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As part of their ongoing commitment to improve groundwater assessment, the Office for Groundwater Impact Assessment will be conducting an airborne electromagnetic survey on land around Dalby and Cecil Pains during May. OGIA is an independent office responsible for the cumulative assessment and management of coal seam gas impacts on groundwater. The purpose of the survey is […]

In its continued commitment to keeping Queenslanders informed about development trends in the gas industry, including how the industry interacts with the state’s agricultural sector and host communities, the GasFields Commission Queensland has released the latest Shared Landscapes – Industry Trends report. Shared Landscapes acknowledges that while there are many different factors that relate...

University of Queensland researchers are calling on community members and business leaders alike to help explore the expected benefits and challenges of future energy development in the Surat Basin. The research, being conducted by the UQ Centre for Natural Gas, will use focus groups to develop an understanding of how regional communities expect to benefit […]

A series of changes relating to the management of CSG-induced subsidence have been recommended to Government by the GasFields Commission Queensland following a comprehensive regulatory review.  GasFields Commission CEO Warwick Squire said the Regulatory review of coal seam gas-induced subsidence report and recommendations follow landholder concerns around what protections exist sho...

The GasFields Commission Queensland is inviting landholders, community members and other stakeholders from across the Surat and Bowen Basins to help shape the format of ongoing stakeholder engagement relating to gas development across these regions. To effectively facilitate coexistence, the Commission needs to understand issues of relevance to stakeholders and to have a means to […]

CSIRO researchers will take to the skies to shed light on subterranean structures deep below the Pilliga State Forest in the Narrabri region of New South Wales. The airborne electromagnetic survey will provide new information about the top 400 metres below ground surface, which to date has been studied in a limited fashion due to […]

Following confirmation that subsidence is occurring as a result of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction, the GasFields Commission Queensland (the Commission) is proactively leading the conversation around the potential implications for Queensland’s priority agricultural areas. Following initial observations by the Office for Groundwater Impact Assessment (OGIA) around CSG-induced subsidence, landhol...

Australia’s leading science agency, CSIRO, is working with community, government and industry to improve understanding about the decommissioning processes for onshore coal seam gas (CSG) and shale gas wells. Regional community representatives in Queensland, New South Wales and the Northern Territory have asked the CSIRO to consider a range of issues associated with decommissioning gas wells. [&...

Over the past 18 months, landholders in areas of intensively farmed land located on the Condamine River floodplain near Dalby have raised concerns with the GasFields Commission around what legislative protections are available to them should coal seam gas-induced (CSG-induced) subsidence have a financial impact on their farming business. The concerns follow research undertaken by the Office f...