Statement on CSIRO research - GISERA - Page 2

Statement on CSIRO research

CSIRO is aware of a report regarding CSIRO’s research “Mitigation and offsets of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of onshore gas in the Northern Territory”.

Issue 18, September 2023

Learn about GISERA's health study, research on NT offsets and work on the perspectives of risks to local industries.

Future role of gas in South Australia

Exploring the outlook for the South Australian energy industry, with a focus on the role of natural gas and hydrogen.

Managing wastewater sustainably in the NT

Developing a wastewater management framework that focuses on sustainable lifecycle options for onshore gas wastewater.

Image showing a produced water holding pond

Methane and holding ponds

Researching the potential methane contributions from coal seam gas holding ponds.

A framework for future groundwater use

Research to develop and test a decision support framework to manage groundwater use in South Australia's southeast.

Assessing the exposure of identified chemicals used in the coal seam gas (CSG) activities in the Surat Basin, Queensland

Improving the understanding of the potential presence, distribution and exposure of identified chemicals associated with CSG activities in the Surat Basin, in southern Queensland.

Developing a wastewater lifecycle management framework for onshore gas development in the Northern Territory

This fact sheet describes research project activities to develop a water management framework that identifies sustainable options for managing onshore gas wastewater in the Northern Territory, should gas resource development proposals proceed.

Understanding and managing impacts to biodiversity from roads and pipelines in the Northern Territory

Understanding the potential impacts of shale gas production on biodiversity in the Beetaloo Sub-basin.

Perspectives on risk to local markets and industries

This fact sheet describes research project aims and objectives designed to assist community understanding of any potential impacts of onshore gas development on the image and place-of-origin branding of agricultural markets in south east South Australia.

Community wellbeing and attitudes to coal seam gas development in 2022, in Narrabri Shire, NSW

Monitoring changes in community wellbeing and local attitudes to coal seam gas (CSG) development in the Narrabri Shire, NSW, between 2017 and 2022

South Australia: The role of gas

This project explored the outlook for the South Australian energy industry and its economic implications within the context of the national economy and energy industry, with a particular focus on the role of gas, both natural gas and hydrogen.

Perspectives on risks to local markets and industries

CSIRO's GISERA study exploring risks to local food and beverage markets.

Coal seam gas and human health

New CSIRO research has been released into the potential for coal seam gas (CSG) activity in Queensland to affect human health.

Screening for potential hazards to human health from CSG activities

Scientists from CSIRO and The University of Queensland (UQ) have released results of a five-year research project - Identification and screening for potential physical hazards to human health from coal seam gas activities at a study site in the Surat Basin, southern Queensland.

Northern Territory offsets

Mitigating and offsetting emissions from proposed onshore gas production in the Northern Territory.

Understanding the integrity of Queensland’s coal seam gas wells: Cements, steels and microbial activity

This fact sheet describes a CSIRO research project designed to bring together information on materials used in cements and casings in coal seam gas (CSG) wells along with microbial activity that may impact CSG well integrity.

Evaluating the medium-term socio-economic impacts of onshore gas activity in southern Queensland

This fact sheet desctibes a CSIRO research project designed to update our understanding of the medium-term impacts of onshore natural gas extraction in Queensland’s Bowen and Surat Basins, by analysing socio economic data from last 10 years.

A review of the beneficial reuse and end use options for brine for the Narrabri Gas Project in northern New South Wales

This fact sheet describes CSIRO research activities designed to improve understanding of the beneficial reuse and end-use options for the brine produced as a by-product by the Narrabri Gas Project (NGP) in northern New South Wales.

Volcanic Warrumbungle Ranges near Narrabri, NSW

Assessing the risk of forest fragmentation from coal seam gas activities for species and ecosystems in the Pilliga Forest, NSW

This fact sheet describes a CSIRO research project designed to improve our understanding of the environmental impacts of forest fragmentation from the Narrabri Gas Project on species and ecosystems in the Pilliga Forest, in New South Wales (NSW).

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