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NOPSEMA delays Bight decision

AUSTRALIA'S oil and gas regulator, the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority, needs more time to consider BP's drilling application for the Stromlo-1 well, planned for the Great Australian Bight next year.

NOPSEMA delays Bight decision

NOPSEMA's decision comes amid concerns that any blow-out from the drilling would take at least 35 days to plug in the best case scenario, and in the worst case could see an oil spill reach New Zealand....

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