(UQ) technical expertise and cutting-edge research in unconventional gas resources, like coal seam gas, has attracted the attention of the single largest importer of liquefied natural gas in the world.
The Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) will today sign a five-year agreement with UQ to foster research collaboration and for UQ to provide employee training and consultancy services in advanced coal seam gas technology.
UQ Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research), Professor Max Lu, said the Memorandum of Understanding would further enhance the 聂小雨视频3分25秒鈥檚 extensive research activities in coal seam gas extraction conducted by UQ鈥檚 Schools of Chemical Engineering and Earth Sciences.
鈥淭his agreement with KOGAS recognises that UQ has international expertise in unconventional gas, both upstream resource exploitation and in downstream liquefied natural gas processing,鈥� Prof Lu said.
鈥淯Q is in a strong position to provide industry with new insights and ideas for better utilising gas reserves and developing new technologies and this agreement will pave the way for further research and development in coal seam and shale gas,鈥� Professor Lu said.
KOGAS Research and Development Division director and vice-president, Dr Kim Young-Doo, said the corporation believed the agreement would enhance the corporation鈥檚 current research and development program in sustainable energy systems.
鈥淲e are confident that the collaboration between KOGAS and UQ will provide fruitful outcomes for many years,鈥� Dr Young-Doo said.
鈥淭he agreement will provide cooperative research opportunities in developing clean energy and will give KOGAS staff access to world鈥檚 best practice training in advanced coal seam gas technology.鈥�
Head of the UQ School of Chemical Engineering, Professor Paul Lant, said the agreement would make Queensland, which is already a world leader in coal seam gas production expertise, an international hub for research and development of new technologies.
鈥淲e have conducted some of the world鈥檚 most extensive research into understanding the way fluids flow through coal seams and their dynamic influence on coal reservoir properties,鈥� Professor Lant said.
UQ is currently heading up a number of projects to better understand the dynamics of coal seam gas reserves and increase the efficiency of methane extraction from coal. These include using carbon dioxide or flue gas to drive out more methane from the coal seam or using microbes to manufacture more methane from the coal itself.
The key UQ experts in coal seam gas technology who will work with KOGAS are Professor Joan Esterle, Professor Sue Golding, Professor Victor Rudolph and Dr Paul Massarotto.
Media: Professor Victor Rudolph (07 3365 4171 or v.rudolph@uq.edu.au) or Kathy Grube from UQ communications (03 3346 0561 or k.grube@uq.edu.au)
