🔒 Total has broadcast an immense gas-condensate discovery at its offshore Brulpadda 1AX prospect rig operation in the Outeniqua Basin, due south of Plettenberg Bay.
Worth it? Janet Solomon says coverage of Total’s gas and oil find has largely neglected to ask whether potential financial gains are worth the environmental cost of offshore drilling. Photo: Mike Hutchings/ReutersTotal has broadcast an immense gas-condensate discovery at its offshore Brulpadda 1AX prospect rig operation in the Outeniqua Basin, due south of Plettenberg Bay.
This deep-sea find has taken Total five years since a “chaotic combination of currents, waves and winds” in 2014 wreaked mechanical havoc on its rig, stopping operations.
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