CALLS today for the State Government to enshrine the 10-year fracking moratorium into legislation appears to have merit given confusion about its long-term legality. While it […]
Rock solid fracking guarantee needed
Anti-gas mining campaign fuelled
AUDIENCE members lingered in the foyer at the Oatmill Cinema Complex on Wednesday night following the premiere of Pipe Dreams Fractured Lives. Many in the crowd […]
Gas ban demand
A LIMESTONE Coast environmental campaigner has called on political parties ahead of the state election to pledge a blanket ban on unconventional gas mining in the […]
State Government fuels gas exploration with $12m cash splash
BEACH Energy will ramp up its regional drilling expansion program after receiving nearly $7m from the State Government to drive conventional gas production. The windfall is […]
Fire at gas drilling site
STAFF at the Beach Energy drilling rig acted quickly to extinguish a fire, which broke out in one of the four generators at the site on […]
Beach enter Origin agreement
GAS exploration company Beach Energy has entered into a binding agreement with Origin Energy to acquire all shares in Lattice Energy Limited for $1.5b.[…]
Gas gold rush – Companies show interest in South East
PETROLEUM companies have shown “good interest” in a sweeping new proposed gas mining tenement being opened up in the South East, according to Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis.[…]
Gate wide open
A PROMINENT regional environmentalist has renewed a warning the State Government’s looming release of new exploration blocks will open the floodgates to a gas mining juggernaut. […]
Beach breaks ground
DRILLING is underway at Beach Energy’s Haselgrove-3 conventional well south of Penola in an attempt to tap into commercial quantities of gas for South Australia. The […]
Protesters on site as drilling rig arrives at Penola
MAJOR parts of a gas drilling rig are expected to arrive at Beach Energy’s Haselgrove 3 well site this morning after leaving Moomba on three oversized […]