THE coal seam gas industry has arrived in suburban Newcastle with the Singapore-based Dart Energy test drilling for gas on the edge of the Tomago sandbeds.
The Tomago sandbeds supply about 20per cent of Hunter Water’s drinking water and residents living near Dart Energy’s Fullerton Cove test site are up in arms about the company’s plans.
A spokeswoman for Hunter Water said that based on ‘‘a preliminary discussion’’ with Dart Energy, its test-drilling program was outside of the formal Tomago sandbeds drinking water catchment area and did not involve hydraulic fracturing or ‘‘fracking’’. Read More
Newcastle Herald
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