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CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Tuesday 28th August 2012
9.00 Chair: Opening Remarks from the Chair
Ralph Gunness, Field Environmental & Sustainability Manager, GLNG Project, Fluor
9.10 KEYNOTE: Outcomes of the Standing Committee on Regional Australia’s Inquiry into the Murray Darling Basin Plan
The Hon. Tony Bourke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (invitation extended)
9.50 Update: Underground Water Management Framework
- Amendments to the Water Act 2000 have enabled a new framework for managing the impact on groundwater from the extraction of associated water by the resources sector
- Outlining the methodology for assessing, monitoring and making good any impacts on underground water throughout Queensland
Senior Representative, Department of Environment Resources Management
10.40 Morning Tea
11.10 CASE STUDY: Brine Removal Technologies
> An analysis of the innovative process technology to remove the associated brine from CSG water and make saleable chemicals from the by-product
> Using water from several CSG projects, Penrice has conducted laboratory and small scale field trials, converting the dissolved brine in CSG water into saleable chemicals, namely sodium carbonate (soda ash), sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride (common salt)
Roy Doveton, GM - Major Capital Projects, Penrice Holdings
11.50 CASE STUDY: Water Management Concept
> Holistic approach to associated water management including collection, treatment, salt management, beneficial use and reinjection
> How does this concept achieve cost effective results
Karl Palos, Technical Director - Industrial Water, AECOM
12.30 CASE STUDY: Treating Water for Beneficial Use
> How a combination of membrane separation technologies is used to treat variable water quality for beneficial use
John Flynn, Sales Manager, Osmoflo
1.10 Lunch
2.10 CASE STUDY: Fairview CSG Water Management Plan
> How the CWMP is effectively managed in a sustainable, affordable and integrated basis in order to maximize beneficial use of CSG associated water
> Within the Fairview Project Area, approximately 25 megalitres of associated water is produced daily with the amount set to peak in 2013 at 39 ML/d – Santos intends to use two primary treatment mechanisms for this water: RO and Amendment
Shaun Davidge, Water Strategies, Santos
2.50 Relocatable and Packaged Water Plants for the CSG Industry
- Analysing the viability of mobile RO units for CSG exploration and development projects
- Outlining the technological advances in RO methods
Mark Nunn, Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies
3.30 Afternoon Tea
4.00 Hybrid Drilling Techniques
4.40 Recent Legislative Developments in Relation to the Transportation and Processing of Associated Water
An analysis on the recent legislative changes to the treatment of associated water and how this will impact business.
Johnson Lo, Senior Associate, Clayton Utz
Rebecca Carroll, Partner, Clayton Utz
5.20 Closing Remarks from the Chair
5.25 Networking Drinks
CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Wednesday 29th August 2012
9.00 Chair: Opening remarks from the Chair
Ralph Gunness, Field Environmental & Sustainability Manager, GLNG Project, Fluor
9.10 Keynote Update: Groundwater Developments and Issues
> An overview of the developments and challenges facing CSG and groundwater issues throughout Queensland
Karen Waldman, CEO, Queensland Water Commission
9.50 Outcomes of the National Water Commission's Discussion Paper on CSG
- What are the guidelines established by the '‘Potential local and cumulative effects of mining on groundwater resources' project to protect groundwater resources effected by the resources sector
10.30 Morning Tea
10.50 Mitigating the Environmental and Economic Cost of Associated Water
Ian Cameron, Manager, Water Management, Parsons Brinkerhoff
11.30 CASE STUDY: Kenya to Chinchilla Weir Pipeline
> The treated CSG water is from QGC's Kenya water treatment plant is being distributed by SunWater to farmers along the pipeline and within the Condamine River
> Consultation with landholders along the route of the pipeline and existing water allocation holders along the Condamine River have proved positive, with 100% of the water allocated to customers
> SunWater set out to provide a beneficial CSG water management solution for regional Queensland and this has been achieved with plans for other beneficial use schemes around the state proposed
Lisa Cecchi, Senior Project Manager, SunWater
12.10 The Growing Significance of Water Desalination in Oil and Gas Industry
- In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the use of desalination technology to produce "designer" water for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) or Chemically Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) projects
- This paper will demonstrate the significance of water desalination in Oil and Gas Industry and in particular for drilling, production, EOR, and in CSG extraction
Christopher Hertle, Global Market Leader, Water, GHD
12.50 Lunch
2.00 Risk Assessment Frameworks for CSG Groundwater Impacts
The talk discusses the current available knowledge on the CSG groundwater impacts and strategies for injection in the light of scientific literature. Examples are provided on how risk assessment frameworks and numerical models can be used to explore feasibility of injection into drinking water aquifers.
Dr. Leif Wolf, Research Team Leader - Land and Water, CSIRO
2.40 Soil Moisture Management
- The use of Sentek soil moisture sensors for analysis and management of soil moisture content in applications using CGS associated water. Paul Andrews, Regional Manager Asia Pacific, Sentek Technologies
3.20 Coping with Demand
- How are new technologies being developed to steam the exponential increase of CSG activities and the derivatives it creates?
Thomas Silverman, Senior Associated Hydrologist, URS Corp
4.00 Closing Remarks from Chair and Afternoon Tea
