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.
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CIMIC secures major contract with Australia Pacific LNG
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.
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Exploration project aims to keep gas in Australia
The Queensland Government has released land for gas exploration in the Surat Basin, under strict conditions that the gas produced is sold in Australia.
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Can billions of litres of coal seam gas water be safely reinjected into the ground?
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.
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Victoria bans fracking, but leaves questions over gas supply
Victoria's ban on fracking will have far ranging impacts on the state's energy security.
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CSIRO unveils CSG air quality data live-stream
Members of the public will be able to live-stream air quality data from coal seam gas areas in Queensland following the CSIRO’s air quality measurement program.
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New fracking alternative technology to be released
Australian based company V2H International is launching a new environmentally safe jetting technology for the oil and gas industry.
This will come after the completion of a merger between technology group
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Bender family says 1000 pigs died from Linc Energy pollution
The family of George Bender have blamed the deaths of 1000 pigs on pollution caused by Linc Energy’s underground coal gasification project at Chinchilla.
The Bender family’s submission to the Senate
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Tighter drilling on tighter margins
New coal seam gas field testing of Tight Radius Drilling (TRD) technology at an operation in the Bowen Basin is delivering successful results.
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NSW Government buys back Metgasco licenses
Communities in the Northern Rivers are celebrating Metgasco’s acceptance of the NSW government’s offer to buy back CSG licenses
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Vigil for George Bender held at Origin AGM
A vigil will be held today at the Origin Energy AGM to commemorate Western Downs farmer and anti-fracking campaigner George Bender.
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Opposition wants fracking moratorium extended to 2020
The Victorian opposition has said a current ban on fracking should be extended until at least 2020, raising concerns from the state’s industry.
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Ipswich council looks to ban new mines and CSG projects
Ipswich City Council has declared it will block plans to develop any new mine, mining extension, or coal seam gas project in the city.
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Can coal gasification lift the industry out of the doldrums? [video]
Platts' Gareth Carpenter and Ross McCracken discuss methods coal miners are using to lift the industry out of the 'coaldrums'.
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CSG activists a bunch of “retired ex-Sixties protestors”
A New South Wales MP has labelled CSG activists as a “bunch of retired ex-Sixties protestors”.
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Northern NSW CSG up for debate
NSW deputy premier Troy Grant has called for an end to CSG mining in northern NSW.
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AGL cleared of using harmful chemicals at CSG project
The NSW Government has cleared AGL of using banned chemicals in any of its fracture stimulation fluid or drilling process at the Waukivory CSG project.
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Coal seam gas can provide certainty in a time of market chaos
Australia's "looming gas shortage" - the basis for calls to deregulate coal seam gas - may not be real after all. But gas prices are still set to rise, and that's an area where coal seam gas could help.
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Santos to fire up GLNG by the end of September
Santos says its $US18.5 billion Gladstone LNG project will produce first gas around the end of the third quarter this year.
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FactCheck: is 53% of Australia under exploration licence for unconventional mining?
Have the figures on CSG and the spread of fracking been grossly exaggerated?
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