The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil…
The Northern Endeavour FPSO is being shipped by a Chinese heavy lift ship from Australia to Denmark for recycling.
Installed between the Laminaria and Corallina oil fields in the Timor Sea and unproductive since 2019, its fate became the burden of the Australian government after it underwent a string of ownership changes.
Australia doesn’t have the recycling facilities needed for the job, although the government has been taking some action on the issue. It published a decommissioning roadmap in 2024 and has set up an Offshore Decommissioning Directorate.
The Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia (WA), has previously been flagged as the most promising site for a decommissioning hub, but, says local environmental organizations and unions, along came AUKUS.
“In late 2024, the federal government announced that Henderson would be developed as a base for servicing nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS security agreement. A three-year feasibility study was launched, with headlines promising up to 10,000 high-skilled jobs. Critics have questioned the credibility of these figures, but one thing is clear, Henderson’s role as the centerpiece of Australia’s decommissioning industry is in serious doubt.”
That’s the view expressed in a new report WA Can’t Wait, a collaboration between Greenpeace Australia Pacific,
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