Italian energy company Eni to develop Evans Shoal gas field described as 'carbon bomb'
- thewilliamsmith
- May 11, 2023
- 1 min read
An Italian energy company has quietly revived plans to develop a new gas field in the Timor Sea which contains some of the most carbon-intensive gas in Australia.
The Evans Shoal gas field, about 300 kilometres north-west of Darwin, was discovered 35 years ago and has since passed through the hands of BHP Petroleum, Woodside, Shell, and Santos.
Since 2017 it has been controlled by Eni, an Italian energy company that operates in more than 60 countries, which has recently renamed the project Verus.
The gas in the Verus field has a very high percentage of carbon dioxide — an average of 27 per cent, according to Geoscience Australia.
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