Australian Gas Research

General Research

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NASA and Partners Testing Coal and Gas F-T Synthetic Jet Fuels at 100% and 50% Blend 2 February 2009
The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) and 11 other research groups, including researchers from the US Department of Defense (DoD), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are testing two synthetic jet fuels derived from gasified coal and natural gas using the Fischer-Tropsch process (Jet CTL and GTL).

Underground Coal Gasification – A clean indigenous energy option
UCG is a gasification technology that is well placed to meet high environmental emission standards and to provide lower cost carbon capture from the pre-combustion, high pressure gas which reaches the surface from deep coal seams.

Alberta to be site of $30-million experiment to turn deep (1000m +) underground coal into syngas
The Calgary Herald ^ | March 17, 2009 | Gina Teel

UCG-GTL.com
Underground Coal Gasification - Gas to Liquids

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Company Research

CNX - Carbon Energy - Dec 2008.pdf
Carbon Energy (CNX) is an emerging Australian gas producer. CNX is developing the processes and infrastructure to produce syngas by means of underground coal gasification (UCG). The company has successfully built a pilot production facility near Dalby in the Surat Basin (QLD) which has produced commercially attractive syngas. The major risk for CNX is geopolitical risk while other risks include key staff risk and the legal risk associated with future overlapping tenements.
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MPO - Molopo Australia Limited - Jan 2009.pdf
Molopo Australia Limited (MPO) is an Australian resources company involved in exploration, appraisal, development and production of unconventional gas. The company predominantly focuses on coal seam gas (CSG) with projects in Australia including New South Wales and Queensland, and overseas in the United States, South Africa and China. The qualitative analysis of Molopo highlights its strategy to have a diversified asset portfolio. Downside risks such as uncertainty in reserves and inefficient utilisation of cash have been considered in the company valuation. The company was valued using reserves multiple methods. In addition to this, the 12 month target share price also accounts for the possibility that Molopo is acquired by another energy firm.
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Research Notes

Australian CSG-UCG - January 2009.pdf
In recent years, Queensland has cultivated a coal-seam gas (CSG) industry, developing a few of the fastest growing companies on the ASX, such as Queensland Gas Corporation and Arrow Energy. Syngas (synthetic gas) production via underground coal-seam gasification (UCG) is an emerging method of extracting gas from coal-seams and is increasing competition for reserves in the region. As licences are granted and petroleum, gas and various mineral resources are acquired by companies, the issue of overlapping tenements becomes more apparent.
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International Gas -Russian and Ukraine - January 2009.pdf
In recent years, Russia has become one of Europe’s largest energy sources, largely through the supply of natural gas, which is used for electricity-production, heating and in industry. This natural gas is supplied to Europe through a vast network of gas pipelines which run out of Russia from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Caspian Sea in the south, spreading out across first Eastern then Western Europe. This network is critical to both Russia and Europe to ensure that the natural gas can be supplied quickly and efficiently from the supplier to the market. Due to the geographical layout of Europe though, many nations in Eastern Europe especially are not only clients of Russian gas, but are also required to permit gas to transit through their territory to other client nations.
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Australian Junior LNG - January 2009.pdf
The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry outlook is characterized as a very tight and dynamic market in the near future. This issue, despite being a concern for the market economy, opens opportunities for many LNG junior players as well as new entrants. This research is to provide some background on the current LNG market and to elaborate on the issues surrounding investment in LNG juniors. Then, it will explain implications for small players as well as investors.
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Coal Seam Methane in Eastern Australia
An in depth pdf detailing Eastern Australia's Coal Seam Gas boom