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title: Woodside hasty investment deal for Scarborough gas
description: Woodside is pushing ahead as quickly as possible with financials for development of Scarborough gas
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# Woodside hasty investment deal for Scarborough gas

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Woodside is pushing ahead as quickly as possible with financials for development of Burrup Hub.

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[Woodside closes investment deal for Pluto LNG Train 2, part of Scarborough huge deep sea gas drill](https://transition.meltwater.com/paywall/redirect/ZUBhpJapLsatvLh8tRval_R7k7I?cid=3baf1d2d-d96d-4119-a233-8d3c8009dc14&productType=search)

Processing toxic gas from the Scarborough deep sea gas-drilling project off WA’s biodiverse-rish Pilbara coast for the next 30 years, the expanded facility will be part of Woodside’s Burrup Hub development, one of Australia’s most climate polluting projects ever proposed.

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