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Woodside's Scarborough Energy Project is located 375km off the Pilbara coast of WA. Scarborough will provide thousands of jobs and supply reliable energy to Australia and the world. It will support the energy transition and help neighbouring Asian countries take action on emissions reduction.
Scarborough Energy Project
Project capacity LNG (100% of project)
Target first LNG cargo
Over 96% complete (excluding Pluto Train 1 modifications)
The Scarborough Energy Project is over 96% complete (excluding Pluto Train 1 modifications) and is progressing towards first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) cargo, targeted for Q4 2026.
The Scarborough Energy Project comprises the Scarborough gas field, construction of Pluto Train 2, modifications to the existing Pluto Train 1 and the Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC) being built in Perth.
The Scarborough field is located in the Carnarvon Basin, approximately 375 km off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia. The Scarborough gas field will be developed through new offshore facilities connected by an approximately 430 km pipeline to a second LNG train (Pluto Train 2) at the existing Pluto LNG onshore facility.
The Scarborough Energy Project will include the installation of a floating production unit (FPU) with eight wells drilled in the initial phase and 13 wells drilled over the life of the Scarborough gas field. Approximately 5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of Scarborough gas will be processed through Pluto Train 2, with up to 3 Mtpa processed through the existing Pluto Train 1.
Consultants at ACIL Allen have found that Woodside’s Scarborough project (during construction and over its productive life) is expected to result in a significant direct contribution to the Australian economy through capital and operational spending, employment, taxation payments and exports. The majority of these direct impacts will be realised in Western Australia, particularly in the Pilbara region.
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The Scarborough Energy Project is expected to generate more than A$50 billion in indirect and direct taxes for Australia's economy.
Source: ACIL Allen
The Scarborough Energy Project is expected to boost GDP by billions of dollars.
Together with our contractors, the Scarborough Energy Project has invested more than A$260 million with Pilbara-based businesses.
The Scarborough Energy Project is expected to generate more than 3,000 construction phase jobs in WA.
Source: ACIL Allen
The Scarborough Energy Project has reached a major milestone with the safe arrival of the floating production unit (FPU) at the Scarborough field, 375 km off the coast of Karratha, Western Australia.
The approximately 70,000 tonne FPU completed the journey from China to Australia, after being towed more than 4,000 nautical miles. The arrival of the FPU, which will process gas at the Scarborough field, marks a significant step forward for the Scarborough Energy Project, and builds on a long list of achievements.
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We strongly support local content, economic outcomes, positive social contributions and sustainable local supply chains which deliver direct benefits to our host communities.
The Scarborough Energy Project is estimated to spend over A$5.4 billion in WA throughout the development phase of the project. The summary report highlights our contribution in 2024 to our host communities.
The Scarborough reservoir contains less than 0.1% carbon dioxide. Combined with processing design efficiencies at the offshore Floating Production Unit and onshore Pluto Train 2, the Scarborough Energy Project is expected to be one of the lowest carbon intensity sources of LNG delivered into north Asian markets.1
Across Asia many countries are still heavily reliant on coal which accounts for approximately 50% of total energy supply in the Asia Pacific.2 LNG can help customers in major economies meet their energy security and decarbonisation goals, including by displacing coal and backing up and supplementing energy from renewable sources.
Woodside is committed to playing a role in the energy transition. Woodside will reduce Scarborough’s direct GHG emissions to as low as reasonably practicable by incorporating energy efficiency measures in design and operations. Further information on how this is being achieved is included in the Scarborough Offshore Project Proposal, sections 4.5.4.1 and 7.1.3 and in approved Commonwealth Environment Plans, available on the Regulator (NOPSEMA) website.
Pluto LNG Facility3 is well placed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Woodside’s most recent Pluto Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program (GGAP) was granted regulatory approval in June 2025. The GGAP demonstrates how the Pluto LNG Facility will manage emissions by adhering to the Safeguard Mechanism.
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Our approach to climate change
As part of the Scarborough development, an Offshore Project Proposal (OPP) has been accepted by NOPSEMA in accordance with the requirements of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage (Environment) Regulations 2009 (Environment Regulations), and associated guidelines.
The OPP will be implemented by ensuring that all petroleum activities are within the scope of the accepted OPP, and the adoption of controls and environmental performance outcomes specified in the OPP in any future petroleum activity Environment Plans (EPs).
Woodside has developed the Environmental Management Implementation Approach for Scarborough gas plant, which consists of:
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Woodside continues to work with Traditional Custodians to identify, manage and protect heritage in the project area.
During 2020 to 2022, we worked with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) to develop the Scarborough Cultural Heritage Management Plan. This Plan was accepted in 2023, and is publicly available.
The Scarborough CHMP is designed to ensure that impacts to heritage sites and values, including to Murujuga’s National Heritage Listed and World Heritage Listed values, are adequately protected based on consultation between Woodside and Traditional Owners and Custodians. It aims to preserve the tangible and intangible heritage values and protect the cultural and spiritual values of the Traditional Owners and Custodians.
Following discovery of Australia's first subsea Indigenous artefacts in the waters off Murujuga in July 2020, Woodside has proactively sought to understand the potential heritage values of the submerged cultural landscape for the Scarborough pipeline. Archaeological and ethnographic assessments have been undertaken to inform the potential for submerged Indigenous cultural heritage to exist in the Scarborough development footprint. The assessments concluded there is a nil to low likelihood of submerged heritage in the project footprint and no Aboriginal heritage sites were identified under the relevant legislation.
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Scarborough Cultural Heritage Management Plan
Scarborough Pipeline Cultural Heritage Assessment – Executive Summary
Woodside strongly supports the Australian and Western Australian Governments’ environmental assessment and approval processes.
We have consulted, and continue to consult, with all relevant stakeholders in relation to the Scarborough project. We have conducted extensive consultation since 2018 with interested and relevant stakeholders to support the environmental referrals. Woodside continues to progress all remaining relevant secondary approvals. Further information regarding relevant project activity Environment Plans can be found below.
| Participant | Scarborough | Pluto Train 2 |
|---|---|---|
Woodside (operator) | 74.9% | 51% |
Global Infrastructure Partners | - | 49% |
| LJ Scarborough Pty Ltd (LNG Japan) | 10% | |
| JERA Scarborough Pty Ltd (JERA) | 15.1% |
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