Moby Sick:
Whales, Woodside and the dangers of the Burrup Hub
Woodside plans to build the ‘Burrup Hub' mega gas project in the known habitat of several threatened and migratory whale species.
In its new report, Greenpeace Australia Pacific shows how seismic surveying, dredging and drilling for both Burrup Hub projects - Scarborough and Browse - will put whales in danger.
NEW REPORT:
'Moby Sick: The costs of Woodside's Burrup Hub for whales'
Explore the habitat map
Greenpeace has mapped Woodside’s proposed Burrup Hub offshore infrastructure, showing how it cuts through key habitat for marine species like whales. The map uses Geographic Information Software (GIS) data and also includes spill and accident scenarios based on Woodside’s own documents provided to state and federal regulators.
Woodside’s Burrup Hub offshore spill and accident scenario
Using Woodside’s own documents provided to state and federal regulators, Greenpeace has mapped Woodside’s Burrup Hub offshore infrastructure and its spill and accident scenarios using Geographic Information Software (GIS) data.
A spill or accident at Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project could release toxic gas and condensate of a similar consistency to crude oil into World Heritage listed marine parks, with dangerous pollution reaching West Australian coastal communities and as far as Indonesia.
Fossil fuel giant Woodside wants to drill for climate-wrecking gas in Western Australia’s pristine oceans -home to already vulnerable whales, turtles, sharks and corals
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Woodside's Scarborough and Browse projects
are bad news for whales
Seismic blasts would be sent every 5 seconds, day and night, for 80 days – devastating whales who are highly sensitive to noise and rely on their hearing to navigate and forage for food.
Ecotoxicological threats come from pollutants released into the marine environment, like byproducts from drilling and processing. Dangerous persistent chemical pollutants could also result in the case of an unforeseen emergency, such as a well blowout or spill.
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