1.2.4 Catalogue of potential resource developments


Summary

All developments within the Clarence‑Moreton bioregion are currently at the pre‑environmental impact statement (EIS) stage. However, subject to regulatory approval, the West Casino Gas Project may move towards an EIS within the time frames considered by the bioregional assessment.

All developments within the Clarence‑Moreton bioregion are currently at the pre-environmental impact statement (EIS) stage. However, subject to regulatory approval, the West Casino Gas Project may be likely to move towards an EIS within the time frames considered by the bioregional assessment. In this section, we present the current coal exploration projects and potential coal seam gas resource developments.

Table 4 shows the current coal exploration projects within the Clarence‑Moreton bioregion.

Table 5 lists potential coal seam gas resource developments. All of these are currently at the pre‑EIS stage.

Table 4 Catalogue of potential coal resource developments for the Clarence‑Moreton bioregion


Project name

Company

Longitude

Latitude

Record datea

Materialb

Total coal resourcesc (Mt)

Status of EISd

Amberley

Cuesta Coal Limited

152°

–27.7°

na

Thermal coal

54.7

Pre-EIS

Bremer View

OGL Resources Limited

152°

–27.7°

na

Thermal coal

276.9

Pre-EIS

Ebenezer

OGL Resources Limited

152°

–27.7°

na

Thermal Coal

31.3

Pre-EIS

Mount Mort

Unknown

152°

–27.8°

na

Thermal coal

20

Pre-EIS

Nymboida

Waratah Coal Pty Ltd

na

na

na

Coking coal

unknown

Pre-EIS

aThe record date is the most recent date for updated coal resource numbers.

bMaterials fall into one of the following four classes: thermal coal, coking coal, pulverised coal injection (PCI) and unspecified.

cThis is based on Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) codes of measured, indicated and inferred coal resources.

dThe status of the project within an environmental impact statement (EIS): pre-EIS, EIS in preparation, EIS submitted, EIS closed, supplementary EIS and EIS approved.

na means ‘data not available’

Table 5 Identified 2P gas resources and potential coal seam gas resource developments for the Clarence‑Moreton bioregion


Project name

Company

Longitude

Latitude

Record datea

2P coal seam gas reservesb (PJ)

Status of EISc

Notes

Boonah-Beaudesert

Arrow Energy Pty Ltd

na

na

na

na

No current EIS proposal

na

PEL 479

Clarence Moreton Resources

na

na

na

17

No current EIS proposal

ASX 2012

PEL 445

Dart Energy Limited

na

na

na

na

Pre-EIS

na

West Casino Gas Project

Metgasco Limited

na

na

na

338d

Pre-EIS, Pilot testing

Development is likely to proceed first in PEL 16 (Figure 8)

aThe record date is the most recent date for updated coal seam gas resource numbers.

bThe Petroleum Resource Management System of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (PRMS-SPE) code 2P refers to estimated quantities of proved reserves plus probable reserves.

cThe status of the project within an environmental impact statement (EIS): pre-EIS, EIS in preparation, EIS submitted, EIS closed, supplementary EIS and EIS approved.

dIn September 2014, Metgasco has announced that it has reclassified its gas reserves as resources (Metgasco, 2014c).

na means ‘data not applicable’

Last updated:
7 January 2019