PERDAMAN UREA PROJECT
75. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the minister representing the
Minister for State Development, Jobs and Trade:
In the last state budget, the state government set aside $250
million of funding for infrastructure upgrades to support the proposed Perdaman
urea project on the Burrup Peninsula. This funding has since been backed up
with a loan from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility, with the
federal government stating that the urea project will be for domestic use. This is in direct contrast with the state
Environmental Protection Authority having assessed this project as being
for export.
(1) Can the minister
advise whether the proposed Perdaman urea project will be available for the
domestic market rather than for export?
(2) Can the
minister advise what percentage of the urea from the proposed Perdaman project
will be for export and available for the domestic market?
Hon ALANNAH MacTIERNAN
replied:
I thank the member for the question.
(1)–(2)
Perdaman has advised the department that in
the early stages of production, the urea produced will be sold into both
domestic and overseas markets, but that in time it intends its entire output to
be used to displace exports. In initial
stages Perdaman has advised the department that it expects 50 to 55 per cent of
its product will be exported and 45 to 50 per cent of its product will
be available to the domestic market.