❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks details on shale and tight gas exploration, including locations, proponents, project status, fracking activities, depths, and chemicals used/proposed. The government declined to disclose chemical information due to commercial confidentiality.
AnsweredQoN 3903Legislative Council
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I refer to exploration activities for shale and ‘tight’ gas in Western Australia that are currently underway or approved to commence, and ask the following -
(1) What are all the locations in Western Australia that have been subjected to drilling for shale gas and ‘tight’ gas exploration? (please include, for each exploration lease title, the proponent’s name(s), the location and a description of the status of the project)
(2) What are all the locations in Western Australia that have been approved by the Government for drilling for shale gas and ‘tight’ gas exploration? (please include, for each exploration lease title, the proponent’s name(s), the location and a description of the status of the project)
(3) For each of the projects listed in the response to (1), please state by item, whether hydraulic fracturing, also known as ‘fracking’, has been conducted and to what depth?
(4) For each of the projects listed in the response to (2), please state by item, whether fracking is proposed and to what depth?
(5) For each of the projects listed in the response to (3), please state by item what chemicals have been used in the fracking process?
(6) For each of the projects listed in the response to (4), please state by item what chemicals have been proposed to be used in the fracking process?
(1) What are all the locations in Western Australia that have been subjected to drilling for shale gas and ‘tight’ gas exploration? (please include, for each exploration lease title, the proponent’s name(s), the location and a description of the status of the project)
(2) What are all the locations in Western Australia that have been approved by the Government for drilling for shale gas and ‘tight’ gas exploration? (please include, for each exploration lease title, the proponent’s name(s), the location and a description of the status of the project)
(3) For each of the projects listed in the response to (1), please state by item, whether hydraulic fracturing, also known as ‘fracking’, has been conducted and to what depth?
(4) For each of the projects listed in the response to (2), please state by item, whether fracking is proposed and to what depth?
(5) For each of the projects listed in the response to (3), please state by item what chemicals have been used in the fracking process?
(6) For each of the projects listed in the response to (4), please state by item what chemicals have been proposed to be used in the fracking process?
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Answered
21 June 2011
Responded by
Minister for Mines and Petroleum
Response time
35 days
(1) - (4) [See tabled paper no ]
(5) and (6) This information is held by the Department of Mines and Petroleum on a commercial-in-confidence basis and is unable to be disclosed. The Department uses all information supplied by proponents to determine whether additional conditions should be imposed upon a proposed activity. Any chemical solutions that are identified as being potentially harmful are not approved for use.
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(5) and (6) This information is held by the Department of Mines and Petroleum on a commercial-in-confidence basis and is unable to be disclosed. The Department uses all information supplied by proponents to determine whether additional conditions should be imposed upon a proposed activity. Any chemical solutions that are identified as being potentially harmful are not approved for use.
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