Santos given approval for gas drilling in Timor Sea despite Tiwi Islanders’ objections
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#6H7A2)
Santos marks key regulatory win for its $5.8bn Timor Sea Barossa project, but other court battles threaten to derail project
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Santos has been given the green light to begin drilling works in the Timor Sea, although the Barossa project's gas pipeline is still the subject of a court dispute.
A group of Tiwi Islands traditional owners won a federal court bid last year to throw out the drilling approval at the multimillion-dollar gas field 265km north-west of Darwin.
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