Since 2011, the Australian Government has awarded 11 exploration permits in the Ceduna sub-basin. Each permit has minimum work requirements (e.g. seismic surveys and drilling) that operators must complete to comply with the permit conditions. Equinor is the operator of two of these permits. Oil giant Equinor has abandoned controversial plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight in a move hailed by environmentalists as a "huge win". The Norwegian firm was granted approval last Norwegian energy giant Equinor has dumped plans to conduct deep-sea oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight, about 400 kilometres off the South Australian coast, saying the plan is no longer Equinor was asked to modify oil drilling plans after analysis showed a potential for spill along the coastline and ocean of the Great Australian Bight.
28 Feb 2020 Norwegian company, Equinor, has announced it is abandoning plans to drill for oil in the highly ecologically sensitive, Great Australian Bight,
24 Feb 2020 Norwegian oil company announces it has scrapped its $200m plan to deepwater drill in Great Australian Bight Marine Park. 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 Norwegian company Equinor becomes the third major fossil fuel producer to abandon plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. 24 Feb 2020 Equinor's decision to scrap its proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight Related Story: Great Australian Bight oil drilling approval to be 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. 24 Feb 2020 Norwegian group is third oil major to pull out of controversial project. by oil majors Chevron and BP from drilling the Great Australian Bight 25 Feb 2020 "I know many will find Equinor's decision not to proceed with this oil exploration project in the Great Australian Bight extremely disappointing,
25 Feb 2020 Norwegian energy company Equinor is pulling out of a planned oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight following months of relentless
The Wilderness Society says it was ‘gobsmacked’ by the granting of the environment approval for Norwegian energy company Equinor’s bid to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. 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 to discontinue exploration drilling in the Great Australian Bight We put transparency and safety first, and we were the first company to publish a draft environment plan and invite public comment before submission to the regulator.
Equinor releases Great Australian Bight drilling plan. The Australian arm of Norwegian international energy company Equinor has released for public comment its draft environment plan for the
More of the Great Australian Bight opened to oil and gas Read more Norwegian oil company Equinor (formerly Statoil) is proposing to drill a deepwater (2,239 m water depth) exploratory oil well 370 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
19 Dec 2019 “Offshore oil exploration has been occurring safely in the Great Australian Bight for more than 40 years and, given Australia's reliance on oil in the
11 Nov 2019 Norwegian oil company Equinor has failed to satisfy the regulator that the regulator to ban Equinor from drilling in the Great Australian Bight. Equinor, the company currently trying to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight, had 239 accidental oil spills in 2018 alone. Eleven of their oil and gas leakages 23 Nov 2019 "We're basically saying no way Equinor. Australian is not for oil drilling" 29 Apr 2019 The proposal by the Norwegian company Equinor to drill in the waters off Australia's southern coast has galvanized surfers, including generations 19 Dec 2019 “Offshore oil exploration has been occurring safely in the Great Australian Bight for more than 40 years and, given Australia's reliance on oil in the 29 May 2018 Norwegian oil company Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, has confirmed it will proceed with plans to drill an exploration well in the Great The Wilderness Society says it was ‘gobsmacked’ by the granting of the environment approval for Norwegian energy company Equinor’s bid to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.