I am a land owner that has been directly effected by the CSG boom. In fact, they are out there right now preparing the site.

So what do you know about it and, where did you get your info from?

Of cause I have only delt with one company, so my position will be bias to some degree.

rehctub,
Tell us what is your view and why you hold such.

I think better places exist to get informed opinion than here.
And that while we should be aware of some very disturbing out comes, in America.
It will be inflated by both sides and biases will come in to it.
Given our failure to get any agreement on Climate change/ tax/ costs my view is we will do no better here.
I am finding in my trips to market days people from every side of politics, are trying to recruit me, to protest.
I am not yet prepared to do that.
Some of the claims against it are fantasy's.

Fracking and earth tremmor are linked , known sinse 1966. The US has confirmed it. Normally oklohoma would get 50 tremmors a year, last 12 months 1050 tremmors. Blamed on fracking.

Philo, I will get to your point, but first, 579 fraking in not used by all miners.

Now, back to my views.

I think we are caught between a rock and a hard place, whereby our governmentS, rather than pile money away for a rainy day, have gone out and wasted countless billions on failed projects, cost blow outs etc, knowing full well they had the mining boom to replenish thier slush funds should this idea also go pear shaped, much like many of those before hand.

So her we are now reliant on the income this industry produces, while knowing full well science is not ther to either prove, or disprove it's effect, or potential effec on the environment.

That said, it is my view that this industry is one of the most regulated and monitored industries whereas having the environment in mind.

As for where they can extract gas, well it is also my view that prime farm land, and any land of significant interest should be complete no go zones an, if the miners wish to extract the gas, by all means do so, but not by drilling from above.

Put simply, find another method or leave it alone.

Water table
In my area, western downs region, the water table, aquafa is about 60 to 200 feet below, whereas the gas water is more like 850 to 1200 feet below and between them is sold rock.

While some say our water may be contaminated and we can no longer farm, they must remember" they don't own the water, yet they hav had free rein over it for years.

Land owners rights.
As a LO you buy land, pay rates and maintain your land with no assistance from governments, yet, they can steal your assetts from under you without question.

I don't think we ha heard the last of this.

For the record, our share of the royalties, as LO is ZERO!

I hope I have not bored you belly!

the important difference is when you first bought
or got your land..seems that pre 1913..you owned all the land
plus what is under it..that right still stands..

for the others govt 'own's'..it
or rather holds custodial feasance over it
but heck...the thing is govt calls installing pipelines and ports
infastructure spending..[its actually building the pipelines and ports..and all the scum does is polute the water..and drill a hole]

the govt cost isnt even recoverd by royalties

take a hint...search for alan jones at the press club..[last weeek?]
he said the berst brief on the topic i ever heard on anything

there should be some link to that at his web site

anyhow best of luck
did you watch mondays 4 corners