Equinor is pushing ahead with its plan to drill in the Bight.

Last month, it published a 1,500-page draft environment plan on its website as part of a bid to create more transparency around the project.

Equinor has given the public 30 days to comment through Nopsema.

The head of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (Nopsema), Stuart Smith, is listed as one of three keynote speakers at the South Australian “parliamentary friends of the resource sector” forum dinner on Tuesday.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/15/environment-groups-urge-oil-watchdog-not-to-speak-at-pro-industry-event