Monday, April 30

Powell Assures No Harm Done in Gas Drilling Leak

A RIVER has not been damaged by the leaking of drilling fluid linked to a coal seam gas project, authorities say.

The leak happened in the Condamine River in Queensland's south-west, which is part of the Murray-Darling Basin and supplies nearby towns and farms with water for drinking and irrigation.

Contractors for the coal seam gas company QGC were drilling under the river to make way for a pipeline to the state's gas hub in Gladstone when drilling fluid leached into the river.
The river is a habitat for the Murray cod, which is listed as vulnerable.

The Environment Minister, Andrew Powell, said a limited amount of fluid had seeped from the drill hole but had since been contained within a wall of sandbags and pumped out.

SMH

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