💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Stumbled Across Lots Of Indicators Of Coal Seam Gas Drilling Pads, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Wieambilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wieambilla</span></a>, QLD, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Australia</span></a><br />--<br /><a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/mB9KWHLw4tzfr4HK9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">maps.app.goo.gl/mB9KWHLw4tzfr4</span><span class="invisible">HK9</span></a><br />--<br /><a href="https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:374536/s4273623_phd_submission.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/</span><span class="invisible">UQ:374536/s4273623_phd_submission.pdf</span></a><br />--<br />A mate moved to Wieambilla, I was checking out their new town in Google Maps – and noticed all these drilling pads in close proximity to each other.<br />I have not worked as a geologist in Australia for 20+ years, so was not sure of the reason for them.<br />Looks like they are related to coal seam gas (CSG) mining, aka methane - and drilled before the ready advent of horizontal / drilling drilling (or cheaper to throw in a bunch of old school wells.)<br />The PhD submission linked above, although older, gave some good background.<br />It is a very distinct set of features on the landscape – and brought back a lot of memories of a variety of previous professional ‘lives.’<br /><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GIS</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>spatial</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mapping</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GoogleMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GoogleMaps</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/remotesensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>remotesensing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/imagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>imagery</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>queensland</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/naturalresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>naturalresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coalseamgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coalseamgas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CSG" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CSG</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/oilandgas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>oilandgas</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>extraction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drilling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drillingpads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>drillingpads</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fracking</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publichealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publichealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>coal</span></a></p>