Analysis Shows Australia Pacific LNG Exploration Wells have not had any Impact on Landholder Water Bores

Australia Pacific LNG has advised relevant landholders, the Queensland Government, Western Downs Regional Council and Maranoa Regional Council of the results of chemical analysis of samples taken from water bores on properties where exploration wells that have recently been hydraulically fracture stimulated in the Surat Basin, west of Miles.

Sampling has been conducted at the bores of landowners on whose property traces of BTEX were found in exploration wells. The analysis of these samples did not identify unsafe levels of any of these chemicals.

Due to the physical separation between the water bores and the fracture stimulated well, Australia Pacific LNG is confident the fracture stimulation operations undertaken on its exploration wells have not had any impact on landholder water bores.

Australia Pacific LNG has sought and received independent verification of this view. State Government regulator, the Department of Environment and Resource Management, has reviewed the analysis and has not raised any issues with this conclusion.

About Australia Pacific LNG

Australia Pacific LNG is a 50:50 joint venture between Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips which combines Origin’s 13 and ConocoPhillips’ 25 years of CSG experience, as well as ConocoPhillips’ 40 years experience in operating and developing LNG facilities. Australia Pacific LNG is already producing almost 40 per cent of Australia’s total CSG production to meet domestic market requirements. Australia Pacific LNG holds the largest CSG reserves in Australia.

APLNG’s project stretches from the Surat and Bowen Basins along a 450km pipeline to a site at Laird Point on Curtis Island off Gladstone. Origin is Australia’s largest integrated energy company and ConocoPhillips is a leader in the development of LNG projects internationally including the existing plant in Darwin, Australia.

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Source: Australia Pacific LNG, October 29, 2010