LNG proponents in Australia’s eastern states appeared before a parliamentary panel this week that is examining the impact of coalbed methane production operations.
Upstream developers for three of the four liquefaction projects under way in Queensland made presentations on 9 August to the Rural Affairs & Transport References Committee.
At issue was the impact of CBM activity on the Murray Darling basin, a huge geological area that spans most of New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory, and parts of southern Queensland and the corner of South Australia.
Queensland Gas presented on behalf of Queensland Curtis LNG, Santos on behalf of Gladstone LNG, and Arrow Energy represented the Arrow LNG scheme.
The inquiry wants to quantify the social and environmental impacts of CBM operations on water supplies, property rights, and economic benefits or otherwise for regional towns, and health impacts.
