Santos fined for condensate spill offshore Australia

Australian independent Santos has been fined just A$10,000 (US$6254) over a 2022 condensate spill at its Varanus Island Marine Terminal, located off the northwest coast of Western Australia (WA), which is claimed to have killed marine mammals.The Adelaide-headquartered company on Monday plead guilty in the Karratha Magistrates Court to a charge of “failing to operate its licensed pipeline in a proper and workmanlike manner [and] failing to prevent the escape of petroleum”.Santos was fined A$10,000 and ordered to pay a further A$9700 in court costs, confirmed the Western Australian Department of...Read the full article >here<