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"Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture
facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates have
warned could turn Darwin into a carbon dumping ground.
The Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project proposes to pipe and
store 8m to 10m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into an underground aquifer
located about 250km offshore west of Darwin, according to documents lodged with
the federal environment department.
Analysts said those volumes – if achieved – would make it one of the largest
CCS projects in the world, while noting that most failed to meet their targets.
The Bonaparte project, a joint venture between Inpex, TotalEnergies and
Woodside Energy, involved sourcing CO₂ from “a range of industrial facilities
in the region”, including nearby liquefied natural gas plants, and eventually
imports from the Asia Pacific. Carbon emissions would be transported offshore
via a pipeline through Darwin harbour.
Environmentalists have raised concerns that the project would be used to
justify the further expansion of fossil fuels in the territory."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
