Controls and contributions to methane emissions from coal seam gas water holding ponds
CSIRO scientists are studying the various roles that methane-producing and methane-consuming microbes, algae, brine and sediment play in the methane emission contributions of water holding ponds in the Surat Basin, Queensland.
Little is known about what controls or contributes to methane emissions from coal seam gas (CSG) water holding ponds. In this study, CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) will fill critical knowledge gaps, and help improve the community’s understanding of the potential greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from CSG activities.