Coal seam gas company Arrow Energy fined $1m for breaching Queensland’s land access rules
Investigation began after discovery of deviated' wells drilled from neighbouring properties
The Queensland government has fined coal seam gas company Arrow Energy $1m for breaches of land access rules over four years, after an investigation into allegations the company drilled diagonally beneath farmland without notifying the landholders.
The fine is among the most significant non-compliance penalties ever issued to a resources company in Queensland. Groups that have raised concerns against the rapid spread of the coal seam gas wells in Queensland's farming communities say the penalty is a small start", but that landholders' rights to object to gas drilling must now be strengthened.
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