Deloitte's Woodside Browse impact report used peak job figure, critic says
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A Deloitte economic impact report for Woodside's Browse gas development, as summarised by the critic Climate Integrity, assumed gas would stay at US$11.5 per MMBtu until 2072. The critic said it did not assess about 38 million tonnes of annual emissions or biodiversity.
- Woodside — an economic impact report for the Browse gas development, which the critic says headlined a peak-year job figure RenewEconomy
What happened
In an article published by RenewEconomy on 11 June 2026, Climate Integrity said Deloitte's report assumed gas would stay at US$11.5 per MMBtu until 2072 (RenewEconomy, 11 June 2026).
Climate Integrity said the report did not assess the roughly 38 million tonnes of emissions a year or biodiversity, and that its headline figure of 4,760 peak-year jobs compares with a lifetime average of 1,388 (RenewEconomy, 11 June 2026).
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What we don't know
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The Deloitte report itself was not reviewed; its figures are as summarised by Climate Integrity.
- None on record Not stated: whether Woodside or Deloitte responded to the critique.
- None on record Not stated: the date of the report or its terms of engagement.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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Connected cases
- Woodside's Northern Endeavour transfer to NOGA and state-funded decommissioning Australia · 2015–2026
- Woodside Energy (Company) — here: company whose Browse gas development was assessed; there: Seller of the Northern Endeavour vessel and fields