Gerard Pol at the Oakdale CSG test bore. Photo: SYLVIA LIBER
Some have accused the coal seam gas industry of being secretive, conducting its planning process via lobbyists behind closed doors, getting operations approved before people know what’s happening in the paddock next door and keeping as quiet as possible.
Not Gerard Pol.
The 30-year veteran of the petroleum industry has been drilling a coal seam gas (CSG) test bore at Oakdale, 5km from Warragamba Dam, for joint venture partners Apex Energy and Ormil Energy.
Now he’s finished and plugged it with cement, Pol wants to move on to the joint venture’s controversial sites at Darkes Forest, some of which are in water catchment ‘‘special areas’’, to sink some bores there.
And he wants you to know all about it.
An experienced driller and oil field manager, Pol is the exploration manager for both Apex and Ormil, as well as operations manager for Ormil - on top of his regular job as operations manager for Perth-based Focal Petroleum Engineering.
Illawarra Mercury
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