No.2, a 10-year-old well head, there’s a slight noise of gas flowing when you get close. The whole well is contained within a fenced-off area about half the size of a basketball court. The gas – which is 90 per cent methane – rises to the surface under its own pressure. Santos says there is no need for fracking in Narrabri.There’s a solar panel that powers the electrics enabling control of the well remotely and allowing it to be shut down if there’s a problem.
Scientists point out that flaring is not the issue with coal seam gas. Rather, it is the invisible “fugitive” emissions leaking from the system that pose a serious threat to the climate.by an international team of scientists funded by the United Nations Environment Program found that with coal seam gas production, for every unit of gas produced, 0.44 per cent of methane was released into the atmosphere.
Sally Hunter farms 80 acres at Harparary near Narrabri with 300 head of cattle, predominantly black Angus. “We are one kilometre from a PEL but the cattle country that we lease is within the exploration licence area,” she says. Ron Campbell is serving his second term as mayor for Narrabri Shire Council and runs a waste business in the town. He says he doesn’t belong to a political party.
Santos chief executive and managing director Kevin Gallagher said the company had spent more than $1.5 billion trying to get the gas project developed – a project that is 100 per cent committed to the domestic gas market.
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