Coal
Seam Gas is not a thing in Australia as better technology
and extraction mechanism has led to CSG revolution for the whole of the continent.
The way everything has grown is astonishing as billions of dollars have gone
into it and operations are being executed at a war front level with government
sanctioning approvals for extractions wells keeping pace with
the applications,
new jobs are created but thousands of farmers still live in the fear of losing
control over their farming land.
Queensland has been
identified as the hub of CSG and as per studies round about 40,000 wells is
planned in coming decades. Australia could actually fuel all the vehicles with
CSG in coming future reducing dependencies on oil imports and economy. But
everything has an environmental cost as experts believe it will not only reduce
the ground water level but will also produce an extra 31million tonnes of waste
salt. The government is keeping a close watch on environmental implications in both
Queensland and South Wales.
With local economy
booming with investments in Queensland over CSG wells, this is a booming sector
for Australia's skilled job seekers. This gas is safe for consumption in house,
vehicles and for generation of electricity. In fact 90% of energy requirements
of Queensland are met with CSG and they are planning to export it to other
states which would bring a Gas revolution in the state.
Already Queensland and
New South Wales have CSG fuelled power plants in construction which has created
a lot of jobs for not just gas exploration sector but also for power generation
sector as more and more skilled and semi-skilled people will be needed for both
construction and maintenance of the power plants. There have been some
discussions going around for exportation of this LNG gas in the market because
it can be easily shrunk to 1/600 of its actual volume.
Extraction and
identification of CSG wells is not an easy task and a lot of jobs are created
in this field and for this not just Australians but people from other countries
have started to migrate into the regions of Queensland and New South Wales for
promising prospects and better future as Australian government is supporting
its expansion because not only it will reducing imports but has substantial
chances of earning Dollars from exports.
But there have been
some opposition from local farmers and politicians over the amount of water
being used for production of CSG which could lead to lowering of water table in
the farming area causing harm to Australia's food security but government has
ensured to take control of practising environment friendly operations so that
both environment and economy can be profited mutually.
Resource :-
ATEC, Australasian
training and education centre, is the hub for getting training & education
in CSG industry in Australia. One has great menu of choice of
In case you are in
Queensland, which itself is a hub of mining activities, GIQ, General Induction
Queensland is the course for you to get trained.
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