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May 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Woodside Petroleum says its surveying at James Price Point in Western Australia poses no risk to fossilised dinosaur footprints on the coast.
Environmentalists and a leading Australian paleontologist, The University of Queensland’s Steve Salisbury, recently expressed concern that near-shore geotechnical surveys being undertaken by Woodside for its Browse gas project may encroach on nearby dinosaur tracks.
Most of the footprints are exposed only at extreme low tide in the intertidal zone which marks the boundary of the West Kimberley National Heritage site, listed last year.
In this month’s activity bulletin for the Browse project, Woodside said the survey area and work scope had been designed to avoid the National Heritage-listed intertidal area, although some borehole locations were closer to shore than previous geotechnical work.
“Our near-shore drilling program will be conducted outside the National Heritage-listed area and will not impact on dinosaur footprints that may be in the area,” a Woodside spokesman said in an emailed statement.
The spokesman said the company’s rigs were equipped with GPS technology to ensure work stayed within a specific area.
The footprints have been described by the federal government as having outstanding heritage value to the nation because they represented the best and most extensive evidence of dinosaurs on the western half of the continent.
The footprints provided a unique census of the dinosaur community that existed there, while the sauropod prints were diverse and exceptional in size.
Woodside has all approvals and consents needed to conduct the geotechnical survey, and it is finalising studies for the proposed $30 billion development ahead of its target date for a final decision to proceed, which is the first half of 2013.
Two protesters on Friday halted a convoy of Woodside vehicles travelling to the Browse site by blocking the road with their car.
ABC Radio said there was a brief stand-off with other protesters but the convoy was allowed through.
The protesters, who have set up camp, have 30 days to comply with the Broome shire’s move-on notice issued on Thursday.
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