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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Trump’s new energy tsar linked to fracking in Australia’s Beetaloo basin

Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright has been chosen by Donald Trump to lead the US Department of Energy. US gas company Tamboran Resources has struck a partnership with Liberty Energy for the delivery of fracking equipment to drill wells in the NT’s Beetaloo basin
Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright has been chosen by Donald Trump to lead the US Department of Energy. US gas company Tamboran Resources has struck a partnership with Liberty Energy for the delivery of fracking equipment to drill wells in the NT’s Beetaloo basin Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Donald Trump’s nomination for energy secretary has connections to fracking operations for gas in the Beetaloo basin in the Northern Territory.

Chris Wright is the chief executive of Liberty Energy, a company that provides services to the oil and gas industry across North America.

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