Insight
Woodside green lights Scarborough LNG
Report summary
On 22 November 2021, Woodside sanctioned theUS$12 billion Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 project. Scarborough is the last remaining large undeveloped discovered resource outside of Browse, and Pluto Train 2 will be the first new LNG infrastructure in Australia since the last LNG wave. Our insight covers how the project stacks up from a cost and carbon perspective, key risks to the development and the strategic rationale behind developing the Scarborough field through the Pluto Train 2 development rather than using existing North West Shelf infrastructure.
Table of contents
- Executive Summary
- Scarborough – 42 years in the making
- How does Scarborough stack up?
- It won’t all be plain sailing
- Implications for Woodside
- What next?
Tables and charts
This report includes 2 images and tables including:
- Integrated project value and price sensitivity
- LNG breakeven cost stack and emissions intensity
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