The boss of one of Australia’s largest domestic gas suppliers has warned the country could face significant problems if it phases out oil and gas in favour of renewables amid rising pressures from the industry’s opponents. In his speech to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association’s (APPEA) 2023 conference, Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher said…
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Former President Trump took part in the first televised town hall of the 2024 presidential election season on Wednesday. The GOP front-runner addressed allegations, and answered questions from voters. Title 42 ends today. The Biden administration is reportedly ordering the release illegal immigrants into the U.S. with no way to track them. This, after more…
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McCarthy Leaves Open Whether Santos Will Be Removed from Congress After Reported Charges
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) would not say that Congressman George Santos (R-N.Y.) must leave the House of Representatives as the latter faces criminal charges from the Biden administration’s Justice Department. “I’ll look at the charges,” McCarthy told reporters on May 9, during a press conference mainly focused on debt ceiling negotiations with President…
Santos CEO Derides Greens Influence on Energy Policy
Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher has criticised the Australian government for pursuing energy policies that aren’t “sensible or prudent,” saying the uncertainty is scaring away investment and concerning the country’s Asian partners. Gallagher lamented that Australia did not have a bipartisan energy policy and “power has been handed to the Greens essentially, and they just…
Rep. Santos Responds to Calls for Resignation, Says He Will Serve Voters to ‘Best Extent of My Capacity’
Amid escalating calls for his resignation and piling allegations of lies and misconduct, Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) told The Epoch Times that he has no intention of doing so and instead is focused on serving his constituents. Earlier this week, despite a mounting pressure campaign from critics on both sides of the aisle, Santos, 34,…
Santos Loses Appeal for Huge Northern Territory Gas Works
Gas giant Santos has lost its bid to restart drilling at a multimillion-dollar gas field off the Tiwi Islands, but the company is confident the project can stay on track. The full Federal Court on Friday dismissed Santos’s appeal, upholding an earlier decision that the offshore gas regulator should not have approved drilling in the Barossa gas…
Santos Agrees to Pay Cattle Station $400,000 Over Fracking Dispute
Energy supplier Santos has agreed to pay cattle station owner Rallen Australia $400,000 after failing to update them on the extent of their fracking operation on Rallen’s property in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin. The dispute ended in the Northern Territory Supreme Court on Friday, with Santos agreeing to pay legal fees, adhere to a 12-month…
Australian Oil and Gas Giants to Merge Amid Climate Change Pressure
August 2, 2021
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Australian fossil fuel giants Oil Search and Santos are close to a merger that will create a $21 billion entity and a new entrant to the top 20 largest oil and gas companies globally. The merger talks come as the resource industry undergoes a major shift amid mounting pressure from the climate change movement. Santos,…
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