Santos ordered to pause Barossa project pipeline construction after watchdog's surprise inspection

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In another setback for Santos' $4.7 billion Barossa gas project, the national regulator has ordered the company to pause construction of its pipeline over concerns about its potential impact on Indigenous cultural sites.

abc.net.au/news/nt-santos-pause-barossa-gas-pipeline-nopsema-direction/101888172Gas giant Santos has been ordered to pause construction of the pipeline for its $4.7 billion Barossa gas project after a regulator found some potential risks to Aboriginal cultural sites were not canvassed in an earlier environmental plan.

against a clan of Tiwi Islands traditional owners, who argued they were not properly consulted about plans to drill through their sea country.Lawyers for Dennis Tipakalippa successfully argued his clan should have been consulted about Santos' Barossa project. The closest the gas pipeline will come to the Tiwi Islands is about seven kilometres off the west coast.In a statement, a Santos spokesperson said the company's environment plan for its gas export pipeline was accepted by NOPSEMA in March 2020 "following a full and complete consultation process"."As is usual practice, Santos is following the procedures in the approved environment plan and implementing the general direction.

 

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Hope it’s permanent, Santos has done enough damage.

samanthadick00 Shame on State and Federal departments who have approved these LNG exports. Just like: Australia's alternative transport fuel: The East Coast gas-ship has sailed

they should not be allowed Santos has been creeping for gas in NSW for decades

Your daily reminder that Santos does not pay tax

climatecriminals

Basically indigenous communities want money and they will be satisfied. Where the hell is all the money indigenous communities are getting for mining etc going...definitely not into the welfare of the communities. Just look at the crime levels in them.

After the Voice, nothing will ever be built in Australia again.

Sacred sites miles offshore in the sea, what's next?

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