How can we be sure a Banjar-Panji style incident won’t occur in the Gunnedah area?
It is important to remember that while the cause of the Banjar Panji incident in Indonesia has not been determined and remains subject to investigation, the geology of East Java is very different to that of the Gunnedah Basin and the two situations cannot be compared. Landowners have drilled hundreds of water bores in the Gunnedah Basin – and coal miners thousands of coal bore holes – all with no incident that relates to a Banjar Panji situation, or any evidence of over pressuring in these wells. Santos has drilled over 2,500 wells onshore Australia over the last 40 years without any incidents that have caused any environmental or property damage.
