RE: Oh dear3 Dec 2024 11:44
The comparison to other projects is a tricky one as there aren’t any helium comparators and the relevant actors in country will have to consider and understand what the proposal means, especially for the ESIA. This is a proposal for an entirely new industry in an economically undeveloped region with some environmental sensitivities. It’s 30 wells and connecting pipelines over a wide area, with enormous amounts of groundwater extraction. It was never going to be ‘fast tracked’ as some here suggested. On the other hand, it’s not open cast mining, and it’s not infrastructure heavy, or polluting flaring gas, and there maybe good uses for the water.