Oil and gas giant Santos has hit back at claims its Barossa gas pipeline would interfere with underwater Indigenous heritage sites with independent research it says shows there are no cultural heritage sites along its proposed pipeline route, that a group of Tiwi Islanders applied to the Federal Government to halt.

The statement comes in response to the Environmental Defenders Office stating this week that six Tiwi Islanders applied to the federal Environment Minister to stop construction of the pipeline due to cultural concerns.

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