Woodside BHP forge ahead on Scarborough gas project in WA
by Royce Kurmelovs from on (#5S6R9)
The Scarborough field will be one of the biggest fossil fuel developments to be built in Australia in a decade
Energy giant Woodside will forge ahead on the Scarborough gas project off Western Australia's northwest coast after it gave the project final approval.
The $16.2bn Scarborough project is a joint venture between Woodside and BHP and the announcement posted to the ASX on Monday afternoon also confirms the two companies have agreed to a $40b merger of their petroleum businesses, creating one of the world's biggest fossil fuel companies.
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