❓ A parliamentary question seeks retroactive application of new petroleum environment regulations regarding fracking chemical disclosure and requests a list of chemicals used in specific wells. The Minister's response denies both requests, citing legal restrictions but pointing to operator websites for some information.
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I refer to the new Petroleum Environment Regulations, especially the provisions regarding the disclosure of chemicals used in fracking fluids, and I ask —
(1) Will those provisions apply retroactively to wells that have already been fracked for unconventional gas?
(2) Will the Minister please table the chemicals that were used in the fracking fluid for each of the following wells —
(a) Corybas-1;
(b) Warro-3;
(c) Warro-4;
(d) Whicher Range-4;
(e) Yulleroo-2;
(f) Woodada-Deep-1;
(g) Senecio-2; and
(h) Arrowsmith-2?
(1) Will those provisions apply retroactively to wells that have already been fracked for unconventional gas?
(2) Will the Minister please table the chemicals that were used in the fracking fluid for each of the following wells —
(a) Corybas-1;
(b) Warro-3;
(c) Warro-4;
(d) Whicher Range-4;
(e) Yulleroo-2;
(f) Woodada-Deep-1;
(g) Senecio-2; and
(h) Arrowsmith-2?
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Answered
13 November 2012
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
28 days
1. No.
2. No. There are legal restrictions on the Department of Mines and Petroleum releasing this information, however, details of chemicals for the more recent hydraulic fracturing stimulations at the Arrowsmith 2, Woodada Deep 1 and Senecio 2 wells are available from the respective operators' websites.
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2. No. There are legal restrictions on the Department of Mines and Petroleum releasing this information, however, details of chemicals for the more recent hydraulic fracturing stimulations at the Arrowsmith 2, Woodada Deep 1 and Senecio 2 wells are available from the respective operators' websites.
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