Woodside Petroleum said on Monday an environmental body had decided to challenge approvals given to the company to process gas at two offshore oil and gas projects in Western Australia.
The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) will legally challenge the government of Western Australia and Woodside in the state's supreme court over approvals to process gas from the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG facilities, the company said in a statement.
"We intend to vigorously defend our position. The CCWA is resorting to a legal challenge a year and a half after the approvals were granted," Woodside Chief Executive Officer Peter Coleman said in a statement.
(Reporting by Arpit Nayak in Bengaluru; diting by Anil D'Silva)
