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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100460
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Quantifying the flux of fugitive greenhouse gasses associated with coal seam gas and calibrating it to natural baseline and anthropogenic sources. Recent studies show that fugitive methane emissions associated with coal seam gas extraction pose a source of greenhouse gasses. In addition to the possible environmental impacts of methane emissions, quantifying the magnitude of emissions has potentially significant implications for future tax liabilities that could change the economics of the unconventional energy boom in Australia. The proposed research by an interdisciplinary team representing regulators, industry, and university researchers would establish a methodology for quantifying the flux of methane from gas fields. It would establish the range of natural baselines and determine the major sources of methane emissions using newly available highly sensitive instruments.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2014
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $457,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Petroleum and Coal Geology | Environmental Monitoring | Environmental Science and Management | Climate Change Processes
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Environmental Management Systems | Climate Change Mitigation Strategies | Environmentally Sustainable Energy Activities not elsewhere classified |
