Big Oil, Big Bight Part One: oil exploration in the Great Australian Bight

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The Great Australian Bight is a pristine marine wilderness area that encompasses one of the most unique ocean environments on the planet. Into this environment comes some of the largest and most powerful corporations in the world, including British Petroleum, Chevron, and Statoil with Australia’s own Woodside, Santos and Bight Petroleum in tow.
The current proposals to drill exploratory wells 300 km south-west of Ceduna have been rejected twice by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA). Despite this, BP is determined to push ahead with its plans to start drilling in October.
This is the first installment in a special series of reports on the proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. 

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Monday, June 6 2016
Produced By Tony Collins and Carmel Young
Featured in storyBunna Lawrie – Mirning Elder, Aboriginal Traditional Owner for the Bunda Cliffs area west of CedunaMalcolm Roberts, CEO, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration AssociationPeter Owen, Director, Wilderness Society of South AustraliaMichelle Grady, Director of Oceans and National Coordinator of the Save Our Marine Life campaign at Pew Charitable Trusts
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