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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]
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.
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.
Linc Energy also planned to build a 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m 3 /d) gas-to-liquid plant on the Arckaringa Basin in South Australia. [21] The plant was to be designed by Aker Solutions and it was to be fed by synthesis gas produced by underground coal gasification. [22] BP had an option to buy 70% of the produced diesel fuel. [23]
Australia is the 10th most coal-dependent country in the world. [3] Coal and natural gas, along with oil-based products, are currently the primary sources of Australian energy usage and the coal industry produces over 30% of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions. [4]
Queensland has significant coal, coal seam gas and bauxite deposits and some oil shale and natural gas reserves. Coal production in the 2008-09 financial year totalled 159 million tonnes leading to exports to 38 countries. [19] Queensland exports half the world's coking coal which is used to make steel. [20]
Under amendments to the EPBC Act known as the water trigger, the Minister must obtain advice from an Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development [100] if an activity is likely to have a significant impact on water resources or impact on a protected ecological communities, species, World Heritage ...
Gladstone LNG (GLNG) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Queensland, Australia. It is a leading project in the conversion of coal seam gas (coalbed methane) into LNG. [1] The project was announced in July 2007. [2] Its first LNG tanker load departed 16 Oct 2015. [3] The second LNG production train began making LNG on 26 May 2016 [4]