Environment Minister Murray Watt will reveal the conditions for gas giant Woodside’s 40-year expansion of its North West Shelf project as early as Friday as Pacific leaders meeting in Honiara call on Australia to dramatically cut its emissions to ensure their survival. In May, Watt gave preliminary approval to Woodside Energy’s bid – comprising a vast network of offshore oil and gas infrastructure and the onshore gas-processing hub in Karratha – until 2070. Murujuga custodian Raelene Cooper standing on Murujuga, with Woodside’s Karratha plant in the background. But it was fiercely opposed by environmental groups. The Climate Council said the decision would lock in more than 4 billion tonnes of climate pollution – equivalent to a decade of Australia’s annual emissions – and would “haunt” the Albanese government.