UCG Hopeful secures Surat Basin exploration rights
Posted by Big Gav in coal seam gas, queensland, ucg
The ABC reports that one UCG hopeful has apparently prevailed over the coal seam gas juggernaut and won some acreage in Queensland - Metrocoal secures Surat Basin exploration rights.
Energy company Metrocoal says it has secured exclusive exploration rights over a coal seam deposit in the Surat Basin.
There have been disputes between companies that conduct underground coal gasification (UCG) and those that build coal seam gas fields, because their mining permits often overlap each other.
Metrocoal says a coal seam gas company has withdrawn its application over the 60 square kilometre site, which will allow it to test whether the coal deposit is suitable for the UCG process.
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