Community members from across the Gladstone region are invited to attend a free energy information forum in Calliope on Wednesday 4 November.
Over the past few months, I've been privileged to spend time with the Coexistence Queensland and Land Access Ombudsman teams in communities across Queensland, from Gladstone and Rockhampton to Kingaroy, Inglewood, Surat, Condamine and Cloncurry.
Across rural and regional Australia, some local residents living near renewable energy projects have expressed concerns about the possible impact on their public liability insurance coverage of this new infrastructure. To reduce uncertainty and establish a shared understanding of this situation, the organisations endorsing this joint statement are committed to pursuing within their respective sph...
Residents from across the Maranoa and Western Downs came together this week to learn about potential oil and gas development in the Taroom Trough and what it could mean locally. More than 160 people attended the Taroom Trough Information Forums in Surat on 2 September and Condamine on 3 September.
The Palaszczuk Government has given the green light to a new Surat and Bowen Basin project which will see more gas made available for the domestic market. Resources Minister Scott Stewart said energy company Santos has been granted an Authority to Prospect over a 764 km² parcel of land, 65km east of Surat in the […]
Today the GasFields Commission Queensland (the Commission) can reaffirm that landholders who host gas activities (including infrastructure) on their properties are, and will continue to be able to access general insurance policies for farm risk and be appropriately protected against loss. A new indemnity clause has been developed so that, if required by the insurer […]
The GasFields Commission Queensland (the Commission) has commenced a targeted consultation process as part of their review of the Regional Planning Interests Act 2014 (RPI Act) assessment processes. The review comes as a direct result of the Queensland Audit Office’s (QAO) performance audit report (Managing coal seam gas activities Report 12: 2019–20), in which the QAO recommended […]
The Minister for Resources, the Honourable Scott Stewart has announced a Queensland-based company has been given the green light under the Call for Tenders for Authorities to Prospect (PLR2020-2) to explore for gas on prospective land located in the Bowen and Surat basins. AusGasCo CSG Pty Ltd has been appointed preferred tenderer for two blocks, located to […]
Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) shipping data has revealed that despite the impacts of COVID-19, record levels of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) have been exported during the 2020 calendar year (CY20). GPC shipping data indicate December’s record level of LNG exports have once again breached the 2 million mt/year mark. The data shows GPC’s three export terminals shipped […]
Work is underway to potentially help unlock Queensland’s Bowen Basin and create 1,000 construction jobs in the process. Minister for Resources Scott Stewart said the $5 million gas infrastructure study could lead to opening the Bowen Basin as Queensland’s next gas frontier. The two-year study will investigate the best options for connecting gas reserves in the Bowen […]
The Department of Resources (DOR) have delivered an Online Resource Community Info Session where residents living in and around the Wide Bay, Burnett or Banana Shire Council learnt about resource activities in their regions. This free public Online Resource Community Info Session had subject matter experts from the Queensland State Government provide updates on mineral activity in […]
Record Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) exports left the port of Gladstone during the month of October, Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) shipping data has revealed. In continued good news for the industry, National Australia Bank economists have predicted demand for Gladstone’s gas could continue to rise. “LNG demand in east Asia has generally been bubbling along at a […]
The Minister for Regional Development and Manufacturing, the Honourable Glenn Butcher has announced four companies have been awarded new exploration tenders to explore areas close to their existing infrastructure to get more gas to market quickly. Minister Butcher said gas from some of the areas was guaranteed to Australian companies to maintain jobs. “Queensland’s gas and manufacturing [&he...