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Future of Santos's $4.7 billion Barossa project unclear after safeguard mechanism reforms

Gas from Santos's Barossa field will be exported to Japan. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Costs for Santos's $4.7 billion Barossa gas project will increase significantly and revenue will decrease under changes to the federal government's safeguard mechanism, according to a global climate analyst. 

The gas development in the Timor Sea, about 300 kilometres north of Darwin, is expected to be one of the projects most impacted by the reforms to Labor's climate change policy announced this week.

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