of 540 metres. structure at our Rougemont-2 area rivals that
State Gas wants to install the necessary facil- of QGC’s legendary Undulla Nose in the Surat
ities as soon as possible to determine produc- Basin to the south, which was first drilled in
tion metrics for both gas and water. At the same 2000.”
time, planning is also underway for an appraisal Cottee added that this comparison, coupled
drilling. with other well and exploration data across the
Executive chairman Richard Cottee said: area, gave him “great confidence of an exciting
“The results of the drill stem tests at Rougem- new era for the company”.
ont-2 have established the presence of excellent Rolleston-West lies adjacent to the already
permeability. In fact, the results of permeability producing Reid’s Dome CBM project, which is
testing in the well remind me of my early days at located in petroleum lease (PL) 231.™

Woodside to make Pluto

LNG carbon neutral by 2050

PROJECTS & AUSTRALIAN developer Woodside Energy Woodside’s acting CEO, Meg O’Neill, said: “These
COMPANIES aims to make its Pluto liquefied natural gas efforts are complemented by our investment in gener-
(LNG) facility carbon neutral by 2050. ating high-quality offsets and potential opportunities
The company said on June 8 that it had set in renewable power and hydrogen.”
new interim and long-term targets to achieve The developer has suggested using solar
net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at power at Pluto LNG, with supplies to come
Pluto LNG by 2050. from its proposed Woodside Power Project. The
Western Australian Minister for Environ- power development will comprise more than
ment Amber-Jade Sanderson has approved 210,000 solar panels, becoming one of WA’s larg-
the targets, which include an interim target of est solar projects.
abating 30% of the facility’s emissions by 2030 Woodside said on May 27 that it was inves-
and 100% of emissions by 2050. tigating the supply of around 50 MW of solar
Woodside said the targets were based on energy to Pluto LNG and that it had undertaken
Pluto LNG’s proposed expansion, which will a range of environmental, geotechnical and engi-
allow the facility to process gas from the offshore neering studies for the power project.
Scarborough field at a second train, and that In addition, Woodside and Perdaman are also
they accounted for emissions associated with evaluating the supply of a further 50 MW of solar
the expanded plant. power for the latter’s proposed urea facility.
The expansion will modify the plant’s existing Perdaman has estimated the incorporating
gas processing train in addition to the construc- solar power could reduce its fuel gas consump-
tion of a second train. tion by approximately 50% while reducing emis-
Woodside’s emissions reduction plan sions by at least 200,000 tonnes per year (tpy) of
involves “adopting technology considered to be CO2-equivalent over 20 years.
best practice for LNG developments in Australia, Woodside operates Pluto LNG with a 90%,
implementing operational improvements and while Japan’s Kansai Electric Power and Tokyo
offsetting all reservoir carbon dioxide [CO2]”. Gas each own 5%.™

The Pluto LNG facility in WA.
Image: Woodside

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