Downer has awarded its third contract to Track’em this year for the tracking of materials for development and maintenance work on a coal seam gas facility. Read More
Santos managing director and chief executive officer Kevin Gallagher claims the proposed Narrabri coal seam gas (CSG) project could fill an important niche for the domestic gas market on the east coast of Australia. Read More
CIMIC Group has won a $90 million contract with Australia Pacific LNG to deliver over 300 coal seam gas wells in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Read More
Sydney-based AJ Lucas Group has confirmed media speculation that a recent non-binding takeover offer for its drilling division came from Mitchell Services. Read More
A new Australian-developed technology could make an important contribution to solving the country’s gas crisis by improving production rates and removing many of the environmental impacts associated with traditional fracking, according to the technology’s licensee, V2H Australia. Read More
Water produced when coal seam gas (CSG) is extracted from below ground can be safely re-injected hundreds of metres underground, according to new CSIRO research. Read More
The energy sector is dealing with a complex mix of relationships between consumer trends, global commodity markets, and state, federal and industry regulation. Read More
Queensland’s government has banned coal gasification due to ‘its environmental impact’.
Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Dr. Anthony Lynham announced the immediate ban, committing Read More
New coal seam gas field testing of Tight Radius Drilling (TRD) technology at an operation in the Bowen Basin is delivering successful results. Read More
The Victorian opposition has said a current ban on fracking should be extended until at least 2020, raising concerns from the state’s industry. Read More