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Santos must hand over info in activist’s challenge to Reindeer gas field plan
Environment 2025-09-23 11:00 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Santos has failed to convince a judge that it should not provide documents relied on by NOPSEMA to approve the company’s environmental plan for its Reindeer gas field in judicial review proceedings.

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Santos wins $690M against Fluor over Gladstone LNG project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-08-11 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as “litigation on a monumental scale”, securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.

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Santos wins final approval for $5.6B Barossa gas project
Article 2025-04-22 11:21 pm By Christine Caulfield

Santos has secured final approval from the offshore energy regulator for its undersea Barossa gas field, dubbed by an environmental group as a “climate bomb”.

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EDO rejects financial concerns after paying Santos legal costs
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-31 11:31 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Environmental Defenders Office has rejected bankruptcy concerns after paying gas company Santos $9 million in legal fees.

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EDO can’t avoid subpoena despite agreeing to pay Santos’ costs
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-10-09 4:39 pm By Andy Sidler

The Environmental Defenders Office can’t dodge a subpoena by Santos seeking material to back a bid for full indemnity costs in a failed case over a pipeline for the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.

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‘So far on the wrong side’: Santos wants more evidence of EDO’s conduct in Barossa pipeline case
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-12 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Santos is seeking to wrangle further documents from the Environmental Defenders Office to support its bid for costs orders against the law firm, telling a court there must have been “glaring deficiencies” in the standard of its services in running its challenge to construction of a pipeline for the energy company’s $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.

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Santos socked with $2.75M penalty for record-keeping failures
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-04 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The Australian Energy Regulator has secured a $2.75 million penalty in a case against oil and gas company Santos alleging record-keeping failures in breach of the National Gas Rules. 

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Activist groups to appeal order to hand up communications with EDO in Barossa gas case
Appeals 2024-05-15 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

Activist organisations are seeking to challenge orders to hand up communications with the Environmental Defenders Office in its failed case against Santos over the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, arguing there was no legitimate forensic purpose for the material sought. 

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Santos barred from Barossa Gas pipeline works near Tiwi Islands
Environment 2023-11-15 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Energy company Santos can begin construction of a pipeline for its $5.6 billion Barossa Gas project but has been barred from any work within 70km of the Tiwi Islands.

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Santos blocked from starting work on $5.6B Barossa gas project
Energy & Natural Resources 2023-11-02 1:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Tiwi Islanders have won an eleventh hour bid to halt all work on Santos’ Barossa gas export pipeline for one week, with a judge finding construction could cause “irreparable damage” to underwater cultural heritage.

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