The latest news on projects and research outcomes in the Northern Territory, Western Australia, Queensland and New South Wales
Banner image: Paradise Pools, Beetaloo Sub-basin photo: CSIRO Russell Crosbie.
In news that provides reassurance for communities living near sites of coal seam gas (CSG) activity, a new CSIRO study has found no detectable exposure to chemicals used in CSG at a study site in Queensland’s southern Surat Basin.
New CSIRO study finds very low levels of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in airborne dust in Queensland’s Surat Basin, with little variation between sites with and without coal seam gas (CSG) operations.
Q&A with CSIRO scientists: Exposure assessment of identified chemicals used in coal seam gas activities at a study area in the Surat Basin.
CSIRO scientists have completed an analysis of options for reusing and disposing of large volumes of highly saline brine produced as a by-product of coal seam gas (CSG) reverse osmosis water treatment operations in Queensland’s Surat and Bowen basins.
New CSIRO research modelling groundwater in the Namoi region of New South Wales sheds light on long-term trends and potential coal seam gas impacts.
CSIRO’s Gas Industry Social and Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) recognised for delivering significant scientific impact at CSIRO’s Energy Research Unit’s annual awards.
Extensive survey maps methane emissions from Queensland CSG water holding ponds.
Australian-first study sheds new light on methane emissions from CSG ponds.
New baseline data on groundwater conditions and natural seismicity across the Northern Perth Basin in Western Australia.
