Gladstone coal seam and dredging projects
Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, has approved, with strict environmental conditions, three coal seam gas projects at Gladstone, and the dredging of Gladstone Port's western basin.
- Frequently asked questions (PDF - 32 KB) | (RTF - 66 KB)
- Federal environmental approval for coal seam gas and Gladstone projects - media release 22 October 2010
Full approval conditions and assessment history
Australia Pacific LNG P/L
- Expansion of Coal Seam Gas Fields 2009/4974
- LNG Plant and Ancillary onshore and marine facilities 2009/4977
- Construct and operate 447km high pressure gas transmission pipeline 2009/4976
British Gas International/Queensland Gas Company
- Development of existing coal seam gas fields - 2008/4398
- Queensland Curtis LNG Project - pipeline network - 2008/4399
- LNG plant and onshore facilities - 2008/4402
- LNG marine facilities - 2008/4401
- Shipping activity - 2008/4405
Santos/Petronas
- Coal seam gas field development - 2008/4059
- Gas pipeline and alternative pipeline - 2008/4096
- Natural gas liequefaction park - 2008/4057
- Marine facilities to service natural gas liquefaction park - 2008/4058
Gladstone Ports Corporation
Assessment of impacts
The Assessment of impacts of the proposed coal seam gas operations on surface and groundwater systems in the Murray-Darling Basin Report was commissioned by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities on advice in the Geoscience Australia and Habermehl report (2010) that the location and nature of current and proposed CSG activities in Queensland may trigger Section 255AA - Mitigation of unintended diversions - of the Commonwealth Water Act 2007. The scope of this study was to undertake a desktop study to determine the impacts of the proposed CSG operations on the connectivity of groundwater systems, surface water and groundwater flows and water quality in the Murray-Darling Basin.
- Assessment of impacts of the proposed coal seam gas operations on surface and groundwater systems in the Murray-Darling Basin (PDF - 3 365 KB) | (Word - 9 083 KB)
Geoscience Australia and Habermehl report