In a first of its kind in Australia, CSIRO has completed a comprehensive study into impacts of hydraulic fracturing, a process that is sometimes used to extract coal seam gas trapped within coal deposits.
26 April, 2020
In this issue, we showcase some of our research over the past decade, and discuss our new projects in the Northern Territory and South Australia. You can also read about GISERA’s third annual Stakeholder Roundtable Group meeting in Canberra.
12 February, 2020
GISERA has completed important baseline methane and groundwater studies in the Northern Territory.
23 September, 2019
Welcome to the latest newsletter from GISERA. In this issue you can read about our recent activities in South Australia and the Northern Territory as well as completed work in Queensland, including the community wellbeing data portal and final reporting for the CSG-LNG whole-of-life gas emissions project.
20 August, 2019
This final report assesses greenhouse gas emissions of a coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland, and the relative climate benefits of using Queensland natural gas in place of thermal coal as fuel for generation of electricity in Australia.
29 July, 2019
CSIRO has updated the fugitive emissions factsheet which sets out what the science tells us about methane emission sources from unconventional onshore gas.
GISERA has launched a new community wellbeing survey data portal, showcasing results from Community Wellbeing Surveys (2014 – 2016 – 2018).
17 July, 2019
Australian exploration and production company Pangaea Resources has joined CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA).
20 March, 2019
Be sure to catch up on the past six months on GISERA’s work in our latest edition of the newsletter. Subscribe now to receive our December 2018 edition.
21 January, 2019
Watch this short 3D animation on conventional gas.
22 October, 2018
Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have completed the first comprehensive ambient air quality study in a CSG region of Australia.
5 September, 2018
Researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, will be on the ground in the Northern Territory (NT) this week investigating baseline methane emissions in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, a 28,000-square-kilometre area southeast of Katherine.
1 August, 2018
CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) provided comment for an SBS Insight program exploring the debate around a coal seam gas (CSG) proposal near Narrabri in NSW, which aired on May 29, 2018.
6 June, 2018
Watch CSIRO scientists at work investigating potential environmental impacts of hydraulic fracturing in coal seam gas production in this new video from the Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance.
29 March, 2018
A new health assessment framework will help researchers investigate questions around the potential human health risks from coal seam gas activities in Australia. The framework is part a study design project released today by CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance. Read the factsheet. Read the final report.
28 February, 2018
CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) is partnering with the South Australian Government to understand the environmental and social impacts of onshore gas development in the State’s South East. Read the media release. Read the fast facts about GISERA and the Otway Basin.
7 February, 2018
Learn about the Alliance through our new overview video.
15 January, 2018
A new report assesses links between CSG industry activity and regional economic indicators in New South Wales between 2001 and 2011. Read the media release.
21 November, 2017
GISERA has released new research into community wellbeing and perceptions of coal seam gas (CSG) development in the Narrabri region, NSW. The report involved surveying 400 Narrabri Shire residents during March and April this year to establish baseline measures of community wellbeing and expected future wellbeing over the next three years. It also investigated community resilience and […]
10 November, 2017
This report, Uncertainty analysis of CSG-induced GAB flux and water balance changes in the Narrabri Gas Project area, quantifies potential groundwater flux and water balance changes in the Great Artesian Basin (GAB) aquifer (Pilliga Sandstone) under CSG development scenarios in the Gunnedah Basin, NSW. It provides an independent probabilistic estimation of potential regional scale coal […]
20 October, 2017
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