Greenpeace activists board Woodside Scarborough unit off Western Australia

Activists from Greenpeace Australia Pacific occupied the floating production unit of Woodside's Scarborough gas project offshore Western Australia on 17 October 2026. Energynews.pro reported that police intervened the following day after protesters spent the night on the structure. [1]

The demonstrators arrived on board the Rainbow Warrior vessel and climbed onto the facility, according to energynews.pro. They unfurled banners that opposed Woodside and demanded the protection of Scott Reef from the planned Browse offshore gas development. [1]

Energynews.pro noted that some activists slept overnight on the facility in suspended tents, while other participants returned to the ship. Police moved in to clear the protest on 18 October 2026. [1]

Greenpeace has a history of high-profile direct action campaigns against offshore industrial energy infrastructure, including a prominent protest in 1995 against Shell's Brent Spar platform in the North Sea. [7]

The protest occurs amid broader pressure on global natural gas supply chains. Energynews.pro reported that European wholesale gas prices reached 87.90 euros per megawatt-hour, while the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas warned that regional storage levels had dropped to 72 percent. [1]