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Summary of research projects, 2022

Progress summary of research by GISERA, as at May 2022.

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CSIRO’s GISERA combines the research capabilities of Australia’s leading science agency with a governance structure that allows integrated research on the social, economic and environmental impacts and opportunities arising from gas development, nationally.

Groundwater contamination risk assessment

Assessing water resource risks due to hydraulic fracturing activities and wellbore delamination associated with coal seam gas wells from the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, and Queensland's Surat Basin.

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Fugitive methane emissions

A fact sheet that sets out what the science tells us about methane emission sources from CSG wells, pipelines, compressors and other infrastructure associated with CSG production, and their importance in warming the earth’s climate.

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Fugitive methane emissions – an update

This updated fugitive emissions fact sheet sets out what the science tells us about methane emission sources from CSG wells, pipelines, compressors and other infrastructure associated with CSG production, and their importance in warming the earth’s climate.