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Dr Damian Barrett says gas emitting from a water bore on a cattle station is likely to be naturally occurring.

Posted November 08, 2016 07:36:37

CSIRO research director for onshore gas Dr Damian Barrett says it is quite common for methane gas to leak from water bores.

Source: ABC Rural | Duration: 9min 15sec

Topics: oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, water-pollution, water-management, environmental-health, mining-rural, beef-cattle, daly-waters-0852, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800

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