Talk:North West Shelf Venture

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One very minor point - 2 labels on the diagram refer to 'LNG' pipelines. 100% of the LNG produced at the plant is exported on ships (there have been plans to truck LNG to Kimberley region for power generation but I don't think this has happened yet). Anyway - broadly speaking LNG cannot be put into a pipeline. The two onshore pipelines shown on the map are simply (natural) gas pipelines. The basic story is: LNG is the main alternative to transporting gas by pipeline. Too far to build a pipeline to Japan so the gas is liqufied at the plant (by cooling to -170º) then exported on ships. Moondyne - you'll probably drop by and see this note - is it possible for you to do a quick edit on your diagram (just removing "LNG" from the Dampier pipeline label, and making the other onwe simply "Pilbara pipeline" which is what the Port Hedland line is known as) or else send me the source file and I'll be happy to fix it myself. If I try photoshopping the labels from a .jpg, it'll mess up the rest of your image in some way. GlenDillon 06:37, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Glen, thanks and done. The map is a bodgy composite from several others I found on the web.  Would love to redo it from scratch as an .svg if I had the time/could be bothered.  One day.  On a related issue, do you happen to know the coords for Rankin A or any of the other offshore sites, or is it a state secret?   I've keep searching but have found nothing so far.  Moondyne 07:09, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * No, not a state secret, although there are security implications concerned with offshore installations which are taken care of by Defence Dept. Anyway - everything offshore is a shipping hazard so EVERY platform (from the little unmanned monopods) to N.Rankin, Goodwyn etc, along with all subsea pipelines, are all very precisely marked on any decent navigation chart. I've got most of what you mention, although some of the co-ords aren't Lat/Long rather grid references on specific maps. I'll have a look at what I have and post a message on your talk page tomorrow sometime GlenDillon 15:50, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Here you go...shouldn't be any issues with me posting these here. The 3 offshore locations would also be clearly marked on aeronautical navigation charts because apart from a shipping exclusion zone (I'm guessing at least 500m) an aerial exclusion zone also applies (from memory, I think the regulations prohibit pilots flying closer or lower than 2000 feet from the platforms). GlenDillon 10:47, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * North Rankin A                 -19.58517°N, 116.13567°W
 * Goodwyn                        -19.653°N, 115.92767°W
 * Cossack Pioneer FPSO (Woodside) -19.59117°N, 116.43467°W
 * Barrow Island (Airport)        -20.86867°N, 115.40283°W
 * NWS Onshore plant              -20.59067°N, 116.76117°W
 * Cool. Thanks a lot. Moondyne 12:37, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Unbalanced tag
Not a single word is spent on the drawbacks of or criticism against these projects. As one of the world's largest fossil fuel projects, that merits an unbalanced tag. 84.217.39.2 (talk) 13:16, 6 November 2022 (UTC)