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3 - An Overview of Unconventional Gas Extraction in Australia

The First Decade

from Part I - Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2022

By
Geralyn McCarron  and
Shay Dougall
Edited by
John Stolz ,
Daniel Bain  and
Michael Griffin
John Stolz
Affiliation:
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh
Daniel Bain
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
Michael Griffin
Affiliation:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
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Summary

This chapter presents an overview of the development of the unconventional gas (UG) industry in Australia, particularly in Queensland where most activity has occurred to date. We explore government commitment to the establishment of the UG Industry as a new export product, and subsequent government facilitation of the growth of the industry via the retreat from regulation, the reduction of rigour around the permitting and approvals process and the reluctance to consider cumulative impacts of multiple UG operations in the same area. The issues of public health, water security, domestic energy supply and pricing, and greenhouse gas emissions are considered. In the final analysis, a sustainable ecological development approach should be the ultimate outcome of the adaptive environmental management regime, and indeed was the stated policy of government pre-UG industry. If this was adopted, then the future of the unconventional gas industry in Australia would be limited.

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Australiaunconventional gashealthemissionsclimatewaste water
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Environmental Impacts from the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Reserves , pp. 44 - 78
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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