Woodside rejects Pluto LNG 'major incident' claims

摘要

WOODSIDE Petroleum is adamant that last Friday's incident at the Pluto LNG project in Western Australia was not a major incident, despite claims by some trade unions. The incident involved a release of gas from the flare tower, which the Offshore Alliance (OA) union described as an explosion. All personnel at the single-train liquefied natural gas plant were mustered but there were no known injuries. "At approximately ll.30pm on Friday 26 May an audible release occurred in the Pluto flare tower. The cause of the incident is being investigated. We are continuing planned maintenance at the Pluto LNG facility and all turnaround and project personnel are on site," a Woodside spokesperson told Upstream on Monday. "The Pluto flare tower is operating safely [and] operations at Karratha gas plant continue as normal."