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"The Queensland government has opened nine new areas for gas exploration across
16,000 sq kilometres in a step environmentalists say will only worsen the
climate crisis.
The state’s natural resources minister, Dale Last, said the move would make
Queensland more attractive for gas industry investment and would help bring
down gas prices and ease the supply pressures on the east coast.
The government said it was also starting a three-month review into the way
exploration areas were identified and then released for tender, to make the
process more efficient.
Opened up for tender from tomorrow will be nine areas across the
Cooper-Eromanga basin in the south-west and the Bowen-Surat basin in the
state’s centre.
Land releases would not overlap with areas in the Channel Country region where
flood plains and rivers have been protected from further oil and gas
extraction.
The areas open for tender from Thursday include conventional gas and places
where more technically challenging reserves might require hydraulic
fracturing."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
