Scathing report into NSW coal seam gas could create new hurdles for Santos Narrabri project

Failure to fully implement 14 of 16 recommendations to regulate CSG extraction could lead to more support for moratorium across NSW

Santos's coal seam gas project near Narrabri could face further obstacles after a parliamentary inquiry delivered a scathing assessment of the state government's progress in implementing recommendations to regulate coal seam gas extraction.

A New South Wales legislative council inquiry found that 14 of 16 recommendations from the 2014 report by the chief scientist have not been implemented in full. Half were found to have not been implemented at all.