Oil and gas
Browse Basin: Shell signs floating platform design contract
Shell is persisting with plans to build a floating gas processing facility over the Browse Basin.
It has signed two contracts: one for front-end design and one for terms under which the facility would be built, if the company decides to go ahead with it.
The company had already signalled its “intent” to use the proposed gas-processing hub at James Price Point, which will need the approval of the Environment Minister to proceed.
A former federal court judge has also flagged his intention to oppose the gas hub, on behalf of a number of Aboriginal traditional owners who do not want it.
Oil and Gas Journal [read this story]
Broome: $500,000 Aboriginal job-readiness grant
The Commonwealth has allocated $500,000 to Kimberley Land Council’s Job Readiness Program.
The money is to be used to overcome problems that Aboriginal people experience when fronting for a new job – such as literacy and numeracy. › Continue reading
Indonesian president to visit Australia
Indonesia’s president will visit Australia and discuss a range of issues as part of his state visit.
Issues to be raised at the forum next week are thought to be people smuggling, investment opportunities and oil pollution of the Timor Sea.
Indonesia’s government has said on previous occasions it will seek compensation for damage caused by the Montara oil spill last year.
Jakarta Globe [read this story]
James Price Point: Anti-gas ad for Sydney and Melbourne
The Wilderness Society’s anti-gas hub advertisement, featuring Neil McKenzie, is to be televised in Sydney and Melbourne.
The Australian [read this story]
You can view the society’s media release, and the video, here.
Montara oil contaminated Indonesian fishing grounds say Greens
Senator Siewert
Greens Senator Rachel Siewart says an oil sample from Timor proves contamination from the massive Montara oil spill.
She said the sample, which she obtained from Indonesia and submitted to the Montara oil spill inquiry, has since been analysed.
You can read her statement here:
Opinion: Martin Pritchard on the Fishing Industry Impact Study
Martin Pritchard
Environs Kimberley director Martin Pritchard’s comments on the government-commissioned Fishing Industry Impact Study for James Price Point:
Ngumpan: Arts centre fire a ‘tragic accident’
Police say the fire that killed two men and destroyed an arts centre was not deliberately lit.
The two men had been staying at the centre, with the community’s permission, when two drums of petrol caught alight.
There will be no criminal investigation.
Broome: Mining chamber makes a visit
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy says it is keen to help local mining and gas interests advance their projects.
The CEO had a series of meetings with business people in Broome last week and has joined the local Chamber of Commerce.
James Price Point: Gas hub ‘could harm fisheries’
A gas processing hub at James Price Point could harm local fisheries, says an unreleased government report.
Opinion: Joseph Roe on the gas hub
Goolarabooloo law man Joseph Roe explains why he is opposed to a gas plant at James Price Point.
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