Close Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
  • Competition
  • Home New
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Tuesday, May 20
Facebook X (Twitter)
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Home New
Breaking News
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»News»Signing up to sink floating gas plant
News

Signing up to sink floating gas plant

By Stephen TaylorMay 29, 2018Updated:July 16, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
Gas Protest Somerville. L-R Front Rod Knowles and Neale Burgess. Rod handing protest over with signatures to Neale. Background "No AGL at Crib Point group".
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

A PETITION presented to Hastings MP Neale Burgess on Friday – which he will present to state parliament – opposes power company AGL’s proposal for a floating gas plant at Crib Point to process liquid natural gas.

Mr Burgess says he has consistently supported the Crib Point community’s opposition to new port developments.

“I made a commitment to this community while in government that there would be no industrial development south of Hastings,” he said.

“It’s time the wishes of Crib Point residents came first.”

The gas plant, or floating storage regasification unit (FSRU), is a 290-metre vessel planned to be moored at the Crib Point jetty. It would convert LNG to gas to be transported by a new pipeline to Pakenham.

To accommodate the vessel the Port of Hastings Development Authority is undertaking what it says are “remediation works” on the jetty which are expected to be completed in January 2019 (“Jetty gets ready for gas” The News 15/5/18).

The No AGL Gas Terminal for Crib Point group says the process of converting LNG from liquid to gas would require 450 million litres of seawater a day, “sterilised” with chlorine, and returned to the bay six degrees Celsius colder than the surrounding water.

The group says little is known about the potential effects of this process on Western Port’s fragile marine life.

It has also raised fears of fire or explosion and for the potential for tankers under “flags of convenience” transporting the LNG to be poorly maintained and crewed with cheap, foreign labour.

It says the unit poses a potential negative impact on local businesses dependent on tourism and fishing, and that construction of 60 kilometres of pipeline from Crib Point to Pakenham would disrupt landowners and the environment with “its own inherent risks”.

A public meeting at Crib Point Community Centre on Tuesday 8 May attended by 130 residents voted to “move the anti-gas terminal gas campaign forward”.

The Crib Point Action Group last year prepared a detailed plan for the 320 hectares of port land at Crib Point, which includes new parkland, some housing and rural residential lots.

The anti-AGL group supports the community plan and wants the state government to abolish the port zoning in Crib Point and adopt the community vision for the future of the township.

“I cannot believe that when federal government ministers and Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors are told of our serious concerns over the proposed AGL floating storage gas terminal to be moored at Crib Point jetty they all tell us to talk to AGL about our worries and go to their website to find out more,” Crib Point resident Rod Knowles said (“MP urges ‘feedback’ for gas terminal” The News 22/5/18)

“All governments involved should be carrying out joint independent and rigorous reviews of AGL’s assessments on their FSRU proposal.

“Yet all these governments seem to be taking notice only of AGL in this matter … I call on them to please listen to the people – not the multi-nationals. That is what we elect [them] for.”

First published in the Western Port News – 29 May 2018

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Peninsula creatives rally to reinstate arts funding

May 19, 2025

Man fined more than $6000 for illegal dumping

May 15, 2025

Action needed on childcare road – MP

May 14, 2025

Pier extension may be dead in the water, but fight not over

May 14, 2025
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Peninsula Essence Magazine – Click to Read
Peninsula Kids Magazine – Click to Read
Letters to the Editor
Property of the Week

21 Knott Street, Safety Beach

May 12, 2025
Council Watch

Council adopts ‘fresh vision’ with ‘stronger community ties’

May 6, 2025

Council hubs to stay open despite $389 per visit

April 30, 2025
100 Years Ago This Week

Strong action necessary to secure Frankston High School building

May 12, 2025
Interview

Firefighter shows skills from sea to snow

February 5, 2024
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Home New
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook X (Twitter)
© 2025 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.