Environmentalists are calling for a moratorium on coal seam gas projects after another contamination at a Queensland site. Australia Pacific LNG reported yesterday that chemicals had been detected in eight exploration wells in the Surat Basin in the state’s west.
BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) is the same chemical group that infiltrated Cougar Energy’s underground coal gasification site in Kingaroy earlier this year.
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Farmers near a coal seam gas ”fracking” site in Queensland will have their water supplies tested for toxic benzene and other chemicals today after Origin Energy found contaminated water near drilling sites.
The discovery of BTEX – a mixture of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene – around eight coal seam gas wells near Miles, west of Brisbane, marks the first time a resources company has admitted to contaminating water at a fracking site.
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One resident said people had been forced to leave their properties because of stress and related illnesses, including nose bleeds, nausea and vomiting.
Rural lobby group Agforce yesterday mirrored calls for a moratorium on coal seam gas development until better protection was afforded to food production.
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AUSTRALIAN mining companies are using highly toxic chemicals to extract coal seam gas during the controversial process known as ”fracking”, documents obtained by the Herald show. A government list of 36 chemicals used in coal seam gas extraction in Australia includes hydrochloric and acetic acid, and napthalene- an ingredient once used in napalm as well […]
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“I’ve been told naphthalene and ethylene glycol have been widely used by Queensland gas miners in the recent past.
The US Health Department and the International Agency for Research on Cancer list naphthalene as a possible carcinogen. Ethylene glycol is a toxin that can affect the central nervous system, the heart, and the kidneys.”
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The Great Artesian Basin and other aquifers will remain threatened while CSG companies retain the right to extract unlimited amounts of groundwater,” Mr Parratt said. “Extracting unlimited volumes of groundwater is clearly unsustainable and no amount of management measures will be able to successfully manage the impacts that are likely to occur,” he said.
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“What this report shows is that this resource is at risk if we allow the development of the coal seam gas industry.
“We cannot quantify that risk and it is unclear how long it may before we understand the extent of the damage. But it is very clear that dewatering coal beds here will damage this water resource.
“The problem is that if we damage the alluvium we may not know for even 40 or 50 years if there is a problem.
“By that stage the mining industry will be gone and agriculture will be left with a problem that cannot be fixed.
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12th October 2010 “WHEN most of the county is in drought, why is water being used as a waste product,” Surat Basin Friends of the Earth environmental campaigner Drew Hutton said. And it would seem he has a point as Santos (GLNG) and BG Group (QCLNG) have acknowledged that the emerging coal-seam gas (CSG) industry […]
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TONY Burke is considering a report that warns the coal-seam gas industry could deplete groundwater in the Great Artesian Basin. The federal Environment Minister is preparing to rule on several multi-billion-dollar projects and remains committed to a deadline of October 22, when he is expected to advise international energy giants Santos and BG Group whether […]
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IAN Hansen is a water well driller with more than 30 years’ experience in the Great Artesian Basin. He knows its subterranean layers and networks of sandstone aquifers and coal seams better than most, and says he holds grave concerns for its future. Fuelling his concerns are images such as these of test holes drilled […]
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