The Surat Basin is emerging as a significant area of interest because of its abundance of natural resources and the enormous potential to develop these in coming years. There are many major projects scheduled for commissioning by 2013 creating many thousands of job opportunities. Some of these include:
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Prices at a premium in mining areas
John McCarthy | The Courier-Mail | February 20, 2012 12:00AM FOR the first time in decades the Western Downs is planning for growth, not just incremental growth but nerve-racking, infrastructure-busting growth. Western Downs Regional Council Mayor Ray Brown said potentially there were 80 projects across the Surat worth $180 MORE 
SURAT BASIN CORPORATION EXTENDS OFFER OF SUPPORT TO RETRENCHED WORKERS
MEDIA RELEASE 17 February 2012 SURAT BASIN CORPORATION EXTENDS OFFER OF SUPPORT TO RETRENCHED WORKERS IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Surat Basin Corporation CEO, David Breese has written to Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Manufacturing and QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce offering support to those that have recently lost MORE
Solar Dawn team to provide update
14th February 2012 | The Chronicle Original Source – AAP THE Solar Dawn Consortium is holding its second round of community information sessions to give residents and businesses an update on the solar thermal power plant to be built near Chinchilla. The consortium is continuing to advance the development and MORE
Bill Hoffman | 15th February 2012 | Sunshine Coast Daily PLANS for enterprise migration agreements that would allow mining companies to fly overseas labour directly to mines have angered Australian workers unable to get a foot in the door. And Ray Brown, mayor of Western Downs Council based in Chinchilla MORE
SBC Founder Member Easternwell Secures $20.8M Contract
15th February 2012| The Chronicle EASTERNWELL announced today that it has secured a A$20.8 million contract to support Santos’ GLNG Project. The contract is a renewal for the provision of full camp facility management including catering and housekeeping services throughout the Surat and Cooper Basins. The three-year contract commenced this MORE
SBC Member secures $52M contract
Adam Davies | 9th February 2012 | The Chronicle TOOWOOMBA-BASED company Hutchinson Builders is fast gaining a reputation as the benchmark provider of temporary accommo- dation to the mining and gas sectors. In a major coup for the company, Hutchinson Builders announced yesterday a contract worth $52 million to build MORE
Adam Davies | 8th February 2012 | The Chronicle ALL roads led to the Toowoomba Showgrounds yesterday as the Work for Queensland Mining and Gas Jobs Expo juggernaut rolled into town. More than 2000 people interested in obtaining jobs or the skills necessary to gain employment within the sectors took MORE
by: Staff Writer From: The Courier-Mail January 31, 2012 12:00AM Queensland’s best agricultural land is officially protected from some forms of mining. The Strategic Cropping Land legislation came into effect on Monday. The laws will take away the right to develop new open-cut mines in the strategic cropping land MORE
ATTENTION: Release of Western Downs Regional Council Housing Affordability Strategy
The Mayor, Councillors and CEO of Western Downs Regional Council are pleased to announce the release of the Western Downs Regional Council Housing Affordability Strategy. Interested persons are welcome to view or download the WDRC Housing Affordability Strategy at http://www.advancewesterndowns.com.au/business-investment-affordable-housing.html
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Energy
Power Generation and Transmission
Recently there have been a number of gas fired power stations built and more being proposed. There have also been proposals made for solar generated power and wind generated power projects in the Western Downs area of the Surat Basin region.
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Coal Mining
Across the Surat Basin there are both expansions of existing coal mining projects and new ventures looking at the production of over 30 million tonnes of coal per annum.
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CSG to LNG
LNG is Liquefied natural gas that has been temporarily converted to a liquid form to make storage and transportation easier and more efficient. The increasing number of coal seam gas projects in the Surat Basin Region form part of a larger boom in the Australian LNG industry, which has A$200 billion worth of projects that are expected to make Australia the world’s second-largest LNG exporter by 2015.
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UCG
Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is the process of gasifying coal in it’s natural place by injecting an oxidant, such as air, enriched air or oxygen together with steam into the coal seam. As the reaction heats up to ~1000 degrees celcius the Synthesis Gas, or Syngas, is created and captured in a production well to be transferred to the surface.
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Current EIS Processes
The Department Environment and Resource Management is responsible for coordinating environmental impact statement (EIS) processes under Chapter 3 of the Environmental Protection Act 1994.
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