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“The nation intends to co-host COP31 – the 2026 UN Climate Talks –but ongoing expansion of coal and gas risks jeopardising relationships in the region and Australia’s legitimacy as a ...
Coalbed methane (CBM or coal-bed methane), [1] coalbed gas, or coal seam gas (CSG [1]) is a form of natural gas extracted from coal beds. [2] In recent decades it has become an important source of energy in United States, Canada, Australia, and other countries. The term refers to methane absorbed into the solid matrix of the coal.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -A climate change protest off Australia's east coast disrupted operations at the country's biggest coal export port on Saturday, the port operator said. Climate activist group ...
Most of the gas produced in Queensland now comes from coal seams. [13] According to 2005 figures, Queensland has 98% of Australia's proven and probable reserves of coal seam gas. [26] In the 2009/10 financial year investment in the coal seam gas industry increased 43% compared to the previous financial year. [27]
The company has a gas plant called Kenya, which is located near Tara, Queensland. [6] Three coal seam gas fields Lauren, Codie, and Kate are associated with the Kenya plant. [7] 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. [7]
Australia's QCoal said on Saturday that workers at its Byerwen coking coal mine in Queensland state had been sent home pending a probe into the death of a worker at the site on Thursday. Brisbane ...
Aside from its aviation fuel business which was retained, Shell's remaining Australian activities are in upstream businesses, comprising exploration, liquified natural gas (LNG) and onshore coal seam gas. Shell holds large reserves in the North West Shelf, Gorgon, Browse Basin, onshore coal seam gas Surat and Bowen Basins in Queensland.
The basin has a number of coal seam gas (CSG) fields - also known as coalbed methane - developing in the region. These fields presently supply both the domestic market, including a number of power stations and the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline , and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Plants located on Curtis Island near Gladstone to export Surat Basin gas ...