Two activists were taken into police custody on Sunday after boarding the installation and erecting temporary hanging tents; these individuals now face up to 10 years in prison. The project, which costs $12.5 billion and is 98% complete, aims to ship its first liquefied natural gas cargo by the end of the year, though the recent disruption may cause that timeline to slip.
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Woodside Resumes $12.5B Scarborough LNG Work After Greenpeace Protest
Commodities2 days ago
A security breach that halted preparations at an offshore gas platform ended Monday as workers returned to the site. Woodside announced that commissioning of the Scarborough project's floating production unit has restarted after Greenpeace protesters occupied the facility over the weekend off the coast of Western Australia.
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