BP dumps plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight

By Tom McIlroy
Updated October 12 2016 - 9:13am, first published October 11 2016 - 3:07pm
The Great Australian Bight off South Australia.  Photo: David Mariuz
The Great Australian Bight off South Australia. Photo: David Mariuz
BP has dropped its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight.
BP has dropped its plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight.

Oil giant BP has dumped controversial plans to drill in the Great Australia Bight, axing a proposal that raised fears of an environmental disaster to rival the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.

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