13 Nov 2018 Just don't allow any oil wells in the Great Australian Bight this is a wonderful pristine area just keep these filthy miners and oil companies out 18 Dec 2019 Equinor Gains Environmental Approval for Great Australian Bight Plan companies must have a petroleum title, an accepted environment plan 19 Dec 2019 Oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight could be 'devastating' for North News that stage two of Norweigian oil company Equinor's plan for 30 Nov 2019 The Great Australian Bight holds pockets of monumental waves, says Doherty, but With the threat of oil exploration in these remote waters, however, old the national security watchdog and tech companies are concerned 25 Sep 2019 environmental lobby against the world's biggest offshore petroleum company in a test that could prove a watershed moment for big oil. 2 Dec 2019 Four companies still hold permits for the Bight; Equinor, Murphy Oil Corporation, Santos and Bight Petroleum. Equinor resubmitted its 2 Dec 2019 Four companies still hold permits for the Bight; Equinor, Murphy Oil Corporation, Santos and Bight Petroleum. Equinor resubmitted its
That’s the Bight. One of the many victims of an oil spill in the Bight would be the wildlife that call this natural wonder home. Its waters hold 36 species of whales and dolphins, including the world’s most important southern right whale nursery, and many humpback, sperm, blue and beak whales. 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). Bathymetry shows a massive delta covering almost 130,000 km 2,
25 Feb 2020 Energy company Equinor has walked away from exploring for oil in the Great Australian Bight, just two months after it received environmental A number of oil companies including BP, Statoil, Bight Petroleum, Santos and Chevron, are currently planning oil exploration wells in the deep waters of the Great 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. Offshore oil facilities aren't new noise, and the Great Australian Bight is no the location of the rig, a companies track record, their planned mitigating factors,
A number of oil companies including BP, Statoil, Bight Petroleum, Santos and Chevron, are currently planning oil exploration wells in the deep waters of the Great 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. Offshore oil facilities aren't new noise, and the Great Australian Bight is no the location of the rig, a companies track record, their planned mitigating factors, Deadly seismic blasting is approved in whale-rich waters of the Great Australian Bight. Sign the petition to ban oil drilling and gas drilling in the Bight!
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. That region encompasses the Gulf of Mexico, which has more than 150 oil rigs and tens of thousands of abandoned wells. The fight to keep oil companies out of Great Australian Bight. The cold, deep waters off southern Australia are a known hunting ground of the great white shark. In recent years, oil companies have also been circling, hoping to find an economic windfall - and with it, hundreds of jobs. Equinor abandons plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. So proud of our community for standing up against big oil. Today is a day to celebrate a victory for the sea animals and pristine shores of our southern ocean..