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QGC Pty Limited (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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BG Group History 2008 )〕 ==Operations== 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 , diameter pipeline from Miles to Gladstone, making it the longest buried pipeline of its type in Australia.〔(16 July 2008). (Bechtel to build Curtis LNG plant ). (Gladstone Observer).〕 Work has been delayed after QGC was found to have contravened state environmental laws.〔(24 March 2011). (QGC stops work on Surat Basin, Gladstone gas pipeline ). (Industry Search).〕 About 20% of Queensland’s natural gas was produced by QGC in 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Who we are )〕 The company has a gas plant called Kenya, which is located near Tara, Queensland. Three coal seam gas fields Lauren, Codie, and Kate are associated with the Kenya plant. 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「QGC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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