News & events

A UQ Centre for Natural Gas researcher, Dr Kathy Witt, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to look at how communities adapt, manage the downside and maximise the benefits when a new large-scale energy project is developed in their backyard.

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.

UQ researchers have led a project to deliver a compendium of the latest research and knowledge on the Great Artesian Basins. The project was a large-scale collaborative initiative, sourcing experts from across Australia to bring together the latest understanding of the vital Australian water resource

Some 180 people flocked to UQ for the UQ Centre for Natural Gas Annual Research Review in December

Centre Director, Professor Andrew Garnett, was recently invited to share his energy expertise on a panel delving into the innovative thinking needed to address Australia's energy predicament.

UQ has made inroads into understanding and managing large and complex groundwater systems, announcing the release of a compendium of the latest, peer-reviewed research on the Great Artesian Basin at key industry event, the Australasian Groundwater Conference, in November.

The latest science and technology applied to exploration and development of unconventional resources was profiled at the global premier conference for the sector, which this year was hosted in Brisbane 18-19 November.

Energy industry leaders, including Energy Security Board Chair Dr Kerry Schott and UQ Centre for Natural Gas, Professor Andrew Garnett, came together to discuss the role Australian natural gas may need to play in the transition to a clean energy future.

UQ Centre for Natural Gas Chair, Professor Raymond Johnson Jr, gave a well-received update on hydraulic fracturing at the 24 October, monthly luncheon of the Brisbane section of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA).

UQ is renaming its Centre for Coal Seam Gas as the UQ Centre for Natural Gas, giving the centre scope to broaden its research portfolio to the production of other forms of natural gas.

UQ Honorary Professor, Jim Underschultz has been furthering UQ's engagement with China on low carbon energies and Coal Seam Gas

UQ Master of Petroleum graduate, Ben Wu, has been snapped up by industry, joining Shell’s well integrity team as a Production Technologist.

There has been an large amount of interest in the novel transparent well housed at the St Lucia campus, with the team at the UQ Centre for Coal Seam Gas giving a steady stream of tours of the technology to politicians, researchers, industry, farmers and other stakeholders.

The University of Queensland’s Professor Andrew Garnett spent time in Canberra in July, briefing a broad range of politicians from all sides of politics on the importance of gas in the energy mix and how the current policy void and legislative settings are counter to the government’s objective of increasing supply.

The latest results from two multi-year studies into what happens when gas comes to town points to the beginnings of a much awaited stabilisation phase and slowly improving levels of trust in the CSG industry.