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North West Shelf green light signals warming to gas

It’s a welcome acknowledgment that gas will play a key role in the important net zero energy transformation that is proving longer, harder and more costly than first thought.

It should never have taken more than six and a half years to make the right decision about extending the North West Shelf Project.

At last, on Wednesday, newly minted Environment Minister Murray Watt granted federal approval of Woodside Energy’s application to extend the life of its gas drilling and LNG processing facility in the far northwest Pilbara region of Western Australia.

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