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GAS WATCH 77 - AGL ENERGY - to drill more holes at Broke and Bulga
Date: 07-Feb-10
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL Energy has just received approval from the Department of Industry & Investment, Minerals to drill a further 8 core holes and stratigraphic holes on the properties it has bought at Spring Mountain, Broke, and Windermere at Bulga.
AGL Broke and Bulga exploration Approval and Notice of Drilling
Date: 06-Feb-10
Author: Graeme Gibson
AGL now have approval to drill 8 core holes and stratigraphic holes on the properties owned by them at Broke (Spring Mountain) and Bulga (Windermere).
Geodynamics Presentation
Date: 06-Feb-10
Author: Graeme Gibson
Attached is a presentation by Geodynamics in relation to its proposed Hot Rocks exploration in the Bulga area.
AJ Lucas Will Have First Half Loss
Date: 02-Feb-10
Author: Australasian Investment Review via Yahoo!7
Shares in AJ Lucas Group fell more than 10% after the company told shareholders to brace themselves for disappointing half-year results.
Miner up-beat about cutting carbon footprint
Date: 01-Feb-10
Author: ABC News
Coal & Allied says a trial of its coal bed gas project has proved so successful it will be rolled out across other mines in the Hunter Valley within eight weeks.
Gas Watch 76
Date: 22-Dec-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL ENERGY - necessary corrections to recent media releases in Cockfighter news.
AGL Hunter Activities
Date: 14-Dec-09
Author: Jenny Thompson & Amanda Albury
RE: Major Development AGL Gas Part 3A, taking The Bucketts Way Valley Area, and removing this beautiful valley area as we know it, destroying aquifers, creeks, rivers etc.
Hard decisions must be made if they want the big bucks
Date: 07-Dec-09
Author: Adele Ferguson (SMH)
For the past three years the coal seam gas industry has been the new god of energy, promising big profits, green power and a gateway to aligning Australian gas prices with the more lucrative global market... But now the clock is ticking for the industry to turn rhetoric into reality and start making some financial investment decisions (FIDs).
Gas Watch 75 - AGL has nowhere to go, unless we let them in
Date: 02-Dec-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
A map has been produced by the Broke Bulga Community Consultative Committee. The map is of the Broke and Bulga areas which AGL Energy wants to turn into a gas field.
Gas Watch 74 - AGL fails regulatory obligations.
Date: 09-Sep-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL 'forced electricity prices higher' - says SMH.
AGL accused of "price gouging" by the ACCC - says the ABC.
Most needy residents have been the victims of appalling bungling by AGL - says the Herald Sun.
Community Newsletter
Date: 11-Aug-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
A newsletter from the Hunter Valley Protection Alliance - Methane Gas Situation in the Broke Valley
Santos fires up coal seam gas in Gunnedah Basin
Date: 10-Jul-09
Author: Ian Kirkwood (The Herald)
MAJOR Australian gas provider Santos is investing $476 million to buy coal seam methane gas resources in the Gunnedah Basin.
Together with the planned $850 million Queensland Hunter Gas Pipeline and the State Government's apparent preference for gas to fire a new baseload power station at Bayswater near Muswellbrook, the Santos investment represents a major step forward for the gas industry in NSW.
Gas Watch 73
Date: 20-Jun-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL Energy buys wind farms in SA - but threatens the Hunter Valley with release of another fossil fuel and loss of groundwater.
Gas Watch 72
Date: 17-Jun-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL ENERGY Fails to deny intention to build a gas processing plant on its Hunter Valley properties.
Gas Watch 71
Date: 14-Jun-09
Author: Hunter Valley Protection Alliance
AGL ENERGY, has purchased two further properties in the Broke and Bulga areas. It has bought the property known as Spring Mountain on the Cessnock Road/Oakley Lane at Broke; it has bought the sand mining property at Bulga.
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- 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 

AAR and Mallesons appointed on Shell's A$3.8bn JV bid for Arrow Energy
10-Mar-10 12:22
Australia’s emerging coal seam gas industry has attracted the attention of oil major Royal Dutch Shell, which will submit a joint A$3.8bn bid with PetroChina for Arrow Energy

More gas mergers in the pipeline
10-Mar-10 05:04
Production of coal seam gas reached a new high of 178.4 petajoules in 2009. Australian companies showed little interest in coal seam gas before 2008, but a number of projects ...

Shell, PetroChina may pursue AGL assets
10-Mar-10 02:16
AGL's coal seam gas assets may be next if Arrow deal proceeds. 10 Mar 2010 4:20 PM

Arrow bid punctures gas bubble
09-Mar-10 23:37
There's a disconnect between the offer Shell and PetroChina have made for the Queensland coal seam gas company Arrow Energy and the prices that were paid in the past.

More gas mergers in the pipeline
09-Mar-10 23:24
Is coal seam gas a treasure trove? The customers will provide the ultimate proof.

Exoma Identifies Extensive CSG Plays in Galilee Basin, Queensland
09-Mar-10 17:55
Exoma Energy Limited has completed an extensive review of the prospectivity of its five Galilee Basin ATP's which cover over 26,000 Km² of coal seam gas and shale gas acreage ...

Arrow Bid Sends Coal Seam Gas Sector Higher
09-Mar-10 13:17
Arrow Energy shares bounded past $5 yesterday in the wake of a proposed offer surfacing from major shareholder, Shell, in partnership with PetroChina. The two companies revealed a joint bid ...

Bow Upgrades Adds To Coal Seam Gas Hysteria
09-Mar-10 13:12
Strudy's note: For more information on Coal Seam Gas, go to "My Portfolio." I have been heavily involved in this area for some time now. Amid the hysteria in the ...

L&M Energy expects to complete NZ CSG drilling Programme in March
09-Mar-10 12:51
L&M Energy (ASX: LME) has outlined details of its current six well coal seam gas drilling programme in New Zealand, which represents the largest drilling campaign the company has undertaken ...

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Dawson CSG Purchase Unaffected By Pre-Emption On Adjoining Tenements
09-Mar-10 10:49
Brisbane, Australia, Mar 9, 2010 - (ABN Newswire) - Plans by WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) to join Mitsui E &P Australia Pty Ltd to acquire the Dawson Seamgas coal seam ...

Shell targets Arrow Energy with £2bn Australian bid
09-Mar-10 10:01
Royal Dutch Shell set out to cement its position in Australia’s coal seam gas industry yesterday, joining China’s largest listed oil company in a £2 billion takeover bid for Arrow ...

WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) Dawson CSG Purchase Unaffected By Pre-Emption On Adjoining Tenements
09-Mar-10 09:54
Plans by WestSide Corporation Limited (ASX:WCL) to join Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd to acquire the Dawson Seamgas coal seam gas (CSG) assets in Queensland's Bowen Basin from Anglo American ...

THE DISTILLERY: Expanding gas
09-Mar-10 08:55
Just how much Arrow's value has increased, particularly through its coal seam gas assets, has commentators reaching for their calculators today. 9 Mar 2010 9:55 AM

Arrow Bid Sends Coal Seam Gas Sector Higher
09-Mar-10 08:31
Arrow Energy shares bounded past $5 yesterday in the wake of a proposed offer surfacing from major shareholder, Shell, in partnership with PetroChina.The two companies revealed a joint bid for ...

Bow Upgrades Adds To Coal Seam Gas Hysteria
09-Mar-10 08:31
Amid the hysteria in the energy sector caused by yesterday's joint bid for Arrow Energy, smaller rival, Bow Energy was swept up in the surge in the wake of its ...

Arrow Energy Takeover Bid
09-Mar-10 06:58
Arrow Energy ( AOE ) shares jumped $1.63 (47%), closing yesterday's trade at $5.11. The share price jump can be attributed to the joint bid by Royal Dutch Shell and ...

Arrow Bid Sends Coal Seam Gas Sector Higher
09-Mar-10 01:55
Arrow Energy shares bounded past $5 yesterday in the wake of a proposed offer surfacing from major shareholder, Shell, in partnership with PetroChina. The two companies#160;revealed#160;a joint bid

Bow Upgrades Adds To Coal Seam Gas Hysteria
09-Mar-10 01:55
Amid the hysteria in the energy sector caused by yesterday's joint bid for Arrow Energy, smaller rival, Bow Energy was swept up in the surge in the wake of its ...

Arrow move a direct hit on gas stocks
08-Mar-10 23:15
The takeover of Arrow's Australian assets has put the spotlight back on the coal seam gas sector and confirmed that China has an appetite for gas.

Arrow soars on takeover bid
08-Mar-10 23:14
A TAKEOVER offer of $3.7billion sees shares in Arrow Energy rocket almost 47 per cent as Queensland's coal seam gas industry attracts some big hitters.

Global giants target Arrow
08-Mar-10 23:00
OIL giant PetroChina has teamed up with Royal Dutch Shell for a $3.3 billion tilt at coal seam gas producer Arrow Energy.

Coal seam gas a takeover delight
08-Mar-10 17:34
Royal Dutch Shell and Petrochina have made a $US3.3 billion bid for Arrow Energy. Analysts say it's further evidence that coal seam methane projects have a lucrative future.

Arrow offshoot Bow lifts reserves
08-Mar-10 17:33
Bow Energy has substantially increased ...

AJ Lucas receives $98.5m cash for sale of stake in ATP651
08-Mar-10 15:21
AJ Lucas receives $98.5m cash for sale of stake in ATP651... 08 Mar 2010 16:21 PM

Bow Energy increases oil, gas reserves
08-Mar-10 13:11
Shares in oil and coal seam gas producer Bow Energy have jumped after it increased its reserves.



