Construction phases of onshore gas projects can impact regional road networks through increases in the type and number of vehicles along many roads.
23 September, 2020
This project will review current industry practice and conduct experimental investigations to evaluate techniques and assess new materials designed to minimise fugitive methane emissions leaking from microfractures and gaps in gas well cement casing.
27 August, 2020
This factsheet summarises key points of research into community wellbeing and local attitudes and perceptions of conventional gas development in the southern Limestone Coast or lower south east region of South Australia.
Results of the 2018 CSIRO Community Wellbeing and Responding to Change # 3 survey in Queensland, Australia.
28 March, 2019
Results of the 2018 CSIRO Community Wellbeing and Responding to Change survey # 3 in Queensland, Australia.
This project develops a profile of the local onshore conventional gas industry and its role within the regional economy to date.
13 March, 2019
To better understand the long-term cumulative environmental, social and economic impacts of conventional gas development in the South East, Australia’s lead science agency, the CSIRO, began a three-year research program in the region in February 2018.
26 October, 2018
This project measures baseline methane emissions from natural and human-derived sources in the Beetaloo Sub-basin. The results will inform the community, the Northern Territory (NT) Government and the gas industry.
27 September, 2018
CSIRO scientists investigated graziers’ concerns about the impacts of CSG traffic and infrastructure on soils, pastures and livestock.
13 September, 2018
Research finds good air quality in the study region.
This study identifies policy options for the efficient and effective decommissioning of CSG wells. Read more about the project Decommissioning pathways for CSG projects.
28 August, 2018
Key findings on community attitudes to potential CSG development.
6 April, 2018
Progress summary of research by GISERA in regional NSW, September 2017.
26 September, 2017
Coal seam gas (CSG) production has expanded rapidly in the Surat Basin in recent years, leading to an increase in the number of emission sources that may increase pollutant levels in the air. However limited information has been available about the levels of pollutants in the air, how these compare to other regions, and to air quality standards.
31 August, 2017
CSIRO has updated the fugitive emission factsheet which 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.
31 May, 2017
The Surat Basin is one of Australia’s largest coal seam gas regions. Over the coming years, production of gas will increase as Lique ed Natural Gas (LNG) facilities come online. This study will develop a better understanding and characterise methane sources across the region. It is important to distinguish between methane sources that occur naturally and those that are referred to as anthropogenic, or occur after some kind of human involvement.
14 April, 2017
Views towards CSG development in the Western Downs region differ within communities and also between communities. On average, views towards CSG development became slightly more negative in 2016.
1 April, 2017
Even though some aspects of wellbeing decreased and others improved, overall community wellbeing remains similar and robust over two years of CSG development. The 2016 CSIRO Community Wellbeing and Responding to Change survey shows the biggest change in wellbeing from 2014 was the decrease in satisfaction in relation to jobs and employment opportunities, and the biggest improvements were in roads and the quality of the environment (e.g. dust and noise).
This fact sheet presents the current state of scientific knowledge on methane seeps in the Condamine River including natural and human causes, and the human and environmental health and safety impacts of methane escaping from underground. This fact sheet has been developed by CSIRO researchers with expertise in the hydrogeology, geology, ecology and biogeochemistry and from multiple sources to summarise what we currently know about these methane seeps.
24 March, 2017
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