group industry energy headquarters brisbane australia area served worldwide key people anthony nunan managing director products natural gas parent bg group website www.qgc.com.au qgc pty limited 1 previously queensland gas company is part of the international bg group which was created in 1996 . qgc is one of the largest of several australian coalbed methane companies developing methane reserves within the bowen and surat basins of queensland . the company has an estimated value of around a 13 billion . anthony nunan is the current managing director for australian operations and leader of the qgc management team . bg group acquired queensland gas company in november 2008 . 2 contents 1 operations 2 environmental protests 3 references 4 external links operations edit coal seam gas extraction within the surat and bowen basins of queensland australia forms the basis of the company s main operations . qgc is constructing a coalbed methane liquefaction plant on curtis island off the coast of gladstone in central queensland . the company is building a 540 kilometre 340 mi 42 inch 1 070 mm diameter pipeline from miles to gladstone making it the longest buried pipeline of its type in australia . 3 work has been delayed after qgc was found to have contravened state environmental laws . 4 about 20 % of queensland s natural gas was produced by qgc in 2009 . 5 the company has a gas plant called kenya which is located near tara queensland . 6 three coal seam gas fields lauren codie and kate are associated with the kenya plant . 7 leakage testing conducted in april and may 2010 found more than half of the wells in these gas fields were leaking extremely low level concentrations of methane . 7 environmental protests edit in 2011 bob irwin the australian environmentalist and founder of australia zoo was arrested after protesting against qgc and refusing to obey an order from police to move on . 8 this was part of a long running protest by tara protestors to disrupt the gas infrastructure being forced on them without their consent . 9 abc s four corners current affairs program did several investigative reports on what has been described as the great australian land grab and the environmental dangers of coal seam gas . references edit asic national names index . bg group history 2008 . bg group . retrieved 25 june 2011 . 16 july 2008 . bechtel to build curtis lng plant . gladstone observer . 24 march 2011 . qgc stops work on surat basin gladstone gas pipeline . industry search . who we are . queensland gas company . retrieved 25 june 2011 . georgia waters 6 june 2011 . leaking csg wells no threat minister . brisbane times . fairfax media . retrieved 25 june 2011 . a b investigation report leakage testing of coal seam gas wells in the tara rural residential estates vicinity pdf . department of employment economic development and innovation . 2010 . p. 4 . retrieved 25 june 2011 . 12 april 2011 . steve would have been proud bob irwin says after arrest . brisbane times . fairfax media . john mccarthy 10 august 2010 . tara residents blockade queensland gas company to stop seismic testing . the courier mail . news queensland . external links edit official website v t e energy in queensland proposed power stations archer point coopers gap crows nest mount emerald kennedy energy park coal callide collinsville gladstone kogan creek millmerran stanwell tarong north tarong gas kerosene barcaldine braemar condamine darling downs mackay mica creek mount stuart oakey phosphate hill swanbank e major hydro barron gorge kareeya somerset wivenhoe minor hydro koombooloomba tinaroo wivenhoe small hydro wind farms thursday island windy hill list of wind farms solar power stations cloncurry windorah companies energex ergon energy erm power qgc senex stanwell corporation tarong energy cs energy agl energy origin energy powerlink queensland envestra lumo energy click energy regulators department of mines and energy queensland competition authority 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