The company announced today that it has submitted its decommissioning report to the government for its underground coal gasification pilot project at Bloodwood Creek.

The report, which details the safe and effective decommissioning of the site is a key step towards gaining ultimate approval for commercialisation.

Carbon is confident that the decommissioning process took place in an environmentally responsible manner and that it met the criteria of the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection.

The company is now working towards the completion of its rehabilitation plan for the Bloodwood Creek site, which it expects to lodge with the government by the end of September.

“We continue to work collaboratively with the Queensland Government and have been impressed with its commitment to our proposed gas project,” Carbon CEO Morne Engelbrecht said.

“One keyseam project of ten square kilometres would produce enough gas to supply Queensland’s requirements for 25 years, which would position Carbon Energy as a major gas provider for Queensland, presuming a positive outcome from this process.”

The company’s proposed commercial UCG facility would be built at the 1362-petajoule certified 2P syngas Bloodwood Creek reserve.