[Hamm] Fwd: [Initiativen-gegen-fracking] Kohleflözförderung kann Deckschicht schädigen und zu Methanleckagen führen

[Hanns-Jörg Rohwedder <danebod AT arcor.de>]

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Subject: 	[Initiativen-gegen-fracking] Kohleflözförderung kann 
Deckschicht schädigen und zu Methanleckagen führen
Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 08:46:31 +0200
From: 	Andy Gheorghiu via Initiativen-gegen-fracking 
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CC:     Andy Gheorghiu <andy.gheorghiu AT mail.de>



Hallo an alle,

ein neuer australischer Bericht kommt zu dem Schluss, dass die 
Kohleflözförderung die versiegelnden Deckschichten derart schädigen 
kann, dass es zu einem signifikanten Anstieg von Methanleckagen führen 
kann (siehe unteren Artikel).

Dies sollte unbedingt im Zusammenhang mit der noch ausstehenden 
Entscheidung der Bezirksregierung Arnsberg zur Verlängerung von 
ExxonMobils Nordrhein-Westfalen Nord Feldes in den Vordergrund gegenüber 
Politikern/betroffenen Kommunen gestellt werden.

Auch sollten wir über einen gemeinsamen Brief an Fr. Kraft sowie die 
Herren Duin & Remmel nachdenken. Evtl. kann während des 
Strategietreffens eine Entscheidung hierüber getroffen werden. Ich werde 
versuchen bis dahin einen Entwurf zu liefern.

Zur Info: Auf meine Nachfrage hin, hat die Bezirksregierung Arnsberg 
allen Ernstes geantwortet, dass Exxon zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt nicht 
angeben müsse, ob sie für die beabsichtigen Kohleflözförderung fracken 
müssten oder nicht. Es sieht also so aus, als sei die Bez.reg. Arnsberg 
gewillt, dem Verlängerungsantrag zuzustimmen. Deshalb sollten wir im 
Wahlkampfjahr Kraft & Co. mal an das Fracking-Verbot in NRW erinnern.

lG

Andy

https://twitter.com/GheorghiuAndy/status/854942515543388162

http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/4603701/research-looks-into-csg-and-condamine-river-bubbling-video/

<http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/4603701/research-looks-into-csg-and-condamine-river-bubbling-video/>
        
Research looks into CSG and Condamine River bubbling | Video 
<http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/4603701/research-looks-into-csg-and-condamine-river-bubbling-video/>
www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au
A new report has been released looking into CSG affects on the Condamine 
River.

THE affects of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction causing the Condamine 
River to bubble are far from over with new research finding that methane 
emissions from below ground could increase significantly.

The Condamine River made headlines last year when footage was released 
showing huge flames erupting from methane gas bubbling to the surface.

Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham was captured waving a kitchen lighter over 
the side of a tinny boat, starting a fire.

Now a report by the Melbourne Energy Institute has found that due to the 
thin and absent sealing layer of “aquitard” in the Surat Basin 
depressurisation from CSG mining could lead to widespread methane leakage.

Due to limited information, it is unknown how effective the aquitard is 
in preventing gas leaking to the atmosphere.

Continued depressurisation of the coal seams while users are extracting 
water from various aquifers could significantly increase the emissions.

The Australia Institute’s Matt Grudnoff said the research revealed 
previously unmeasured information that could be detrimental to the Paris 
Agreement. He said it was appalling that the CSG industry had been 
allowed to go about work without proper assessment of the potential 
greenhouse gas emissions.

“In light of this report, the Queensland Government should be taking 
urgent action to prevent further CSG drilling until the serious risks 
identified in this report have been addressed,” he said.

The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) 
Queensland Director Rhys Turner said they would work with researchers to 
help them better understand the nature of the seeps and the success of 
mitigation programs.

“The fact is that the industry has been monitoring the Condamine River 
seeps since they were first observed to have increased in 2012 and 
continues to work with independent researchers including the CSIRO to 
better understand the local geology and possible causes,” he said.

“Industry data and CSIRO measurements show that peak rates of late 2015 
to early 2016 have reduced substantially and we recently saw the lowest 
measurement since recordings began in 2013, a reduction of over 60% in 
the last 6 months.”

But anti-CSG activist Karen Auty of Chinchilla said the research 
findings weren’t new to locals.

“It doesn’t take a hydrogeologist or an expert to tell you that if you 
create a void by sucking out millions of gallons of water than something 
will take up the void,” she said.

“It won’t supply the answers. My simplest question to Origin is why is 
there no mention of the bubbling river phenomenon in the environmental 
impact statement? Surely someone would have noticed it.”

Limited data meant it was difficult to assess the full scale of the risk 
of the emissions during the research.

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Andy Gheorghiu
- Policy Advisor -
Food & Water Europe
Stechbahn 9
34497 Korbach
Germany
Tel.:  +49 5631 50 69 507
Mobil: +49 160 20 30 974
Skype: andy.gheorghiu2
www.foodandwatereurope.org


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