Great australian bight oil exploration
1 Dec 2018 The unseen depths of the Great Australian Bight are absolutely teeming With oil exploration on the horizon, it's about time that we update our The Norwegian energy giant Equinor has been granted environment approval for its controversial bid to drill to explore for oil in the Great Australian Bight. There has been no oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight since 2003, and all the wells drilled in the region previously have come up dry. However, Wood Mackenzie estimates suggest Exploration for oil and gas has been undertaken in the Great Australian Bight region since the late 1960s. There have been recent plans to further explore the Bight by a number of companies, including BP , Statoil/Equinor and Chevron . Norwegian company's controversial plan to drill an oil exploration well in the Great Australian Bight gets the green light despite protests Equinor has had its second approval to drill oil in the The company proposing to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight has released its environment plan, but Greenpeace has accused it of downplaying the risk of a major spill. The government has released a new acreage for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight that green groups says should have been kept off limits after it was cancelled by BP.
24 Feb 2020 Equinor said its exploration plan was "not commercially competitive"; Drilling has been fiercely opposed by environmental groups who warned
23 Jan 2020 The Wilderness Society has launched legal action against NOPSEMA over its approval of oil drilling plans made by Equinor in the Great the Great Australian Bight and one exploration permit in the North West Shelf. of oil and gas exploration in Australia, and to demonstrate our commitment to Equinor has abandoned oil-drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight - so what's next? February 26, 2020 7.42pm EST. Madeline Taylor, University of Sydney, 24 Feb 2020 Equinor said its exploration plan was "not commercially competitive"; Drilling has been fiercely opposed by environmental groups who warned 19 Dec 2019 A Norwegian oil company granted environmental approval to drill in some of Australia's roughest seas tries to ease fears about any oil leaks as
25 Feb 2020 Planned oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight will not go ahead after company Equinor decided to end the $200 million project.
The government has released a new acreage for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight that green groups says should have been kept off limits after it was cancelled by BP. Environment groups say the Great Australian Bight is at risk of an "absolutely catastrophic" oil spill should the area be opened to drilling. On Tuesday, Norwegian energy company Equinor released its draft environment plan for an exploration well around 370 kilometres off the South Australian Coast, claiming the project could be done "safely". Drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight would be disastrous for marine life and the local community The Great Australian Bight is home to a unique array of marine life. More than 85% of The Great Australian Bight is a large area off the south coast of Australia, and drilling there is unlikely to occur directly on the reef. BP, the oil giant that initially led the charge to drill in the Great Australian Bight, said in 2013 it could one day be as big an oil region as the US Mississippi delta. The Bight has always looked like a great target for oil explorers, who have been lured by the hope of discovering Australia’s second great oil province (after the Bass Strait, which lies between the State of Victoria and Tasmania). Norwegian company's controversial plan to drill an oil exploration well in the Great Australian Bight gets the green light despite protests Equinor has had its second approval to drill oil in the Norwegian energy company Equinor is pulling out of planned oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight after sustained pressure from environmental activists. On Tuesday, Equinor released a short statement saying the decision came after a "holistic review of its exploration portfolio". A protest against Equinor last year.
25 Feb 2020 Energy giant Equinor has dumped plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight - the third company to abandon plans in the region in the last
The government has released a new acreage for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight that green groups says should have been kept off limits after it was cancelled by BP. Environment groups say the Great Australian Bight is at risk of an "absolutely catastrophic" oil spill should the area be opened to drilling. On Tuesday, Norwegian energy company Equinor released its draft environment plan for an exploration well around 370 kilometres off the South Australian Coast, claiming the project could be done "safely". Drilling for oil in the Great Australian Bight would be disastrous for marine life and the local community The Great Australian Bight is home to a unique array of marine life. More than 85% of The Great Australian Bight is a large area off the south coast of Australia, and drilling there is unlikely to occur directly on the reef. BP, the oil giant that initially led the charge to drill in the Great Australian Bight, said in 2013 it could one day be as big an oil region as the US Mississippi delta. The Bight has always looked like a great target for oil explorers, who have been lured by the hope of discovering Australia’s second great oil province (after the Bass Strait, which lies between the State of Victoria and Tasmania). Norwegian company's controversial plan to drill an oil exploration well in the Great Australian Bight gets the green light despite protests Equinor has had its second approval to drill oil in the
The company proposing to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight has released its environment plan, but Greenpeace has accused it of downplaying the risk of a major spill.
Norwegian energy company Equinor is pulling out of planned oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight after sustained pressure from environmental activists. On Tuesday, Equinor released a short statement saying the decision came after a "holistic review of its exploration portfolio". A protest against Equinor last year. Equinor to discontinue exploration drilling plan in the Great Australian Bight February 25, 2020 00:51 CET | Last modified February 26, 2020 09:07 CET Equinor has informed the Australian authorities of its decision to discontinue its exploration drilling plan (Stromlo-1) in the Ceduna sub-basin, offshore South Australia. Equinor is a Norweigan oil company and 100% owner of the exploration permits EPP39 and EPP40 to drill for Oil in The Great Australian Bight (GAB). In 2016, BP walked away from holding these same permits, passing them on to (then) Norway’s Statoil, as the potentially catastrophic environmental risks for drilling in the GAB, were deemed too risky. Equinor gives up on Great Australian Bight drilling plans Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has informed the Australian authorities of its decision to discontinue its exploration drilling plan (Stromlo-1) in the Ceduna sub-basin, offshore South Australia. The Great Australian Bight. The Bight’s deep water holds one of the last untested Australian oil exploration frontiers with oil major Chevron estimating it could produce on a similar scale to Bass Strait’s once-great oilfields.
18 Dec 2019 Great Australian Bight: Equinor says oil drilling 'can be done safely'. Read more. Equinor was first granted a petroleum title over areas in the 23 Jan 2020 The Wilderness Society has launched legal action against NOPSEMA over its approval of oil drilling plans made by Equinor in the Great the Great Australian Bight and one exploration permit in the North West Shelf. of oil and gas exploration in Australia, and to demonstrate our commitment to Equinor has abandoned oil-drilling plans in the Great Australian Bight - so what's next? February 26, 2020 7.42pm EST. Madeline Taylor, University of Sydney, 24 Feb 2020 Equinor said its exploration plan was "not commercially competitive"; Drilling has been fiercely opposed by environmental groups who warned