Woodside Energy Group Ltd. resumed commissioning at its Scarborough floating production unit off Western Australia on Monday, ending a weekend pause caused by a Greenpeace protest at the $12.5 billion gas project.
A Woodside spokesperson confirmed the restart to LNG Prime. Pre-commissioning work had remained paused Sunday after activists boarded the unit Saturday.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific said four activists climbed aboard. Two stayed overnight and were taken into police custody Sunday, the group said.
Woodside told ABC it stopped work under its usual procedures after the activists entered the facility without permission. The company said the action put both its staff and the activists at risk and that responding to the protest could be costly.
Greenpeace described the action as peaceful. It said the protest targeted Woodside’s separate proposed Browse gas project and its plans for drilling at or around Scott Reef.
The company says the project is more than 98% complete, excluding modifications to Pluto Train 1. It targets Scarborough’s first liquefied natural gas cargo in the fourth quarter of 2026.
