POLICY

Well liability fund abandoned by WA govt

DOCUMENTS obtained from the Western Australian government via Freedom of Information requests by anti-frac group Lock the Gate find the mooted rehabilitation fund to prevent taxpayers picking up the tab to properly plug and abandon wells has been cancelled.

Helen Clark

NSE's position in WA circa 2012

This will leave the cash-low zone that is delisted New Standard Energy's five Canning Basin wells to be plugged and abandoned mostly likely at public expense. NSE and its joint venture partner ConocoPhillips...

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