Underground Coal Gasification Market Industry Analysis and Forecast Till 2020
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Global energy demand had seen an exponential growth over the decade due to changing lifestyle. At the time when natural gas prices witnessing fluctuation and coal resources are depleting, the world is witnessing a significant gap between demand and ...

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UCG: Is Leigh Creek's controversial energy trial a lifeline for a dying town or an environmental hazard?
ABC Local
Now a company called Leigh Creek Energy wants to extract gas from the old coal mine, using a technique called underground coal gasification (UCG). With UCG, coal deep underground is ignited, releasing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

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Leigh Creek Energy forges ahead in syngas demonstration, reserve upgrade imminent
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ISG is the term used in South Australian legislation, although it is often referred to as 'underground coal gasification' in other jurisdictions around the world. Leigh Creek Energy's ISG demonstration involves two wells drilled into a coal seam – one ...

NAB to probe Thar underground coal gasification project
PakTribune.com
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to probe Thar underground coal gasification project, a private TV channel reported. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar heard the suo motu case ...
SC orders forensic audit of Thar coal projectDAWN.com
SC directs NAB to probe Thar coal power projectThe News International

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Traditional owners renew fight against Leigh Creek gas project
SBS
Leigh Creek Energy Chairman Justyn Peters said there were “huge” differences between the trial underway at Leigh Creek and an underground coal gasification project run by Linc Energy in Queensland, which was fined $4.5 million earlier this year for ...

SC directs NAB to probe into Thar coal power project
Geo News
Prominent scientist and chairman of Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project in Thar Dr Samar Mubarakmand appeared in court for the hearing. The bench also ordered the auditor general to conduct a forensic audit of the project and submit a report ...
SC directs NAB to investigate into Thar coal power projectDaily Times
SC orders NAB to investigate 'Thar coal power project'The Nation
Supreme Court directs NAB to probe Thar Coal ProjectPakistan Today

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Leigh Creek Energy drops bid for legal costs from Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association following its failed ...
The Advertiser
The company has previously said it would pursue damages against the Adnyamathanha Traditional Lands Association, which last month lost a Supreme Court bid to block a contentious underground coal gasification project approved for Leigh Creek.

S Sorrensen's Here & Now: In the zoo
Echonetdaily
You see, traditional owners of Adnyamathanha land, in South Australia's far north, sought a Supreme Court injunction to halt a three-month underground coal gasification trial on their land. Now for those of you not familiar with this particular type of ...

Taxpayers to pick up bill for Linc Energy's contamination
The Australian
The Department of Natural Resources and Mines will be tasked with rehabilitating the farming land, near Chinchilla, west of Brisbane, which was used as Linc's underground coal gasification facility. Once valued at $1 billion, Linc Energy, a specialist ...

Linc Energy fined $4.5 million for serious environmental harm at underground coal gasification plant
ABC Local
A gas company has been fined a record $4.5 million for causing serious environmental harm at its underground coal gasification plant on Queensland's western Darling Downs. Linc Energy was found guilty by a District Court jury in Brisbane last month ...
Linc Energy fined $4.5m for pollution amounting to 'ecological vandalism'The Guardian
Former rich lister Peter Bond's Linc Energy fined $4.5m for environment damageThe Australian Financial Review
Concerns Linc Energy may never pay finesChinchilla News
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