Pumping groundwater relieves the pressure trapping the methane gas trapped in the coal seams. Other gas drilling might produce water, but not in the volumes that coal-bed methane extraction does.

The researchers emphasize the need for an intelligent system that can provide real-time insights into the strength of coal and rock masses using data collected during drilling operations.

Farmers near a coal seam gas ... will have their water supplies tested for toxic benzene and other chemicals today after Origin Energy found contaminated water near drilling sites.

The Commission has just released a report that suggests more than 500 water bores on properties across the Queensland's southern inland will be affected by the coal seam gas industry. The report ...

A longtime congressional critic of the oil and gas industry said Monday that there may be a place for expanded offshore drilling and a long future for coal in ... from deep-water Gulf of Mexico ...

“The administration says it is simply trying to enforce new safety rules adopted in the wake of the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling ... in shallow-water permits, and what ...

Apex Energy had let lapse state government approval to drill 16 exploratory CSG boreholes ... even walk as a safeguard for the city's drinking water. The Department of Planning and Infrastructure ...