Natural CSG in Australia

A vast body of scientific research has been developed about the development of natural gas from coal seams and other types of reservoirs.

Coal seam gas – general

• NSW Chief Scientist: Final Report of the Independent Review of Coal Seam Gas Activities in NSW

Unconventional gas – general

• Unconventional Gas in Australia: a report to the COAG Energy Council

Water management

• Queensland Water Commission Underground Water Impact Report
• Namoi Catchment Water Study Final Report
• Namoi Catchment Water Study Executive Summary
• Queensland Gas Fields Commission: Collation of Water-related Science & Research Activities
• Queensland Gas Fields Commission: CSG Water Treatment and Beneficial Use in Queensland
• Queensland Gas Fields Commission: Groundwater Aquifer Connectivity in Queensland
• CSIRO: Water Resource Assessment for the Great Artesian Basin
• CSIRO: The Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment: Update, January 2012
• CSIRO: Questions and Answers on the Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment
• CSIRO: Water resource assessment for the Surat region
• CSIRO: Water resource assessment for the Surat region (summary)
• CSIRO: Coal seam gas developments – predicting impacts
• Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (Qld): Quick Guide – Make good obligations
• Condamine River natural gas seeps
• Coal seam gas and water volumes (APPEA)
• Coal seam gas and water quality (APPEA)

Hydraulic fracturing

• Report of the Independent Inquiry into Hydraulic Fracturing in the Northern Territory (Hawke Report)
• University of Texas shale gas fraccing study
• NZ Geological & Nuclear Sciences fraccing study
• Shale gas extraction in the UK: a parliamentary review of hydraulic fracturing
• Update to UK parliamentary report
• US Geological Survey: Shallow Groundwater Quality and Geochemistry in the Fayetteville Shale Gas-Production Area
• The Future of Natural Gas (MIT)
• Ohio Hydraulic Fracturing State Review
• The Impact of Marcellus Gas Drilling on Rural Drinking Water Supplies
• National Human Health Risk Evaluation for Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Additives
• US Government Accountability Office: Information on Shale Resources, Development, and Environmental and Public Health Risks

Health impacts of the oil and gas industry

• Health Watch study – a three-decade study of workers in the oil and gas industry
• Public Health England – Review of the Potential Public Health Impacts of Exposures to Chemical and Radioactive Pollutants as a Result of Shale Gas Extraction

Fugitive emissions

• Condamine River natural gas seeps

Australian gas resources

• Australian Energy Resource Assessment 2014 (Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics and Geoscience Australia)
• Australian Gas Resource Assessment 2012 (Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics)

Shale gas

• Shale Gas: the facts about the environmental concerns (International Gas Union)
• Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas: Full Report (International Energy Agency)
• Engineering Energy: Unconventional Gas Production (Australian Council of Learned Academies)