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Santos agrees to slow Barossa drilling

Santos has argued the Munupi clan were not relevant persons to consult over a gas project. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Santos has agreed not to drill any new wells in the Barossa offshore gas field and to stop before it breaches the gas reservoir in its initial drilling, pending a Federal Court ruling.

Tiwi Island elder Dennis Tipakalippa from the Munupi clan has been fighting the offshore energy regulator's decision to allow Santos to drill eight wells in the gas field, 265 kilometres northwest of Darwin.

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