Posted on June 12, 2015
Santos has provided a response to the questions and comments raised by various government departments in relation to the proposed water treatment facility at our Leewood site. We are confident this additional information has now fully addressed the questions and comments and we look forward to further discussions with the Department of Resources and Energy […]
Read MorePosted on June 11, 2015
A group of Narrabri locals have expressed their support for Santos, saying the industry is delivering economic benefits to the local area. In a short video released by Santos, local landholder Anthony Brennan says Santos’ Narrabri operations are contributing to the local economy. “A new industry coming to town is certainly contributing to our community […]
Read MorePosted on June 3, 2015
I wish to respond to an opinion piece by the People for the Plains printed in Narrabri’s Courier newspaper on Thursday May 28 insinuating that Siding Spring Observatory is under threat from Santos’ proposed Narrabri Gas Project. Siding Spring, Australia’s largest optical astronomy research facility is located in the Warrumbungles near Coonabarabran about 100 km […]
Read MorePosted on June 2, 2015
By Glenn Toogood, Santos senior Hydrogeologist I wish to respond to a number of inaccuracies in a recent comment piece written by Dr Matthew Currell “Groundwater: the natural wonder that needs protecting from coal seam gas”. The Conversation’s vision states that it promotes academic rigour. Unfortunately that is not the case in this article. Santos […]
Read MorePosted on May 21, 2015
Santos wishes to respond to the comments on our proposal to build a water treatment plant at Leewood. This is a proposal to use the same technology as is used in major Australian cities to provide residents drinking water and to use that high quality water to irrigate an agricultural crop. The irrigation water will […]
Read MorePosted on May 15, 2015
The EPA has concluded two investigations into Santos’ operations and found there has not been any environmental harm. The first matter relates to an investigation into our Tintsfield ponds. Since the issue was reported to the EPA in 2013, the ponds have been emptied, upgraded and recent inspections found they are not leaking and the […]
Read MorePosted on April 28, 2015
We’ve released the third short video in our series of features that highlight the support Santos has in the local Narrabri community. In this instalment, the local business people of Narrabri talk about the positives they have seen from Santos’ work in the town and the benefits our operations are bringing to the area now […]
Read MorePosted on April 13, 2015
Two reports were released today which discuss in part the role of natural gas in NSW. The reports highlight the consequences of higher gas prices in terms of business closures, job losses and cost-of-living pressures, and stress the need for new supplies of gas to be developed to minimise these impacts. The findings of these […]
Read MorePosted on March 31, 2015
An article published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 28 March, implies that the residual brine from Santos proposed water treatment facility at Leewood, south of Narrabri, will have “nowhere to go”. The article follows Santos’ submission of documents to the NSW Government seeking approval to construct the water treatment facility. The facility will […]
Read MorePosted on March 30, 2015
Santos welcomes the result of the NSW election. It ensures there is a government that is focussed on the development of the natural gas industry to deliver much needed energy security for NSW.
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