Coal seam gas water spills into farmland as Condamine River tributary Charley’s Creek bubbles

Read about the cases of gas and contaminated water bubbling out of abandoned exploration holes and onto farmland with the following articles:

• An overview of the event, by Country Caller
• Additional risks posed by the leaking gas, as illustrated in this farmonline article
• Ian Hansen, a licensed water driller of over 35 years, on the ignorance of relevant government departments on the potential issue when it was first raised to them over two decades ago
• The BSA’s stance on future impacts that abandoned gas wells pose to the Surat and Bowen Basins