More than 200 concerned landholders have petitioned the New South Wales (NSW) energy minister to stop Santos from entering farming land for its proposed 400-kilometre underground gas pipeline.
The Hunter Gas Pipeline would connect the $3.6 billion Narrabri Gas Project on NSW’s northern tablelands to Newcastle and the east coast market.
However, oil and gas giant Santos can’t proceed with land surveys without approval from Energy Minister Matt Kean.
Farmers and environmentalists on Thursday delivered a petition from 215 landholders along the pipeline’s route to Kean’s office.
The petition said the pipeline would disrupt and jeopardise high-value farmland and become a stranded asset as the energy sector transforms….