Santos Agrees to Pay Cattle Station $400,000 Over Fracking Dispute

Santos Agrees to Pay Cattle Station $400,000 Over Fracking Dispute
The Northern Territory Supreme Court Building in Darwin, Australia is pictured on April 8, 2018. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images
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Energy supplier Santos has agreed to pay cattle station owner Rallen Australia $400,000 after failing to update them on the extent of their fracking operation on Rallen’s property in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.

The dispute ended in the Northern Territory Supreme Court on Friday, with Santos agreeing to pay legal fees, adhere to a 12-month moratorium on petroleum operations, and reform its stakeholder engagement policies, NT News reported.
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