But the rate at which the coal seam gas industry is growing has some fearing for their future. Information and perspectives on the key issues around coal seam gas csg in the community go to independent research. Coal seam gas is methane formed from the decay of organic matter over time, formed in the same way as coal and oil. Wvges maps and gis data menu west virginia network. Find out how a coal fired power station makes electricity. The accompanying narration explains what happens in each stage.
Gas csg activity from residents residing within the wieambilla estates, tara, queensland july to november 2012 appendix 1. The area also has significant reserves of coal seam gas csg. In conventional gas fields, the gas exists in permeable sandstone reservoirs. Transmission pipeline will carry coal seam gas csg from the production fields in the surat and bowen basins of central queensland to the lng liquefaction plant on curtis island, near gladstone. Central listing of maps related to mining and extractive activities. The commission has developed a virtual reality coal seam gas well experience located in a paddock complete with cattle, trees, a tractor and fourwheel drive. Coal seam gas and air quality in the surat basin, queensland.
As both the coal seam gas and agriculture industries are important to the states economy, it is essential that the coal seam gas industry is effectively regulated to ensure the different industries, landholders, and communities involved coexist, the benefits are maximised, and the risks managed. Each location is represented by name and an icon corresponding to the type of resource. D i a m a n t i n a d e v r o a d j u n d a hq u i l p i e r d. Queensland conventional and coal seam gas production modified from queensland government, petroleum and gas statistics, dnrm, 2017. This event marked the first time that csg or any other unconventional gas had been developed with the express purpose of underpinning an lng export market. Find out how a coalfired power station makes electricity. It includes the dawson river, moura and nipan coal seam gas csg fields. Basin producers and queensland coal seam gas csg away from nsw.
The australia pacific lng project the project will contribute to reducing global greenhouse gas intensity by producing liquefied natural gas lng which can substitute for higher greenhouse gas. Coal seam gas field environmental values and management of impacts prepared for santos ltd, 31 march 2009 6. The coal seam gas csg industry is booming in australia. Demand for natural gas in queensland is met from large reserves of coal seam gas csg and relatively small conventional gas reserves, but there are significant differences in the way the gas is extracted and the location of the reserves in queensland. Since the start of the 21st century, the industry has increased dramatically and, given the significant reserves predicted to exist in the eastern states, this expansion is likely to continue as demands in the domestic and export market increase. An a2 map of queensland featuring major mineral, coal and petroleum mines, resources and operations. The annual compliance plan for queensland mineral and energy resources pdf.
Historical queensland conventional and coal seam gas production 39. Exploration for coal seam gas csg commenced in the 1980s. Queensland curtis liquefied natural gas project queensland gas company ltd a wholly owned subsidiary of the bg group xexpansion of qgcs coal seam gas operations in the surat basin. Queensland communities remain lukewarm about coal seam gas.
It supports high standards for both industries and aims to maximise the safe and optimal extraction of resources. Natural gas collects in underground coal seams by bonding to the surface of coal particles. For the most current information on coal seam gas drill holes. Visit common ground to find where current exploration, mining and production activities are in nsw, including the most current data on. Queensland petroleum 2 queenslands petroleum and coal seam gas january 2017. Coal seam gas in the tara region queensland parliament. Until recently, the bulk of supply has been derived from the bowen basin. Since then production has increased rapidly, particularly during the first decade of the 21st century. A new technical fields map is in process of development.
Cartography by graphic services unit, geological survey of queensland. Queensland s major mineral, coal and petroleum operations and resources author. Oil and gas wells in west virginia supersedes this map. This major coal producing region contains one of the worlds largest deposits of bituminous coal. It is only in recent times that the practice has come under public scrutiny. The petroleum act deals with authorities to prospect and leases, and. Like the coal industry, queenslands petroleum industry has a large. Pdf coal seam gas associated water production in queensland. Human health effects of coal seam gas activities a study. Production and reserves statistics for coal seam gas, condensate, crude oil, liquefied petroleum gas and natural gas. Functions of the gasfields commission queensland the gasfields commission act 20 provides 14 functions for the gasfields commission queensland. Qgc says it plans to sink about 6,000 wells across 4,500 squarekilometres over the next 20 years.
Most of queensland s coal seam gas activity occurs in the states agricultural regions. Origin energy has taken a massive writedown on a coal seam gas field in queensland credit. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted. The water is drawn back to the surface, along with the released methane gas. Th is will generate jobs and further investment in queensland. Currently the largest known proven reserves are in queensland s bowen and surat basins. Glng project environmental impact statement coal seam gas. The bowen basin coalfields contains the largest coal reserves in australia. Exploration for other petroleum sources, such as shale gas and tight. Csg is currently the dominant driver of drilling activities and gas production in queensland. Cciq acknowledges that this industry is in its infancy and in queensland, commercial production has been largely confined to the surat and bowen basins. Destruction of state forest, poisoning of water supplies, mass road kill of native species. The coal seams are generally filled with water and. Methane is held within the coal seam by water pressure in the seam.
Report dated january 20 by dr penny hutchinson, public health physician, darling downs public health unit. Glng project environmental impact statement section 6 coal seam gas fields environmental values and management of impacts prepared for santos ltd, 31 march 2009 6. The majority of queensland s conventional gas is drawn from fields covering the cooper and eromanga basins in the south and southwest of queensland, with most production being from ballera and roma. Coal seam gas field environmental values and management. The meridian seamgas project formally dawson valley area is located in the bowen basin, queensland. Each well is categorised by its purpose, including. Three export lng projects based on queensland coal seam gas resources are under construction on curtis island near gladstone with first cargoes expected in late 2014. Maps for environmental authorities for coal seam gas csg to liquefied natural.
Crew member, hydrogeologist groundwater modeller, business development manager and more on. The area is located in close proximity to the wallumbillagladstone pipeline and this has enabled the project to access industrial markets in moura and gladstone. Coal seam gas oil fields as fields oil and as fields 0 100 200 l proposed arly aleooic basins late aleooic basins id aleooic basins coal seam gas production surat roterooic basins coal seam gas production bowen esooic basins figure 1. This is an animated video in eleven parts which shows the components and processes in a coalfired power station.
To extract csg, wells are drilled into coal seams and water is pumped out to allow the trapped gas to flow. Leakage testing conducted in april and may 2010 found more than half of the wells in these gas fields were leaking extremely low level concentrations of methane. Queenslands major mineral, coal and petroleum operations and. Map of csg wells for the most current information on coal seam gas drill holes. Australias major coal seam gas resources are found onshore in eastern australia. Coal seam gas csg is primarily methane a colourless and odourless gas, found in coal deposits formed over millions of years from fallen trees and other plant matter.
Coal seam gas in the tara region report complete report. This is an animated video in eleven parts which shows the components and processes in a coal fired power station. A coal seam gas csg to liquefied natural gas lng project in queensland, australia, has an active exploration and appraisal program in support of future development activities. We explore some of the challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork on controversial csg developments and argue that, as anthropologists, we need to attend to the diversity of factors that shape the stories of unconventional hydrocarbons and. The overarching objective of the npa is to strengthen the regulation of coal seam gas and large coal mining development by ensuring that future decisions are informed.
Csg, however, is found in coal seams, where underground water pressure keeps it contained. The nsw wholesale gas market has entered a period of material change given that the lng export netback value is now a factor in determining domestic prices. Most of the statistical information and examples relate to queensland. This fraccing method changes the pressure of the stored gas, and stimulates the coal bed seam that releases more methane gas. A new approach to overlapping tenure in queensland may 2012 pdf, 1. Growth in coal seam gas csg in queensland has been rapid over. Surat basin regional planning framework state development. An interactive map of queensland s coal seam gas fields can be viewed here.
Maximising utilisation of queensland s coal and coal seam gas resources. Since then, coal seam gas has become a mainstay of the australian energy market. Queenslands coal seam gas csg industry has grown rapidly over the past 15 years the annual number of wells drilled increasing from 10 in the early 1990s to almost 600 in 201011. The csg industry has expanded rapidly in queensland since 2010. An overview of the coal seam gas developments in queensland. These photos show coal seam gas fields in queensland. Coal seam gas doctors for the environment australia.
Species prioritisation framework community role private protected areas. As santos says, the growth in australian coal seam gas production is following a similar path to coal seam gas in the us, although average production from the queensland fields is substantially greater than from the average well in the us santos says the australian resources are. Coalbed methane cbm or coal bed methane, coalbed gas, coal seam gas csg, or coal mine methane cmm is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. Find out what coal seam gas is and how its extracted, about the environmental.
Queenslands petroleum and coal seam gas australia minerals. Coal seam gas extraction attracts widespread concern from communities, farmers and environmental groups, but the csg industry says the practise is safe and sustainable. Gas fields commission strategic plan for the coal seam gas. The term refers to methane adsorbed into the solid matrix of the coal. Magnetotelluric monitoring of coal seam gas depressurization. The proposed action is within the existing petroleum lease boundary of the. Queenslands major mineral, coal and petroleum operations. Petroleum and gas production and reserve statistics. Six gas companies have won the bid to explore for gas in new areas of queensland covering a total of 3,450 square kilometres. Csg has been produced from these areas since the mid 1990s.
Pumping water out of the coal seam releases this pressure and allows gas to escape from the coal into a well. Since the mid1990s, csg has grown to become the dominant source of gas in queensland, comprising over 95% of the gas produced and over 99% of the remaining proved and probable gas reserves. Coal seam gas and pipeline services in central queensland. Today, almost all natural gas used in queensland comes from coal seams, and csg now provides about a third of the gas used across the eastern australian gas market which includes south australia. Case study a new way to see gas field status bundoora, vic 3083 suite 22, 2 enterprise drive. Small quantities of conventional gas continue to be extracted from the surat basin, queensland s initial source of natural gas. It was named for the bowen river, itself named after queensland s first governor, sir. Queensland petroleum 2 queensland s petroleum and coal seam gas january 2017. A csg project can spread across hundreds of thousands of hectares of land. Growth in coal seam gas csg in queensland has been rapid over the past 15 years, peaking at 1,634 wells drilled in 2014. Coal seam gas plays have occurred across a range of permian age coals in the bowen basin, from more conventional anticline plays e. Oceans and atmosphere human health effects of coal seam gas activities a study design framework task 4 report for health project h. Cciq acknowledges that this industry is in its infancy and in queensland, commercial production has been largely confined to. Showing the location of coal seam gas related boreholes in nsw and queensland dots mark location only and are note to scale over time.
All these sorts of gas need lots and lots of wells, roads, pipelines and noisy infrastructure and use lots of water and dangerous chemicals. New release date of petroleum and gas production and reserve statistics. Gas industry facts gasfields commission queensland. The company has a gas plant called kenya, which is located near tara, queensland. The largest reserves of csg are in queenslands surat and bowen basins while. Coal seam gas extraction usually involves tens of thousands of gas wells, with roads, pipelines, compressor stations, wastewater dams, and other infrastructure. B i r d s v i l l e d e v r o a d pl 79 pl 86 pl 108 pl 2 pl 149 pl 495 pl 496 pl 146 c o o p e r d e v r o a d b ull o. Visit seed the portal for sharing and enabling environmental data for information about and locations of wells drilled to explore for, assess or extract potential coal seam gas resources. Coal seam gas csg has been extracted and used in australia for nearly 30 years. The development of the coal seam gas deposits in queensland and new south wales associated with the coal fields will not only enable the supply of natural gas for the growing eastern australian market but also enable the establishment of major export liquefied natural gas lng industries, providing an impetus to employment, infrastructure. In recent decades it has become an important source of energy in united states, canada, australia, and other countries. The final analysis is taking longer than expected and we apologise for the delay.
The national partnership agreement on coal seam gas and. Coal seam gas mining costs farmers millions, csiro study. Managing coal seam gas activities queensland audit office. A further five proposals to develop export lng projects are under consideration. The basin contains much of the known permian coal resources in queensland including virtually all of the known mineable prime coking coal.
The coal seam gas fields approved to date in queensland will cover tens of thousands of square kilometres with an industrial grid of wells, pipelines, roads and water treatment plants. The queensland government reported that there were 5127 csg production wells in operation in mid2016. Csiroled study first air monitoring program in coal seam gas region of australia began feb 2015 based in the chinchillamilescondamine area of surat basin, south west queensland incorporates monitoring and modelling component driven by community concern about airborne pollutants strong focus on transparency of project. In australia the commercial production of csg commenced in 1996 in the bowen basin, queensland. Find out about other forms of unconventional gas mining, such as shale and. Aap imagedave hunt queensland communities remain lukewarm about coal seam gas. The gas fields cover an area of approximately 570,000 hectares and are being progressively. We are australias largest producer of coal seam gas csg, supplying queenslands domestic gas market, as well as processing csg into liquefied natural gas to meet growing export demand. Queenslands major mineral, coal and petroleum operations and resources author. Queensland, new south wales, victoria, south australia and northern territory are signatories to the national partnership agreement on coal seam gas and large mining development. Maps for environmental authorities for coal seam gas csg to liquefied natural gas lng projects. An easy to read reference guide that shows the size of the industry, its contribution to the economy, water usage and other useful information. Queensland began producing coal seam gas more than 20 years ago.
Three coal seam gas fields lauren, codie, and kate are associated with the kenya plant. In january 2015, queensland began exporting coal bed methane cbm, known locally as coal seam gas csg, as liquefied natural gas lng to asian markets. Landholders told to know their rights on csg abc news. Coal seam gas csg is a naturally occurring methane gas found in most coal seams and is similar to conventional natural gas. Dec 21, 2016 coal seam gas developments in queensland near chinchilla in 20. The development of australias coal seam gas resources. Coal seam gas is natural gas formed within coal seams, usually 4001,000 metres underground.
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