FrackFacts

August 23, 2023

Download the PDF version of this fact sheet Myth: “We’ve been fracking for years….” The risks of fracking are often downplayed by the gas industry and the WA Government with the rhetoric that ‘hydraulic stimulation has been used in the oil and gas industry...

August 05, 2022

Download the PDF version of this fact sheet What is the difference between conventional and unconventional gas? The difference between conventional and unconventional gas is the geology of the reservoirs from which they are extracted and which therefore require different extraction techniques to obtain...

April 05, 2021

Download the PDF version of this fact sheet What is fracking? Fracking is a mining process used to extract gas deposits from shale and tight sands rock formations deep underground. Fracking involves pumping large volumes of water, chemicals and sand into a gas well...

September 27, 2019

  Across the Mid West and Kimberley regions of WA there is currently a mad scramble by companies to develop new onshore oil and gas resources.  Many of the companies claim their developments are conventional and will not involve fracking. However these claims don’t...

December 08, 2018

WA Fracking Decision    1. It’s fundamentally unfair If fracking is not safe in the south-west and Perth, then it’s not safe anywhere. This approach divides Western Australia and creates two classes of people – those in the south and the Dampier Peninsula who...