Whistleblower says 'Santos lied to all of us' over oil spill, marine deaths off WA coast

A former Santos employee has accused the Australian oil and gas company of covering up the extent of an oil spill believed to have killed dolphins off the Western Australian coast.

The claims, made by an anonymous whistleblower, were tabled by independent Senator David Pocock in federal parliament today

In their statement, the whistleblower said they had been working for Santos in March last year when they witnessed a 25,000 litre spill of condensate – a light form of oil – near the Lowendal Islands, about 300 kilometres off the coast of Karratha.

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