Advice Relating To Emissions Estimates For The North West Shelf Project Extension - EPBC 2018/8335.

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The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water approved Woodside Energy Ltd's North West Shelf Project Extension in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia (EPBC 2018/8335). The project involves continuing and extending operations through processing third-party gas and fluids alongside Joint Venture field resources. The approval decision estimated maximum annual scope 1 emissions at 7.7 million tonnes CO2-equivalent, notified to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy pursuant to section 15A of the Climate Change Act 2022. The disclosure includes the ministerial approval notification and supporting environmental assessment documentation from December 2019, but the substantive assessment details and any scientific advice regarding emissions estimates or environmental impacts remain redacted under section 22(1)(a)(ii) of the FOI Act.