Queensland's coal seam gas (CSG) enforcement unit has ordered further samples be taken from a monitoring bore on the state's Darling Downs where traces of carcinogenic chemicals have been found.
The BTEX chemicals were found in a shallow bore at Arrow Energy's fields near Dalby in southern Queensland, but the company says there is no connection to gas production.
Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) spokesman Andrew Brier says it is likely the chemicals leaked from grease on the bore casing.
"It'll be a matter of when we can get people from Arrow and people from the department to the field because we'd like to attend the monitoring as well and potentially take duplicate samples for analysis," he said. Read More
ABC News
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