"The whole impression this submission gives is that the government has already made up its mind before the inquiry is finished" ... Jeremy Buckingham. Photo: Glen Hunt
THE development of a major coal seam gas industry side-by-side with agriculture is ''essential'' in NSW, and demand for gas will triple in the next 20 years, the state government has said in a submission to an upper house inquiry.
The government said it was trying to balance farming, environmental and gas company concerns in a way that would allow a state coal seam gas industry to grow.
The gas extracted in NSW is at present worth $34.5 million, so expansion on that scale, based on the average output today, would mean there would be roughly about 5000 gas wells in NSW by 2025.
Sydney Morning Herald
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