SE targeted for gas mining

By Malcolm Sutton
Updated December 18 2015 - 6:41pm, first published June 13 2013 - 3:30am
DEEP WELL: DMITRE believes SA’s unconventional gas prospects are much safer than some of those in Qld and NSW because they are targeting deep shale wells, such as the Santos Moomba-191 wellhead, Cooper Basin, where production operator Brendon Ireland and team leader Khalee Field are pictured at the October launch. Moomba-191 is Australia’s first commercial shale gas enterprise.
DEEP WELL: DMITRE believes SA’s unconventional gas prospects are much safer than some of those in Qld and NSW because they are targeting deep shale wells, such as the Santos Moomba-191 wellhead, Cooper Basin, where production operator Brendon Ireland and team leader Khalee Field are pictured at the October launch. Moomba-191 is Australia’s first commercial shale gas enterprise.

FARMERS and activists want ironclad guarantees that unconventional gas exploration in the Otway Basin will not lead to contamination of aquifers underpinning agricultural production in the South East.

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