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Kogan contamination last straw for UCG
Date: 30-Jul-10
Author: Larissa Waters (The Greens)
Concerns by local Kogan farmers that Carbon Energy's underground coal gasification (UCG) plant is responsible for elevated mercury levels in local creeks exposes the state government's recklessness in approving a dangerous experimental industry, which has failed and should be banned, say the Greens.
Gas Watch 91: AGL ENERGY awarded Green Globe Awards - by NSW Government
Date: 30-Jul-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
The NSW Government should be ashamed to have bestowed these awards and the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change should revoke them.
Scott receives promising CSG message from Garrett
Date: 28-Jul-10
Author: Bruce Scott, MP (Nationals Website)
Federal LNP Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott has received a promising response from Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett after he wrote last month expressing grave concerns about the extraction of coal seam gas.
Mr Scott called on the Minister to withhold support for the CSG extraction process until science could conclusively confirm that the aquifers of the Great Artesian Basin would not be significantly impacted upon.
He said the Minister's response showed promise for federal intervention.
Angry producers boo Bligh
Date: 26-Jul-10
Author: Timothy Braban (The Western Star)
ANGRY protestors picketed Premier Anna Bligh's Community Cabinet session in Roma yesterday. Ms Bligh introduced the Community Cabinet meeting as an opportunity to "talk directly to government" and it was protestor Dayne "the frack man" Pratzky who took the Premier up on her offer when he shouted: "You're an embarrassment to Queensland and you should be ashamed."
Gas Watch 90: Liberal/National or Labour? Who will protect the Upper Hunter?
Date: 23-Jul-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
The Hunter Valley Protection Alliance, the Singleton Council, community groups, local doctors and the people of the Hunter Valley want to know the answer to this question.
We currently have next to no protection from the invasion of the fossil fuel industry in the Hunter Valley and the sacrifice by the Government of the beauty of the Hunter Valley to the fossil fuel industry.
No Fracking Way!
Date: 21-Jul-10
Author: Peter Firminger
Pete Seeger at a News Conference on HydroFracking
Queensland coal seam gas, liquefied natural gas ventures under a cloud
Date: 19-Jul-10
Author: John McCarthy (The Courier-Mail)
THE Bligh Government finds itself in a very bad political position over what is looming as a critical economic and environmental issue.
The ruling last week by federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to stall a decision on two massive central Queensland coal seam-to-liquefied natural gas projects by three months was one of two things: blatant politics designed to earn Garrett some Green kudos or a rejection of the State Government's environmental standards.
Either way the State Government looks the loser and the public is less informed about the issue than it should be.
Gas Watch 89 - AGL Energy - Access to your property
Date: 05-Jul-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL Energy has a Petroleum Exploration Lease over land surrounding Broke and Bulga (except the coal mining leases), including over the Broke and Bulga villages.
AGL will knock on your door, tell you they have the lease and that they want onto your land.
During their exploration phase, AGL cannot come onto your land without your written consent in the form of an Access Agreement.
Gas Watch 88 - AGL Energy - Noise Complaints
Date: 05-Jul-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
The noise from the generators used by AGL on their property next to the Broke village is now affecting the village of Broke. And this is only exploration. Many residents of Nelson Street, Broke, which is adjacent to the first well in what AGL would hope to be a methane gas field, are being affected by noise from AGL Generators, inside their own homes, to the extent that the noise at night is able to be heard over the television.
Warkworth Expansion Minutes
Date: 23-Jun-10
Author: Peter Firminger
Singleton Council meeting on Monday, 21 June, 2010 unanimously resolved to support local communities in their opposition against the expansion of the Warkworth Open Cut Mine towards the Bulga village.
Gas Watch 87 - AGL Energy - anticipated industrial complex on prime agricultural land in Hunter Valley
Date: 31-May-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL has no intention of placing a restrictive covenant over any freehold land owned by AGL, nor do we have any intention to do so voluntarily either now or in the future
Living hell for family next to Gloucester coalmine
Date: 31-May-10
Author: Michelle Harris (The Herald)
ABOUT seven years ago Jan Tresidder and husband Bernie bought their dream home in the hills of Forbesdale, on the southern fringe of Gloucester, and moved from Newcastle for a quieter life.
But now they are packing their belongings, after selling to Gloucester Resources to end what they say has been a living hell brought about by potential mining on the town's doorstep and the coal exploration company's acquisition of surrounding properties.
Gas Watch 86 - AGL extends core business to compete with local farmers
Date: 27-May-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
One would have thought that the core business of AGL Energy was, in fact, energy. But no.
Undermined - 60 Minutes
Date: 25-May-10
Author: Peter Firminger
For those that missed the 60 Minutes feature on Coal Seam Methane in the Surat Basin... here is is.
Farmers protest at Cecil Plains
Date: 20-May-10
Author: Doug Parrington (Toowoomba Chronicle)
FARMERS turned out in force at Cecil Plains yesterday to demand an immediate Queensland Government moratorium on coal seam gas exploration and production in the area.
About 400 people and the massing of 54 cotton and grain harvesters and tractors created a strong show of farm power to protest against the intrusion of mining companies on prime agricultural land.
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- No New Coal Mine in Gloucester
20-May-10 - Gas Watch 85 - Minister Macdonald says and offers nothing for the Hunter Valley communities
10-May-10 - Gas Watch 84 - Local AGL employees treat community and CCC with contempt
01-May-10 - Health Study
30-Apr-10 - Community paints a picture of Keneally dam destruction
24-Apr-10 - Minister to speak up for mining access rights
21-Apr-10 - Govt backs BHP Billiton, overturns court decision on Caroona coal exploration
20-Apr-10 - CSG water crackdown too late to impress landholders
16-Apr-10 - Row over 'Texas oilfield' deep in the heart of Scenic Hills
16-Apr-10 - After 120 years, Camberwell village common turned over to coalmine next door
16-Apr-10 - Gas Watch 83 - Minister Ian Macdonald hides behind the Minister for Planning
14-Apr-10 - Labor MPs 'study' plan
14-Apr-10 - The importance of regional environmental impact statements
14-Apr-10 - More mining approved for Singleton despite cancer cluster fears
14-Apr-10 - Gas plan fuels study plea
14-Apr-10 - Gas Watch 82 - Queensland Government embarrasses NSW Government with $3.8 million water study
13-Apr-10 - Coal - A special Report
13-Apr-10 - Gas Watch 81 - The rape of the Hunter Valley
13-Apr-10 - Varroville AGL gas project will proceed unless we make a stand
12-Apr-10 - The Hills are alive with the sound of activists
12-Apr-10 - AGL gas plant at Varroville sparks protests
12-Apr-10 - Gas Watch 80 - Danger to ground water in Hunter Valley
10-Apr-10 - Gas Watch 79 - Hunter Valley Sacrificed by NSW Government
09-Apr-10 - BHP 'buying time' with court action
06-Apr-10 - Caroona blockade to be lifted today
24-Mar-10 - Gas Watch 78 - AGL ENERGY - 'There is no requirement for us to listen to anybody'
16-Mar-10 - Caroona strikes back in Supreme Court
05-Mar-10 - GAS WATCH 77 - AGL ENERGY - to drill more holes at Broke and Bulga
07-Feb-10 - AGL Broke and Bulga exploration Approval and Notice of Drilling
06-Feb-10 - Geodynamics Presentation
06-Feb-10 - AJ Lucas Will Have First Half Loss
02-Feb-10 - Miner up-beat about cutting carbon footprint
01-Feb-10 - Court blow to farmers fighting Caroona coal exploration
07-Jan-10 - Gas Watch 76
22-Dec-09 - AGL Hunter Activities
14-Dec-09 - Hard decisions must be made if they want the big bucks
07-Dec-09 - Gas Watch 75 - AGL has nowhere to go, unless we let them in
02-Dec-09 - Gas Watch 74 - AGL fails regulatory obligations.
09-Sep-09 - Community Newsletter
11-Aug-09 - Santos fires up coal seam gas in Gunnedah Basin
10-Jul-09 - Gas Watch 73
20-Jun-09 - Gas Watch 72
17-Jun-09 - Gas Watch 71
14-Jun-09 - It's no from AGL
12-Jun-09 - AGL drilling to go on in Hunter
05-Jun-09 - Safeguarding Agricultural Land and Water from mining
20-May-09 - Gas Watch 70
12-May-09 - Gas Watch 69
27-Apr-09 - Gas Watch 68
27-Apr-09 - Gas Watch 67 AGL! Methane Gas could Kill the Hunter Valley.
08-Apr-09 - Cyanide insanity
08-Apr-09 - Chooks Revenge - Methane on Mangrove Mountain
02-Apr-09 - Drilling must stop
27-Mar-09 - Fuel storage tanks blamed for water contamination
26-Mar-09 - Singleton council goes for Broke on gas
25-Mar-09 - Anger over test wells
13-Mar-09 - More unattributed SPIN from AGL Energy (Sydney Gas)
09-Mar-09 - AGL must sack these amateurs NOW!
09-Mar-09 - Gas Watch 64 - 'I'm the Enemy' says AGL's Colin Stace
09-Mar-09 - Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute Water
07-Mar-09 - George Souris Private Members Statement on Upper Hunter Gas Exploration
07-Mar-09 - Sydney Gas will be suspended from trading on March 4
26-Feb-09 - Support for those under threat of mines
20-Feb-09 - Gas Watch 63
18-Feb-09 - Controversial Gas Mining Company threatens village
18-Feb-09 - Hmmm, no comment!
12-Feb-09 - Follow up letter to Ian McDonald MLC
12-Feb-09 - AGL Energy up to 92.5% in target Sydney Gas
12-Feb-09 - Gas Watch 62
12-Feb-09 - Gas Watch 61
12-Feb-09 - Letter to Ian McDonald - NSW Minister for Primary Industries
04-Feb-09 - ACCC Letters from HBGAG
04-Feb-09 - Sydney Gas shareholders urged to accept takeover
21-Jan-09 - Sydney Gas backs AGL bid
19-Jan-09 - Drawing The Line
19-Jan-09 - $750m Hunter power station plans shelved
15-Jan-09 - AGL Energy raises stake to take control of Sydney Gas
07-Jan-09 - Sydney Gas, AGL statements pending - Trading Halted
23-Dec-08 - Early Christmas present for Millfield residents
19-Dec-08 - WAGE Tee Shirts
18-Dec-08 - Estimated Carbon Footprint of Sydney Gas and AGL in the Hunter
14-Dec-08 - Which is true Mr Lukas?
13-Dec-08 - The Fault Line 5
10-Dec-08 - You're the 'tops' SGL- spinning nothing into a web of myths
10-Dec-08 - Coal Seam Gas In The Hunter Valley
30-Nov-08 - Valley's $10bn methane gas find
29-Nov-08 - Yet another SGL Board Change...
20-Nov-08 - Valley's choice: Gas or the GP
02-Nov-08 - Gas Watch 53
17-Oct-08 - The Fault Line 4
17-Oct-08 - Sydney Gas AGL Core Hole Update
14-Oct-08 - GAS WATCH 52
13-Oct-08 - HBGAG Response to 'raising few complaints'
09-Oct-08 - Hunter drilling 'raising few complaints'
08-Oct-08 - Sydney Gas Director sells out as price plummets
26-Sep-08 - Fears Qld gas project will destroy arable land
09-Sep-08 - Plan to mine coal gas off Newcastle coast
09-Sep-08 - Danger signs at Broke drilling
07-Sep-08 - What a weekend!
07-Sep-08 - In answer to the latest bit of PR released by Sydney Gas
03-Sep-08 - Sydney Gas Test Well Update
01-Sep-08 - Hunter residents outraged over methane gas exploration
22-Aug-08 - So... who was that unmoderated moderator?
22-Aug-08 - Gas Watch 43 - Sydney Gas simply doesn't care!
20-Aug-08 - Lee Rhiannon Video
19-Aug-08 - Residents to fight Wollombi gas project
19-Aug-08 - Flare-up over gas test well near Broke
17-Aug-08 - $300 million exploration licence to be granted near Gunnedah
15-Aug-08 - Who's lying?
13-Aug-08 - Wollombi residents get drill on gas project
12-Aug-08 - Gas Watch 42
12-Aug-08 - Wollombi coal seam methane gas exploration
09-Aug-08 - Miners to light protest fuse
08-Aug-08 - Gas Watch 41
08-Aug-08 - Residents unhappy with gas search
07-Aug-08 - Response to Mark Harper
05-Aug-08 - Letter from Mark Harper (General Manager Sydney Gas)
05-Aug-08 - Gas Watch 39
05-Aug-08 - Sydney Gas Update on Gas Exploration - 31 July 2008
31-Jul-08 - Total Environmment Centre on Sydney Gas in Wollombi
31-Jul-08 - Gas Watch 38 - There is Always a Risk
30-Jul-08 - Wyong hydrogeological report by Tim Jones as referred to on ACA
29-Jul-08 - Replies from Kerry Hickey and Joel Fitzgibbon
29-Jul-08 - Three Sydney Gas Documents
24-Jul-08 - Similar issues for Liverpool Plains
24-Jul-08 - Letter to Verity Firth
23-Jul-08 - Letter to Peter Garrett
23-Jul-08 - Gas Watch 37
16-Jul-08 - Gas Bonanza
16-Jul-08 - Minutes from the second Wollombi Sydney Gas Meeting
15-Jul-08 - Sydney Gas Update
11-Jul-08 - GAS WATCH 36
06-Jul-08 - Mineral exploration - vital to the future of NSW
02-Jul-08 - Response to my email to Dana Hollis
01-Jul-08 - Upper House Questions without Notice
27-Jun-08 - Response to a question at Cessnock Council re Sydney Gas
26-Jun-08 - Other newspaper reports
21-Jun-08 - GAS WATCH 33.
19-Jun-08 - Response to Graeme Gibson from Mark Harper (Acting CEO SGL)
17-Jun-08 - Gas article in The Herald
16-Jun-08 - Gas Exploration Update
15-Jun-08 - A few questions
14-Jun-08 - Gas Watch 32 (HBGAG) and a response to Andy Lucas (CEO SGL)
11-Jun-08 - Gas Meeting
08-Jun-08 - More Useful Documents
08-Jun-08 - Gas Watch No 31 (HBGAG) and other documents - UPDATED
03-Jun-08 - Sydney Gas Fact Sheet Extract
03-Jun-08 - A quote on Drilling
03-Jun-08 - Sydney Gas to start drilling near Wollombi and Paynes Crossing
01-Jun-08
Gas-related News from 

CSG impacts unlikely: APPEA
30-Jul-10 04:00
THE peak body representing the coal seam gas industry says that while landholder concerns about potential groundwater impacts are understandable, there are many reasons to believe such concerns will n...

GAB chair rejects CSG moratorium call
29-Jul-10 04:00
THE chairman of the Great Artesian Basin Coordinating Committee says that while coal seam gas extraction has the potential to detrimentally impact on underground water resources, calls for a moratoriu...

AJ Lucas warns of $4m EBITDA loss
28-Jul-10 20:38
AJ Lucas warns of $4m EBITDA loss... 28 Jul 2010 20:38 PM

Residents continue fight against 'filthy' gas projects
28-Jul-10 07:48
Hundreds turned out at a public meeting in Kingaroy last night against mining exploration for coal seam gas projects in Queensland's South Burnett region.

Residents continue fight against 'filthy' gas projects
28-Jul-10 07:23
Hundreds turned out at a public meeting in Kingaroy against mining exploration for coal seam gas projects in Qld.

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Completed Drilling Three New Appraisal Wells At Paranui Coal Seam Gas Program
26-Jul-10 10:31
Brisbane, Australia, July 26, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - WestSide Corporation Ltd (ASX:WCL) has now completed drilling three new appraisal wells at its Paranui CSG pilot in ATP 769P near ...

Challenges of operating CSG plants
26-Jul-10 10:00
According to PSN's Lucas Zeffrey, coal seam gas production introduces additional complexities due to the remoteness and variability in characteristics of each well. Kevin Gomez writes.

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Completed Drilling Three New Appraisal Wells At Paranui Coal Seam Gas Program
26-Jul-10 08:46
WestSide Corporation Ltd (ASX:WCL) has now completed drilling three new appraisal wells at its Paranui CSG pilot in ATP 769P near Moura in Queensland's Bowen Basin. The Paranui #13 well ...

Apollo Gas encouraged by drilling and testing at PEL 456 CSG well
26-Jul-10 08:28
Petroleum exploration company Apollo Gas (ASX: AZO) has updated progress on the Coal Seam Gas (CSG) exploration drilling and well testing within PEL 456, located in the southern Gunnedah Basin ...

Alkane Resources trading at discount to valuation
26-Jul-10 08:18
London-based Edison Investment Research has prepared an analysis of Alkane Resources (ASX: ALK). "Alkane has its main project area centred south of the township of Dubbo in New South Wales ...

Science behind coal seam gas queried
26-Jul-10 00:00
THE government admits the science behind the potential $50 billion coal seam gas industry isn't good enough, telling the industry to fix it or go.

New CSG listing bucks the trend
23-Jul-10 00:01
DART Energy, the coal seam gas spin-off from Arrow Energy, got off to a good start on Thursday despite the sluggish broader market.

Blue Energy encouraged by coal intersections at Sapphire 3 CSG well
22-Jul-10 05:52
Coal seam gas company Blue Energy (ASX: BUL) has updated drilling activities at its fully owned ATP814P Bowen Basin project located in Queensland. In a statement the company said the ...

Drilling Report for Walloon Coal Measures Coal Seam Gas Project 22nd July
22-Jul-10 00:00
Drilling Report for Walloon Coal Measures Coal Seam Gas Project, ATP 574P, Surat Basin, Queensland Victoria Petroleum NL (ASX CODE VPE) has been advised by QGC Pty Limited - a ...

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Confirms Galilee Foothold With New Exploration Permits
21-Jul-10 10:09
Brisbane, Australia, July 21, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) has secured a significant foothold in Queensland's coal-rich Galilee Basin with the Queensland Government f...

Dart Energy (ASX:DTE) Shares to Trade on Thursday
20-Jul-10 18:09
Sydney, Australia, July 20, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - Shares in Dart Energy Ltd (ASX:DTE) are scheduled to commence trading Thursday on a deferred settlement basis on ASX, with up ...

Orion Petroleum reports on Camurra-2 CSG well drilling
20-Jul-10 10:20
Orion Petroleum (ASX: OIP) has reported that the Camurra-2 coal seam gas (CSG) exploration corehole being drilled by Eastern Star Gas (ASX: ESG) has reached a total depth of 1,090m. ...

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Appoints Coal Executive Julie Beeby As New Chief Executive Officer
19-Jul-10 13:08
Brisbane, Australia, July 19, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - Leading dedicated Coal Seam Gas (CSG) producer WestSide Corporation Ltd (ASX:WCL) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer following the comple...

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Appoints Coal Executive Julie Beeby As New Chief Executive Officer
19-Jul-10 11:37
Leading dedicated Coal Seam Gas (CSG) producer WestSide Corporation Ltd (ASX:WCL) has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer following the completion of its major Bowen Basin joint venture acquisitio...

Expert says water issues won't dampen gas projects
19-Jul-10 11:13
A leading international water management expert believes the federal government and the coal seam gas industry can reach an agreement over the budding industry's water issues.

Consternation as Garrett pauses LNG industry
19-Jul-10 06:42
Environment Minister Peter Garrett asked BG Group and Santos to clarify the long-term environmental impact of planned coal seam gas initiatives in Queensland. The deferral of Garrett's decision on ......

Greens offer stable leadership, climate change action
17-Jul-10 14:17
“A strong safe crossbench in the Senate” - Brown “I offer the electorate experienced and stable leadership, and the progressive policies and clear vision for Australia’s future which the big ...

PetroChina, Shell tie-up moves into Australia with Arrow acquisition
16-Jul-10 02:11
Australian Arrow Energy shareholders approved a A$3.5 billion acquisition by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, permitting China to extract Australia's coal seam gas, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.



