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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

What is Queensland’s Taroom trough and could it really be hiding a ‘sea of oil’?

Queensland premier David Crisafulli
Queensland premier David Crisafulli claimed a ‘sea of oil’ lay beneath his feet as he visited Shell’s site within the Taroom trough. Photograph: David Crisafulli/ Facebook

With hard hats and hi-vis vests, Queensland politicians flooded their social media this week with footage from a drill site in western Queensland, as the state premier, David Crisafulli, claimed a “sea of oil” lay beneath his feet.

The Taroom trough in Queensland is being touted by some as a “generational opportunity” for Australia to drastically cut its reliance on imported oil.

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