Crux Environment Plans
Discover the Environmental Plans for the Crux Project and connect with Shell to comment on the plans.
Select the Environment Plan of interest below.
Crux Completions, Commissioning, Start up, and Operations Planning Area
Under assessment with NOPSEMA. Visit their website to see the published EP: https://docs.nopsema.gov.au/A1167098
Read the transcript
Read the transcript
The visual is a map of North-West Australia. It contains the following highlighted areas;
- The Activity Area for Crux, located in the Browse Basin, 190 km offshore north-west Australia and 620 km north-east of Broome. This includes the pipeline route from Crux to Prelude and the Prelude location.
- A red line outlining the Planning Area for the Completions, Commissioning, Start-up, and Operations Environment Plan/s. This area does not make contact with mainland Australia.
Activity Description
This is EP covers:
- well completions and clean-up of the five production wells,
- hot commissioning and startup
- production operations and
- remote operations
Activity Details
- Project: Crux
- Status: Not Started
- Timing: Activities will commence in 2026, pending regulatory approvals*.
- Duration: Activities under this EP will take place over 2026 to 2027. Operations will be ongoing from 2027.
- Location: 200km offshore Northwest Australia
- Adjacent State: Western Australia
- JV Partner: SGH Energy
*Dates for the commencement of activities and duration are subject to schedule change.
NOPSEMA’s consultation on offshore petroleum environment plans
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) have developed an information sheet to understand the process of participating in the environmental approvals process through consultation. Shell Australia is following this process as part of the Environment Plans consultation for the Crux Project.
