Buru Energy and MWH Global announce water-management partnership

Buru Energy has established a strategic partnership with water consulting and engineering company MWH Global. The partnership will ensure best practices are implemented in managing water resources as part of Buru Energy’s oil and gas exploration and development activities in the Canning Basin, WA.

Buru Energy’s Managing Director, Dr Keiran Wulff, said, “The importance of safeguarding water resources and the communities and ecosystems which depend on them in the Kimberley region cannot be underestimated.”

He acknowledged MWH as “world leader in water management within the wet infrastructure sector” and said Buru Energy will “draw on the expertise of MWH in water resource management projects which have synergies with Buru Energy’s activities”.

“Buru Energy and MWH will work collaboratively with key stakeholders including traditional owners, pastoralists and local communities during the development of the water management plan, including identifying tangible opportunities to engage with local communities and businesses during implementation and operation,” Dr Wulff said.

MWH Chairman and CEO Alan Krause said he looks forward to MWH assisting Buru Energy’s activities, particularly in planning, during the proof-of-concept stage in gas exploration and development in the Canning Basin.

Krause said MWH would provide on-ground support to assist Buru Energy with water management, claiming the company will “leverage our global experience with our local Western Australian team to develop a best-in-class water management plan with Buru Energy”.

Dr Wulff said a memorandum of understanding, due to be finalised by the end of the year, will include a detailed scope of works, including the development of a long-term integrated and sustainable water management plan for Buru Energy’s potential future operations.