Friday, March 30

Going slow on CSG makes economic sense




What’s the rush? That gas isn’t going anywhere.
The rush is on to ramp-up Australia’s coal seam gas (CSG) production and exports at a frantic pace. This is no trivial undertaking. In addition to the huge projected expansion of CSG wells, there are roads, pipelines, and liquefaction plants to be built, harbours to be dredged, and ports to be constructed.

We have had little more than 10 years’ experience with CSG. But individual wells may operate for up 40 years, and future development will dwarf what we have seen to this point. The scale of planned CSG development, and its cumulative impacts on the environment, are far beyond anything yet experienced.

Current plans call for a giant leap in the dark, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

There are three reasons why Australia would greatly benefit from a more deliberate approach to CSG development:


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