Sustainable gas and energy profiled at Queensland Exploration Council Technical Forum 2020

19 February 2020

Sustainable gas and energy profiled at Queensland Exploration Council Technical Forum 2020

UQ researcher Dr Christopher Leonardi gave this final presenting at the unlocking new hydrocarbon resources session at the recent Queensland Exploration Council Technical Forum

The UQ Centre for Natural Gas took a lead role at the recent Queensland Exploration Council Technical Forum held in Brisbane on 19 February 2020. This popular and well regarded forum provides a platform for the sharing of the latest information and technology in the exploration field, featuring a wide selection of highly regarded exploration industry experts.

The Centre’s Professor Suzanne Hurter chaired an informative session on unlocking new hydrocarbon resources in Queensland. It featured a line-up of natural gas experts from UQ who covered a range of aspects, including:

  • Keynote on sustainable gas and energy (Professor Andrew Garnett, Director UQ Centre for Natural Gas)
  • Hydraulic fracturing to improve coal drainage without impacting mineability (Professor Ray Johnson, UQ School of Chemical Engineering and UQ Centre for Natural Gas)
  • Optimisation of gas wells using advanced data analytics (Dr Mahshid Firouzi, Advance Queensland Fellow, UQ School of Chemical Engineering)
  • Sustainable enhancement of coal seam gas production in Queensland (Dr Christopher Leonardi, Advance Queensland Fellow, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering)

The session concluded with a question and answer session.

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