Coal seam gas concerns damp fond farewell for Santos head
Heading to Glencore: Peter Coates. Photo: David Mariuz Outgoing Santos chairman Peter Coates' last annual meeting address was hijacked by questioning of the company's coal seam gas operations. Mr...
View ArticleSantos grilled over coal seam gas
Outgoing Santos chairman Peter Coates’ final annual meeting address has been hijacked by repeated and impassioned questioning over the company’s coal seam gas operations. The chairman's hopes for a...
View ArticleSantos H1 net profit down 48pc after sales boost comparative period
OIL and gas producer Santos said that its profit for the first half fell 48 per cent after it benefited from asset sales in the previous corresponding period. Underlying earnings rose as new projects...
View ArticleInsight: Australia's coal-seam gas industry feels political heat
GUNNEDAH, Australia (Reuters) - - On a recent spring day in the small Australian farming town of Gunnedah, an unlikely protestor takes the microphone to open a rally against the rapidly growing...
View ArticleFarmers pledge to continue blockade of CSG mining site for 'as long as it...
SIMMERING tensions over the coal seam gas beneath the state's farming country boiled over at dawn yesterday, when farmers parked heavy machinery across a planned drilling site on the Liverpool Plains,...
View ArticleSantos slumps on LNG cost blow-out
Santos has hiked the cost of its Gladstone LNG project in Australia by 15 per cent to $US18.5 billion ($18 billion) to fund increased drilling for coal seam gas to supply its plant in Queensland in...
View ArticleCoal seam gas will be 'essential' for NSW
THE development of a major coal seam gas industry side-by-side with agriculture is ''essential'' in NSW, and demand for gas will triple in the next 20 years, the state government has said in a...
View ArticleFarmers blockade property on the Liverpool Plains in protest against coal...
MORE than 100 farmers are blockading a property, in the state's north west, in protest of the Liverpool Plains being turned into a coal seam gas (CSG) field. The farmers first turned up at the...
View ArticleCoal seam gas test deal a good move
At some political risk to themselves, Independent MPs Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott ensured this week that new environmental tests and controls would be imposed on the coal seam gas industry in...
View ArticleRobertson calls for halt on new coal seam gas licences
Press pause ... Opposition leader John Robertson says further licences should not be issued until an "ultra-tight regulatory framework" is established. Photo: Glen Hunt THE Opposition Leader, John...
View ArticleFarmers blockade Liverpool Plains coal seam gas property
ABOUT 100 farmers have blockaded a property in northern NSW to prevent exploratory coal seam gas drilling, with plans to stay there for up to eight months. The farmers parked vehicles across the...
View ArticleWin for gas blockade as Santos pulls back
COAL seam gas drilling at a flashpoint site on the edge of the Liverpool Plains has been halted after the state's biggest coal seam gas operator, Santos, backed down, ending a three-week blockade by...
View ArticleFarmers launch blockade against coal-seam gas
Angry farmers have blockaded a property on the Liverpool Plains in north-western NSW in a bid to stop coal-seam gas exploration in the area. About 70 farmers are reportedly involved in the blockade,...
View ArticleWindsor slams Santos, backs farmers blockade of coal seam gas property
FEDERAL Independent MP Tony Windsor has attacked gas giant Santos for ignoring his advice, and declared support for a blockade by about 100 farmers aimed at preventing coal seam gas drilling on a...
View ArticleSantos to buy Gunnedah basin coal seam gas firm Eastern Star
PERTH (miningweekly.com) − Australian oil and gas major Santos has made a A$924-million takeover offer for fellow listed Eastern Star Gas to gain an 80% ownership of the company’s coal seam gas...
View ArticleNew battlefront opens up in gas debate
The battle to protect Australia's terrestrial environment from feared effects of coal seam gas mining is at fever pitch. Some farmers are locking mining companies off their land in gas-rich parts of...
View ArticleSantos Delays Drilling at Coal-Seam Gas Well Amid Water Concerns
Santos Ltd. (STO), Australia’s third- biggest oil producer, will delay drilling a coal-seam gas well in northern New South Wales state as it awaits a report analyzing the impact of exploration on the...
View ArticleSantos hits out at NSW coal seam gas regulation
Santos has lashed out at the continuing uncertainty over the regulatory framework for coal seam gas in NSW, saying it threatened the state’s energy...
View ArticleSantos hopes to make case for benefits of coal seam gas
SANTOS has stepped up its campaign to win public support for coal-seam gas projects in NSW by emphasising the economic benefits of the developments. The oil and gas producer is trying to overcome...
View ArticleA $200b push to become world's biggest gas power
Coal seam gas ... generally found 200-1000 metres underground. Photo: Glenn Hunt The race is on for a share of the spoils, writes Paddy Manning. Another block was removed from the path of Australia's...
View ArticleSantos forced to pare back coal seam gas projects
Community opposition to coal seam gas (CSG) projects in NSW has forced mining giant Santos to trim its operations, environmentalists and local activists say. And they have vowed to keep the pressure...
View ArticleCoal seam gas opponents to challenge federal approval of Santos project
Greg Hunt waives full environmental assessment as activists vow to ramp up protests against 'free-for-all mining' Environmental groups are concerned the Santos-led coal seam gas development could...
View ArticleCoal seam gas opponents say Santos must 'come clean' on waste water
Mining giant has approval for eight wells in New South Wales, but environmentalists say plans to protect water are unclear Environmental groups say Santos has repeatedly changed tack on how it will...
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