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Equinor abandon drilling plans for Great Australian bight

Multinational energy company Equinor has abandoned plans to start drilling near the Great Australian Bight, citing the operation would not be “commercially competitive”. Equinor had earmarked an area south of South Australia’s Nullabor coastline, near the West Australian border, in the Ceduna sub-basin to drill for oil . The Norwegian company were granted the second […]

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Federal Court challenge on oil drilling

An environmental group is set to challenge Equinor’s approval to drill for oil in the Great Australian bite. The Wilderness Society SA are launching a challenge of NOPSEMA’s (National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority) approval of the plans in the Federal Court. NOPSEMA had conditionally approved the Norwegian company’s plans for ultra-deepwater Stromlo-1

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