Santos has withdrawn applications for government approval of a pipeline to its $4.7bn Barossa gas project near the Tiwi Islands and plans to rework and resubmit them because of fears within the company that they might not withstand legal challenge in their current state.
This week the company committed to spending $458m on the pipeline, which is to link the Barossa field, 265km north-west of Darwin, with its existing gas liquefaction plant at Wickham Point, in Darwin’s harbour.
