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"Santos has been given final approval to begin production at Australia’s
dirtiest offshore gas field in a decision that has coincided with Earth Day
2025.
The $5.8bn Barossa offshore gas project lies off the remote Northern Territory
coast and is largely recognised as Australia’s dirtiest offshore gas project,
averaging 18% carbon dioxide content across the field.
This is a higher concentration than developments of similar size and scale, and
has prompted critics and opponents to describe the project as a “carbon
factory” and a “carbon bomb”.
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environment Management Authority
(NOPSEMA) announced on Tuesday that it would give Santos final approval
required for the project.
Santos can now begin production at the Barossa field, approximately 300km
north-northwest of Darwin, and begin piping the gas through a 262km pipeline on
the seafloor to Darwin.
It is anticipated the project will generate more than 300 million tonnes of
climate pollution over its 25-year lifetime."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
