Queensland Energy Resources
- Queensland Energy Resources
Queensland Energy Resources Limited (QERL) is an Australian oil shale mining and shale oil extraction company with the headquarter in Brisbane. It is a developer of the Stuart and McFarlane oil shale projects.
History
Queensland Energy Resources Limited was formed in 2003 to operate the Stuart Oil Shale Project. In February 2004, it purchased the assets of the Stuart Oil Shale Project from receivers of the project's former developer, Southern Pacific Petroleum N.L.[cite paper]
title = Survey of energy resources
publisher = World Energy Council
date = 2007
pages = 104
url = http://www.worldenergy.org/documents/ser2007_final_online_version_1.pdf
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-08-17] [ The plant was shut down on 21 July 2004 because of economic and environmental reasons.][cite web]
url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/shale-oil-victory
author=Greenpeace Australia Pacific
title=Victory: shale oil project collapses
date=2004-07-21
accessdate=2007-07-20] [ On 14 August 2008, Queensland Energy Resources announced that it has shunned the Alberta-Taciuk Processor (ATP) oil shale processing technology in favor of the Paraho II technology and that the ATP technology-based pilot plant is being dismantled, and obsolete components are being sold.][cite news]
url=http://www.ogj.com/display_article/337050/7/ONART/none/DriPr/1/Queensland-oil-shale-project-still-in-the-wings/
author=Rick Wilkinson
title=Queensland oil shale project still in the wings
publisher = Oil and Gas Journal
date=2008-08-14
accessdate=2008-08-15] Operations
Queensland Energy Resources holds mining tenement rights to several oil shale deposits in Australia. Two major resources are located near Gladstone and Proserpine, Queensland. It owns also pilot plant facility in Rifle, Colorado, used for testing oil shale from its deposits.
References
External links
* [http://www.qer.com.au/ Company website]
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