中国石化新闻网讯 据海外媒体12月4日休斯敦报道,澳大利亚的北部地方政府4日表示,他们计划将在下周开始对水力压裂的影响和可能的风险进行调查,在调查完成前水力压裂实践在北部地方将继续被禁止。
油气资源丰富的北部地方新当选的中左工党政府在9月份作出禁止水力压裂作业的决定,水力压裂技术是否开禁将取决于此次调查的结果,而调查的重点是这种非常规油气钻井技术是否危害农田和土著住地。
包括Origin能源公司和Amour能源公司在内的公司在这个地区拥有勘探探区。这个地区还吸引了包括南非萨索尔和日本Inpex在内的国际公司。
今年年初,涉及用高压把水、化学品和沙子注入地下的水力压裂技术在澳大利亚南部的维多利亚州被禁止。
澳大利亚政府在一份声明中说,10人小组将在8日开会来决定调查的时间框架。
行业团体曾表示著名的研究发现水力压裂实践是安全的。
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原文如下:
Fracking inquiry in Australia to start next week
WENews.com/December 4, 2016/Houston
Australia's Northern Territory government said a planned inquiry into the impact and possible risks of fracking will begin next week, and the practice will remain banned until it has been completed.
The resource-rich Territory's newly elected centre-left Labor government banned fracking in September pending an investigation into whether the unconventional oil and gas drilling technique harms farm land or Aboriginal sites.
Companies including Origin Energy and Armour Energy, hold exploration acreage in the region, which has also attracted international firms including South Africa's Sasol and Japan's Inpex.
Fracking, which involves high-pressure injections of water, chemicals and sand into the ground, was banned permanently in Australia's southern state of Victoria earlier this year.
The 10-person panel will meet on Dec. 8 and determine the time frame for the inquiry, the government said in a statement.
Industry groups say reputable studies have found the practice is safe.