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Environment
Aaron Bunch

Gas facility leak sparks cover-up allegations

Environmentalists say a gas leak at a major hub is a national scandal. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

A storage tank at a major gas export hub has been leaking methane for almost two decades, sparking allegations from an environmental group of a cover-up.

A Darwin liquid natural gas facility has been emitting the harmful greenhouse gas since it was commissioned in 2006, according to a ConocoPhillips Australia document supplied by the Environment Centre NT.

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