Shell plays down FLNG concerns

Playing down concerns: Shell Australia chair Ann Pickard

RUSSELL BARTON AT THE SCENE TEAM

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Josh Lewis

 27 November 2012 10:46 GMT

The head of Shell’s Australian operations has dismissed claims from the West Australian Premier that floating liquefied natural gas technology is unsafe.

WA Premier Colin Barnett was quoted in local media on Tuesday as saying he believed the environmental risks with FLNG were higher than piping offshore production to onshore infrastructure.

“I don’t think it is safe environmentally to have such a massive offshore production and storage facility for gas and oil,” he was quoted as saying in The West Australian newspaper.

“Hopefully, it never will but accidents do happen, like the Gulf of Mexico and also Montara.”

Barnett’s comments were dismissed however by the head of Shell Australia, Ann Pickard.

"It's designed around safety, safety is…

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