Coal seam gas company pushes to drill hundreds of new wells at off-limits Queensland site

Arrow Energy is seeking to amend its environmental authority at Hopeland, where one of the state's worst contamination disasters occurred

A coal seam gas company has proposed drilling hundreds of new wells in an area the Queensland government previously declared off-limits after one of the state's worst environmental contamination disasters.

Arrow Energy, a joint venture between Shell and PetroChina, has lodged an application to amend its environmental authority for a petroleum lease at Hopeland in the western downs, which forms part of the company's Surat gas project.