Woodside Pauses Pre-Commissioning at Scarborough Due to Protest
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Direct action that can halt pre-commissioning on a major gas project is a reminder that physical climate protest is now an operational risk vector, not just a reputational one. If your infrastructure depends on offshore, remote, or hard-to-secure assets, security, contingency staffing, and comms planning need to assume intermittent disruption, not smooth execution.
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