Posted on April 8, 2016
A legal challenge to Santos’ approval for phase two of work at the Leewood site, south of Narrabri has been adjourned until May 17 and 18. Approximately five months ago, the Environmental Defenders Office, on behalf of People for the Plains, commenced its legal case against Santos’ approval to build and operate a facility to […]
Read MorePosted on April 4, 2016
This year Santos was again the proud sponsor of the Indigenous Achievement Award at the NSW/ACT Young Achievers Awards. The winners were announced at a gala dinner on Friday night with Wiradjuri woman Danielle Hobday of Mangrove Mountain, taking out the award in the Indigenous Category. Danielle, 22, is a juvenile justice youth officer […]
Read MorePosted on March 24, 2016
Santos’ new Chief Executive Kevin Gallagher has reiterated his commitment to progressing the Narrabri Gas Project, saying he will be working hard to make the project successful. Mr Gallagher who travelled to Narrabri last week to visit the field and meet with staff and community members, said Santos needs new development opportunities like Narrabri. “It […]
Read MorePosted on March 4, 2016
Construction of Santos’ water treatment facility near Narrabri is progressing well, with the project almost 50% complete. Since construction began at Santos’ Leewood property in December, leading water treatment company Osmoflo has placed four reverse osmosis units on site, installed the underground pipe network and is finalising all civil infrastructure. Santos’ General Manager of Energy […]
Read MorePosted on February 19, 2016
Santos today announced an impairment to the value of its NSW gas assets. As has been seen across the oil and gas industry, the significant reduction in global oil prices has had an impact on Santos’ financial performance and as a result we have impaired a series of assets across the company. This includes the […]
Read MorePosted on February 18, 2016
If you have been following media and social media of late, it would be easy to conclude that the discussion around coal seam gas is an “us versus them” debate, with resource companies on one side and those wanting to protect the environment on the other. Nothing could be further from the truth. Santos has […]
Read MorePosted on February 2, 2016
Members of the Narrabri community have told the Northern Daily Leader of their support for Santos following the arrest of several out-of-towners protesting work at our Leewood site south of Narrabri. The protestors have repeatedly broken into the securely fenced site, where Santos is constructing a water treatment facility to allow salty water extracted during our […]
Read MorePosted on January 6, 2016
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has determined that there was “no apparent environmental or health risks” from the minor rainwater run off on the Santos Leewood site near Narrabri. Rainwater pooled on the Leewood site, where Santos is in the process of constructing a water treatment facility, after Narrabri received about 14mm of rain over […]
Read MorePosted on December 14, 2015
A new initiative between the Narrabri Local Aboriginal Land Council and Santos will help to protect Aboriginal cultural heritage in the Narrabri area. As part of Santos’ Environmental Impact Statement for the Narrabri Gas Project, the company commissioned a study of all Aboriginal cultural heritage information in the region. This included information held exclusively by […]
Read MorePosted on December 10, 2015
Santos has installed an extensive groundwater monitoring network to provide additional confidence that the Narrabri Gas Project will not impact water resources used by farmers and the community. Speaking in a short video released today, Santos Senior Hydrogeologist Glenn Toogood said while independent and publicly available studies have shown that Santos’ operations near Narrabri […]
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