Groundwater management – working with Queensland and EPBC regulation and processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 516
Author(s):  
James Barker ◽  
Sanjeev Pandey ◽  
Jackie McKeay ◽  
Kerynne Birch ◽  
Matthew Paull
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Groundwater Management ◽  
Process Efficiency ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Environment Protection ◽  
Environmental Standards ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Fit For Purpose ◽  
Epbc Act ◽  
Gas Supply

Onshore gas development projects are often referred for assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), administered by the Commonwealth Department of the Environment and Energy (DOEE), and coal seam gas projects may require additional assessment under the ‘water trigger’ legislation. Queensland Government approval is also required and both governments’ approval processes can intersect. The two processes may have different scope and timeframes, and these are important considerations for proponents bringing forward new gas supply and project expansions. As co-regulators, the Queensland Government and DOEE routinely look for opportunities to better align regulatory practices and ensure they remain contemporary and fit for purpose. In this context, they are exploring opportunities to improve the administration of requirements for Queensland gas projects to enhance the ability of regulators to assess project approvals, ensure compliance, improve process efficiency, and maintain high environmental standards.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COAL SEAM GAS IN EASTERN QUEENSLAND

2006 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.L. Baker ◽  
W.R. Skerman
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Commercial Production ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Company Limited ◽  
Reliable Source ◽  
Gas Supply

The commercial production of coal seam gas [CSG] in Australia is only a decade old. Over the last 10 years it has become a significant part of the Australian gas industry, particularly in Queensland where about 31 PJ or 30% of all natural gas used in the State was recovered from coal seams in eastern Queensland. In 2005 CSG was expected to have supplied 55 PJ or 44 % of the eastern Queensland gas demand. The mining, mineral processing and power generations in northwest Queensland, serviced by the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline, will continue to use gas from the Cooper-Eromanga Basin.The CSG industry is reaching a stage of maturity following the commissioning of a number of fields while some significant new projects are either in the commissioning phase or under development. By the end of 2008 CSG production in Queensland is expected to reach 150 PJ per year, the quantity needed to meet Gas Supply Agreements for CSG that are presently in place.Certified Proved and Probable (2P) gas reserves at 30 June 2005 in eastern Queensland were calculated to be 4,579 PJ, of which 4,283 PJ were CSG. Gas reserves (2P) for eastern Queensland a decade earlier were less than 100 PJ with those for CSG being less than 5 PJ.The coal seam gas industry in both the Bowen and Surat basins—which includes major gas producers such as Origin Energy Limited and Santos Limited along with smaller producers such as Arrow Energy NL, CH4 Gas Limited, Molopo Australia Limited and Queensland Gas Company Limited—is now accepted by major gas users as being suppliers of another reliable source of natural gas.

Determining the impacts of coal seam gas extraction on water resources and water-dependent assets

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Post ◽  
P. A. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Cumulative Impact ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Unconventional Gas Development ◽  
Eastern Seaboard ◽  
Gas Supply

As recently as two years ago, there were numerous proposals to develop coal seam gas projects across eastern Australia. Today the picture is very different. While significant coal seam gas development has occurred in the Surat Basin, Metgasco has surrendered their licences and AGL have indicated that they will not proceed in Gloucester. The only coal seam gas development that is still proceeding in NSW is Santos’s proposal in the Liverpool Plains (Namoi). However, recent developments in Australian Government policy to increase gas supply on the eastern seaboard means that the results of these assessments will inform future decisions. Research carried out as part of the Bioregional Assessment Programme (BAP) has shown some surprising results in the Richmond River (Clarence-Moreton bioregion) regarding the potential impacts of coal seam gas development on the water resources and water-dependent assets of that region. This study will show how we developed a groundwater and surface water cumulative impact model in the Clarence-Moreton bioregion, and present the key findings from that modelling. Similar cumulative impact assessments are currently underway in the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine, Gloucester, Hunter, Galilee, and Namoi regions and we expect these to be published by late 2017. As part of a core tenet of transparency in the BAP, the data collected and models developed as part of these assessments will be freely available for Industry proponents, State regulators and other interested parties to access and utilise. The Surat cumulative management area in south-eastern Queensland has provided a structure for developing coal seam gas resources while protecting water resources via a cumulative approach to management. We propose that the models we have developed would provide the basis of a similar structure to assess and manage cumulative impacts in regions across Australia that may see coal seam gas or other forms of unconventional gas development.

Jixi Basin CBM Accumulation Condition Analysis

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 35-38
Author(s):  
Jin Wen Zhang ◽  
Xi Chen ◽  
Peng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Burial Depth ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Coking Coal ◽  
Southern Basin ◽  
The North ◽  
Gas Coal ◽  
Gas Supply

Heilongjiang Jixi Basin is one of the important coal basins, and the CBM exploration is still in its infancy. This study shows that Jixi Basin is large in number of plies, thin in depth, poor continuity; the types of coal give priority to gas coal and coking coal, reaching the limits of angry thermo genic gas, coal seam gas with a large amount of gas supply is sufficient. In the southern basin, coal mainly developed in the range of 300~1200m, burial depth is moderate, and the dip is small, it is more favorable compared with the north.

Informal and Nonformal Adult Learning in the Coal Seam Gas Protests: Mobilizing Practices and Building an Environmental Justice Movement for Change

2021 ◽  
pp. 074171362110053
Author(s):  
Tracey Ollis
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
The Public ◽  
Theory Of Practice ◽  
The Earth

This case study research examines informal adult learning in the Lock the Gate Alliance, a campaign against mining for coal seam gas in Central Gippsland, Australia. In the field of the campaign, circumstantial activists learn to think critically about the environment, they learn informally and incidentally, through socialization with experienced activists from and through nonformal workshops provided by the Environmental Nongovernment Organization Friends of the Earth. This article uses Bourdieu’s “theory of practice,” to explore the mobilization of activists within the Lock the Gate Alliance field and the practices which generate knowledge and facilitate adult learning. These practices have enabled a diverse movement to educate the public and citizenry about the serious threat fracking poses to the environment, to their land and water supply. The movements successful practices have won a landmark moratorium on fracking for coal seam gas in the State of Victoria.

scholarly journals Classification of coal seam outburst hazards and evaluation of the importance of influencing factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianzhi Shi ◽  
Dazhao Song ◽  
Ziwei Qian
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Multivariate Regression ◽  
Multivariate Regression Analysis ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Geological Factors ◽  
Hazard Level ◽  
Outburst Hazard

AbstractCoal and gas outbursts are the result of several geological factors related to coal seam gas (coal seam gas pressureTo classify the outburst hazard level of a coal seam by means of statistical methods, this study considered the geological parameters of coal seam gas and statistical data on the amount of material involved in coal outbursts. Through multivariate regression analysis, a multivariate regression equation between the outburst coal quantity andUsing a significance evaluation of the aforementioned factors, the relative contributions of the gas-related geological parameters to the outburst hazard level of a coal seam were found to follow the orderThis work provides a scientific basis for evaluating the outburst hazard level of a coal seam and adopting feasible and economical outburst-prevention measures.

Evaluation of social externalities in regional communities affected by coal seam gas projects: A case study from Southeast Queensland

2017 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 300-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna (Anya) Phelan ◽  
Les Dawes ◽  
Robert Costanza ◽  
Ida Kubiszewski
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Coal Seam Gas ◽  
Southeast Queensland
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