Shell Australia, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has received a stamp of approval for its environmental plan (EP) from the country’s offshore regulator for the installation and cold commissioning activities at its natural gas field off the coast of Western Australia.

The Shell-operated Crux development, sanctioned in May 2022 , is located in Commonwealth waters in the northern Browse Basin, 190 kilometers offshore northwest Australia and 620 km northeast of Broome, in approximately 165 meters of water depth. The project is being progressed by the Crux joint venture, which comprises Shell Australia as the operator and SGH Energy as its joint venture partner. The first environmental approval for Crux was the Crux Offshore Project Proposal (OPP), which was accepted in August 2020.