Santos will pause drilling new wells in the Barossa offshore gas field in the Timor Sea north of Darwin pending a federal court ruling, the company said.
Tiwi Island elder Dennis Tipakalippa from the Munupi clan has been fighting the offshore energy regulator’s decision to allow Santos to drill eight wells in the gas field, 265 kilometres northwest of Darwin.
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Colin Packham is an energy and resources reporter at The Australian Financial Review Connect with Colin on Twitter.
