Former CSG worker Roy Michie, in Adelaide, claims the industry is full of "cowboy" operators. Picture: Kelly Barnes Source: The Australian
FORMER coal-seam gas mechanical technician Roy Michie, who spent eight years working fracking wells across Australia, claims the industry is dominated by "cowboys" who are subject to substandard regulation.
Mr Michie, who worked for US energy giant Halliburton's CSG operations, said he had spent an earlier decade working for traditional mining companies and the cultures between the two activities were worlds apart.
"From a WA underground mining perspective you knew what the rules were and weren't, and what was supposed to happen," Mr Michie said.
"Oil and gas just doesn't seem to have any rules, it just depends on who is running the show on the day as to what you will do and how you will do it.
The Australian
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