News & events

NERA has this launched a new database for Australian Research Capabilities.

Understanding the stress in the earth surrounding coal seam gas wells is vital when it comes to making decisions about drilling, completion, stimulation, and production in the gas industry.

Despite the disruptions of COVID-19 throughout this year, our UQ-CNG Social Scientist Dr Kathy Witt, has been busy working on a range of different projects, providing insights into Queensland communities and beyond.

The development of two prototype models looking at pressure at the bottom of gas wells and predicting pump failures, will allow a better control of well performance and scheduling maintenance, saving operators in the industry time and money.  

The UQ Centre for Natural Gas is inviting applications for a free trial of their newly developed UQ Copula Plug-in for Petrel. The geostatistical modelling plug-in is showing real promise in contributing to more cost-effective resource planning.trial

UQ researchers have come up with a clever machine learning script to help reliably and cost-effectively predict the pressure at the bottom of a well. This flowing bottom hole pressure (FBHP) is a key factor in optimisation of the production of gas wells, making it key information for well operators.

Professor Andrew Garnett outlines highlights of new projects for the Centre, gives some insights into how COVID is impacting on the global energy industry, and discusses the Centre's work on several formal submissions which are focussed on giving practical expert input into the realistic energy mix needed in the transition to a low emissions future.

UQ Centre for Natural Gas members are the first to be able to access a clever new tool aimed at delivering more realistic estimates for resource models.

Researchers at the UQ Centre for Natural Gas have developed a novel plug-in for Schlumberger’s Petrel software. The geostatistical modelling plug-in is showing real promise in contributing to more cost-effective resource planning.

We have recently commenced a new and important direction for our technical research related to field depletion and geomechanics which includes an exciting new relationship with the University of Alberta.

Research centre of excellence, The University of Queensland Centre for Natural Gas, has tested Queensland’s experience against the Golden Rules of Gas - a set of principles developed to guide what it takes for natural gas developments globally to gain better social acceptance and achieve social licence to operate.

UQ and Energi Simulation are set to expand the reach of its Energi Simulation Chair program, recently announcing that it has formed a new strategic relationship with leading Dutch research organisation, TNO. It is also broadening the scope of the modelling and simulation focussed Chair, appointing a co-chair with gas reservoir stimulation expertise to the program.

A UQ study has revealed that carbon capture and storage (CCS) could be a real option for Queensland. The release of this study is particularly timely, with the Australian Government recently flagging a role for CCS in its technology investment roadmap to deeper cuts to Australia’s carbon emissions

The UQ Centre for Natural Gas has been awarded new funding to develop and integrate a range of advanced techniques to deliver continued improvements to subsurface, geological modelling that can be used by industry and government for groundwater and the extraction of the State’s gas resources.