Question On Notice No. 198 asked in the Legislative Council on 23 June 2021 by Hon Brad Pettitt
Question Directed to the: Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Environment
Parliament: 41 Session: 1
Question
I
refer to the recently approved Greenhouse Gas Abatement Plan (GGAP) for the expansion of the Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, and I ask:
(a) could
the Minister please provide the total annual and life-of-project Scope 1 CO2
equivalent emissions from the Pluto LNG facility expansion approved as part of
the GGAP;
(b) can
the Minister please advise the tonnes of Scope 1 CO2 equivalent emissions from
the expanded Pluto LNG facility expansion avoided through the
implementation of the GGAP as compared to a business-as-usual scenario;
(c) could
the Minister please provide the total increase to annual and life-of-project
Scope 1 CO2 emissions resulting from the approval of the GGAP for the Pluto LNG
facility expansion as compared to the current operation; and
(d) could the Minister please advise the year when
it is anticipated that the expanded Pluto LNG facility will reduce CO2
equivalent emissions back to the current level?
Answered on 18 August 2021
(a - d)
Train 1 and 2 of the Pluto LNG Facility were approved in 2007 under Ministerial Statement 757. The revised Pluto LNG Facility Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program approved this year is publicly available on the Proponent’s website. Section 2 of the program describes greenhouse gas emissions targets reducing to net zero greenhouse gas emissions at 2050 for the life of the project. Section 2 of the program also provides emissions data for total annual greenhouse gas emissions, life of project greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas emission avoidance which can be calculated over a range of assumptions.