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Decommissioning
BHP and Woodside deal will not escape tougher decommissioning laws
If Woodside absorbs BHP's oil & gas assets new laws ensure the massive decommissioning liability falls to one of the companies, not the Australian taxpayer, unlike the Northern Endeavour.