CSG water treatment plant wins award
Share/BookmarkA Queensland water treatment plant that processes water from its connected coal seam gas development has been named the Industrial Water Project of the Year at the 2016 Global Water...
View ArticleUnconventional committee releases interim report
Share/BookmarkThe Senate Select Committee on Unconventional Gas Mining has released its interim report, with Committee Chair Glenn Lazarus outlining 18 recommendations including a call for the...
View ArticleAPA Group’s gas delivery deal
Share/BookmarkAPA Group has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding with a CSG explorer for the delivery of gas from the Galilee Basin to the east coast. APA Group has agreed to work...
View ArticleNew territory for unconventional oil and gas
Share/BookmarkThe Northern Territory has large potential unconventional hydrocarbon resources within a number of basins. The underexplored nature of some of these basins means that the full extent of...
View ArticleVIC government delays unconventional inquiry response
Share/BookmarkThe Victorian Government has deferred its response to the Parliamentary Inquiry into unconventional gas in Victoria until Parliament resumes in August. New Victorian Minister for...
View ArticleQLD Government invests in CSG industry
Share/BookmarkThe Queensland Government is investing $7 million to fund the Coal Seam Gas Compliance Unit, which supports the coexistence of the coal seam gas industry and landholders. QLD Minister for...
View ArticleAGL gas wells flooded
Share/BookmarkA number of AGL’s gas wells in the Menangle Park and Glenlee Area, near Camden have been flooded, following heavy rainfall across the region. The NSW Environment Protection Authority...
View ArticleAGL gas wells given the all-clear
Share/BookmarkThe NSW Environmental Protection Authority’s (EPA) has not found any gas leaks during an inspection of AGL’s Camden gas wells, following community concern over bubbling. The EPA carried...
View ArticleGreens release coal seam gas policy
Share/BookmarkThe Greens have launched the party’s national coal seam gas policy in Toowoomba, which proposes a ban on fraccing. Queensland Senator and Greens deputy leader Larissa Waters said the...
View ArticleCommunity is key to CSG growth
Share/BookmarkThe Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) has stressed that the Australia’s coal seam gas industry’s growth is due to relationships with landowners and the...
View ArticleSantos takes hit on LNG project
Share/BookmarkSantos has announced it expects to take a US$1,050 million impairment charge on its Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Queensland due to continuing low oil prices. The GLNG...
View ArticleWestside’s new jetting technology deal
Share/BookmarkQueensland gas producer WestSide Corporation has signed a three year contract with a vertical-to-horizontal jetting technology company to use its new, environmentally-safe jetting...
View ArticleCOAG releases new gas supply strategy
Share/BookmarkThe Council of Australian Government (COAG) Energy Council has decided to implement a new Gas Supply Strategy which aims to increase gas supply, coordinate exploration efforts, and fast...
View ArticleCSIRO to publish air quality data in CSG regions
Share/BookmarkA CSIRO program that measures air quality in the Surat Basin has been made available to the public and can be live-streamed. CSIRO, through the Gas Industry Social and Environmental...
View ArticleNew method to increase CSG yield in trial phase
Share/BookmarkThe University of New South Wales (UNSW) has discovered a new method to potentially increase gas yields in coal seam and biogas plants with the method to undergo its first trial in...
View ArticleVictoria bans fraccing
Share/BookmarkVictoria will introduce legislation to become the first state in Australia to ban fraccing, effectively preventing any onshore unconventional development in the state. The permanent...
View ArticleGalilee to fire East Coast markets
Share/BookmarkIn the midst of uncertainty surrounding future gas supply to Australia’s East Coast gas, coal seam gas explorer Comet Ridge has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with APA Group...
View ArticleWhere are the opportunities for gas pipeliners?
Share/BookmarkBy Jessica Dickers, Associate Editor, Unconventional Oil & Gas Australia’s gas market is currently in transition, with predicted supply shortages, increased prices and gas moving away...
View ArticleBank denies it rejected loan because of CSG
Share/BookmarkThe Commonwealth Bank of Australia has denied claims it rejected a loan application for a regional Queensland property because of the presence of coal seam gas wells. The Guardian...
View ArticleOvercoming the obstacles to becoming a global LNG leader
Share/Bookmarkby Bernadette Cullinane, Asia Pacific Energy Lead, Accenture Australia has dominated global LNG capital expenditure in recent years. Last year, Accenture reported that the Australian LNG...
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