Queensland has 98% of Australia's reserves of coal seam gas. Gas is produced and extracted through wells drilled into the unmined coal seam. Coal seam methane gas production started in 2002. They are similar to coal seam fires and peat fires. He was protesting against plans to build a coal seam gas pipeline. Strip mining exposes coal by removing earth above each coal seam. They impart permeability to the coal seam. No accurate count of coal seam fires has been completed in Indonesia. It was the first well drilled to test the late Permian coal seam gas play. Commercial recovery of coal seam gas (CSG) began in Australia in 1996. There is a strong debate surrounding coal seam gas (CSG) drilling and hydraulic fracturing. A coal seam gas field has been proposed for the Narrabri area. As overburden conveyor bridges, they transport the overburden which lies over the coal seam. Its sole function was to remove the earth and rock overburden from the coal seam. On Origin's website Darren is investigating the coal seam gas industry for himself.