ExxonMobil has been pulling fossil fuels out of the Bass Strait for more than half a century. In that time there have been fires, explosions, leaks, spills, workplace safety violations and industrial disputes; much of it in the last decade. This interactive timeline is a live document, outlining the company's various environmental and workplace violations since 1970. If you or someone you know has heard of a violation that hasn't been captured, please get in touch. A hyperlinked bibliography for the timeline can be found here.

Recently the offshore oil and gas regulator NOPSEMA has directed ExxonMobil Australia to clean up their oil and gas fields in the Gippsland Basin. Decommissioning an offshore field properly is expensive and offers no return on investment. Cutting corners saves money, and saving money is good business. As the timeline shows; ExxonMobil knows how to cut corners.

Considering the multinational's bleak track record in south eastern Australia, FoEM doesn't believe the clean-up is something they should be doing unsupervised. We expect both the federal and Victorian governments to scrutinize their activities to the greatest degree regulations allow. That starts with the Victorian Minister for Planning referring the company's decommissioning plans for an Environmental Effects Statement (EES). Recently we had a petition for an EES accepted in the Victorian Legislative Council. You can send an email to the Minister Sonya Kilkenny asking her to act on that petition through the form below.

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