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The cost of gasfield rehabilitation

June 8, 2019June 7, 2019 by admin

A revealing document detailing the estimates of rehabilitation of Pel 238 & Pal 2. The costing includes: Decommissioning of coal seam gas wells and associated headworks and rehabilitation of the land disturbances at the well pads. Rehabilitation of disturbances associated with gas and water gathering pipeline easements and access roadways. Decommissioning and rehabilitation of gathering … Read more

Protected: 3 Day Intelligence Gathering Tour of Santos’ Operations in the Pilliga forest and surrounds – April 2019

April 16, 2019 by Jo Evans

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

Rocglen Fine Reduced

January 6, 2020April 1, 2019 by admin

Image: Rocglen Mine, situated on the floodplain with the Nandewar Ranges to the east (top) and Vickery State Forest to the west (left of pic) Pic courtesy of Wando Conservation and Cultural Centre Inc, Maules Creek. Rocglen mine pollution fine reduced due to “good character” of Whitehaven… but Court did not hear the full story … Read more

Ferris Consulting starts recruiting for non-existent Senior Roles at Whitehaven Coal

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 by admin

Whitehaven Coal has undermined confidence in the NSW planning system in relation to the proposed Vickery Coal Hub project near Gunnedah, by starting recruitment for three senior positions in the proposed megamine complex on the Namoi River. The company has pre-judged the NSW IPC by engaging Brisbane-based Ferris Psychologists to recruit the executives “subject to … Read more

Santos NSW Annual Returns

February 13, 2019 by admin

2014 – 2018

UPDATED: Current Petroleum Titles Document removed from NSW Government website – detail here of EXPIRED Petroleum Titles and Applications

June 20, 2020February 11, 2019 by admin

This document now has a broken link: https://resourcesandgeoscience.nsw.gov.au/miners-and-explorers/applications-and-approvals/current-titles-reports-applications-and-services/title-status-reports/Petroleum-TitlesCurrent-2018-05.pdf It can be viewed here. The department have indicated that they are updating these documents. NWPA have contacted the department to ask when this might be occurring. Community would have remained better informed if the older Titles document had remained whilst updating occurred. The mapping here has … Read more

Coal Seam Gas & Public Health Conference

February 10, 2019February 8, 2019 by admin

Short interviews with the general public attending the conference that was held in Narrabri at the Crossing Theatre in August 2018

Steven Talbott, Gamilaraay man, spokesperson GTC and Gomeroi People Native Title Applicant addresses the Independent Planning Commission, Gunnedah 5th Feb 2019, Vickery Coal Mine

February 7, 2019 by admin

NSW Department of Planning reveals Whitehaven plans for Major Coal Hub

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 by admin

The NSW Department of Planning has inadvertently revealed to the world a fact that Whitehaven Coal would rather not admit. Contrary to claims by CEO Paul Flynn, the so-called Vickery Extension Project going before the NSW Independent Planning Commission is not a mere “extension” of an existing coal mine. It is in reality a plan … Read more

A Short History of Fracking in the Pilliga Forest

January 10, 2026November 26, 2018 by admin

By Johanna Evans It’s the hour before sunrise in the Pilliga forest, it’s cool and the stars cover the forest like a blanket, it’s quiet mostly, the occasional truck belts down the Newell not seeing the scars left by gas company Eastern Star Gas and their cowboy fracker contractors who held no regard for the … Read more