Australia’s offshore oil and gas regulator has asked for more information about BP’s controversial application to drill for oil in a marine reserve in the Great Australian Bight, which has already been rejected twice. BP's plan to contain oil spill in Great Australian Bight labelled 'flimsy' Read moreBP has already had two environmental plans for drilling in the Great Australian Bight rejected after Nopsema found they did not meet regulatory requirements. After environmental groups accused BP of not releasing enough information about its plans, last week it released summaries of oil-spill modelling and oil spill response plans. Environmental groups have jumped on the news and called for the regulator to terminate plans for drilling in the Great Australian Bight. The Wilderness Society’s South Australian director, Peter Owen, said the risks posed by the project were too great.

Source: The Guardian September 28, 2016 08:03 UTC