traded as asx cxy industry coal founded 1994 1994 headquarters melbourne australia key people rob neill ceo and managing director len walker executive director and founder of cougar energy products coal syngas electricity subsidiaries cougar energy uk ltd cougar energy ucg pty ltd cougar energy pakistan private limited cougar direct invest china limited website www.cougarenergy.com.au cougar energy limited former names pinnacle mining nl and pinnacle vrb limited 1 2 3 is an australian energy company specialized on underground coal gasification and electric power production by produced syngas . in addition to australia the company plans underground coal gasification projects in the united kingdom india pakistan china and mongolia . 4 chief executive officer of the company is rob neill . 5 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 incidents 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was established in 1994 as pinnacle mining nl . on 5 june 1998 it changed its name to pinnacle vrb limited . 1 in 2006 the company acquired cougar energy pty ltd. 6 after merger the company changed name to cougar energy limited on 16 february 2007 . 1 operations edit cougar energy has a licence agreement with ergo exergy technologies for utilization of the underground coal gasification technology developed by ergo exergy . the main underground coal gasification pilot project developed by cougar energy is located near kingaroy queensland . the first syngas at kingaroy pilot plant was produced on 16 march 2010 . 7 8 when starting commercial scale production the company plans to use produced gas at the proposed 400 mw kingaroy power plant . 9 other projects include the underground coal gasification plants at wandoan queensland the surat basin and latrobe valley victoria in australia and at the thar coal field in pakistan . cougar energy has also signed memorandums of understanding with essar oil and exploration for cooperation in india and with inner mongolia qi de investment co. ltd. for cooperation in china . 10 plans for its first commercial underground coal gasification project in indonesia are progressing under an agreement with its strategic partner pt medcoenergi mining . this will initially involve the development of a 30 megawatt power plant using ucg gas as feedstock . citation needed conventional coal assets situated in bowen and surat basins are subject to government approvals to be placed in the wholly owned subsidiary kandoman resources . kandoman resources will hold cougar s wandoan and mackenzie coal tenements in queensland . citation needed incidents edit on 16 july 2010 the kingaroy pilot plant was temporary shut down after traces of benzene and toluene were detected in groundwater monitoring bores . 11 12 however the level of hydrocarbons in the water was 95 % lower than australian drinking water guidelines . 13 two readings analysed by the independent testing laboratory also proved to be false and provided incorrect results . copies of these mistakes were contained in further independent reports provided by cougar energy to derm who subsequently acknowledged and accepted the findings . cougar energy has initiated two legal actions in queensland seeking damages for the closing down of the kingaroy plant as well as orders to permit the re opening of operations at the plant . 14 15 see also edit carbon energy linc energy references edit a b c cougar energy limited cxy . investogain australia . retrieved 2013 01 16 . cougar energy limited . credit risk monitor . retrieved 2013 01 16 . cougar energy limited . constructionsite . retrieved 2013 01 16 . cougar energy signs mou for ucg projects in china and mongolia . oilvoice . 2009 12 14 . retrieved 2010 07 31 . cougar energy appoints new ceo & managing director . oilvoice . 2012 06 24 . retrieved 2013 01 16 . yeo bevis 2006 07 05 . pinnacle ventures into coal gasification . upstream online . nhst media group . subscription required . retrieved 2013 01 16 . cougar energy update on ucg pilot project at kingaroy in queensland . oilvoice . 2010 04 27 . retrieved 2010 07 31 . cougar to ramp up ucg process down under . cougar energy . downstream today . 2010 03 16 . retrieved 2010 07 31 . evans damon 2008 06 10 . cougar set to raise cash for coal vision . upstream online . nhst media group . retrieved 2010 07 31 . china ucg joint venture announces first project pdf press release . cougar energy . 2010 05 31 . retrieved 2010 07 31 . lewis josh 2010 07 16 . ground water carcinogens shut down cougar . upstream online . nhst media group . retrieved 2010 07 31 . lewis josh 2010 07 19 . test results positive for cougar . upstream online . nhst media group . retrieved 2010 07 31 . lewis josh 2010 07 20 . cougar suspends trading . upstream online . nhst media group . retrieved 2010 07 31 . hobbs andrew 2012 02 07 . cougar moves on appeal . upstream online . nhst media group . retrieved 2013 01 16 . lewis josh 2012 02 07 . cougar sharpens claws for legal battle . upstream online . nhst media group . subscription required . retrieved 2013 01 16 . external links edit official website cougar energy google finance cougar energy fact sheet australian stock exchange website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cougar energy & oldid 705675614 categories coal companies of australianatural gas companies of australiapower companies of australiacompanies listed on the australian securities exchangekingaroyhidden categories pages containing links to subscription only contentall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated 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