oil extraction university of queensland

Research themes The Centre delivers and facilitates interdisciplinary research through four broad themes that reflect the diversity of issues associated with the energy transition.

Metallurgy and minerals processing is devoted to scientific, engineering, and economic aspects of the preparation, separation, extraction, and purification of ores, metals, and mineral products

The initial work being undertaken by UQ SMI comprises the characterisation of mineralogy of the company’s Julia Creek shale post-oil

This assessment provides an overview of the industry, and the development and extraction of shale gas and oil resources, with a comparison with other forms of petroleum and natural gas

Australia’s oil, gas and energy industries play a key role in the economy, underpinning the economic performance of the transport, mining and agriculture sectors. As a Petroleum

His research group focuses on understanding the surface chemistry and reactivity of environmental materials such as biochar, iron oxides, bacteria, and clays, on developing

Mining activities account for 11.7% GDP (2025-2025), employ over 60,000 workers and contribute 81% of Queensland’s exports.15 Mining of coal and extraction of oil and gas are responsible

Queensland PESA president, Rachel Kieft, presenting thank you gift to Ray Johnson after the talk PESA Brisbane: Hydraulic fracturing update delivered

In this study, the oil extraction process from Australian native beauty leaf seed has been optimised in terms of seed preparation and cracking, seed kernel treatment, moisture

Media Release 22 December 2025 The Biodiversity Council has commended Queensland Premier Steven Miles’s announcement today of a ban on new oil and gas developments in the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin’s rivers and

About Grace is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Queensland. Grace completed her PhD at the University

The unoxidised oil shale resource of 1,798 Mt was estimated to average 63.5 litres per tonne of oil and 0.35% V 2 O 5 per tonne of ore (Whitcher, 1992). Additional test work and pilot plant studies to investigate oil shale

1 day agoUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Oil produced from shale reservoirs drove record crude output in the U.S. over the past decade, but inefficiencies in extraction often leave as much as

The University of Queensland's analytical and environmental equipment and services cover a wide range of fields, including chemistry, engineering and microbiology. UQ's internal offerings

Brine, produced as a by‐product of oil extraction, when contained in evaporation ponds can cause soil salinization in the vicinity of these ponds. Native halophytes may assist revegetation and

These management solutions may vary through the life of the operation, and will often differ between geographical areas. This is because of the differing geological characteristics of the

Dr Vlado Vivoda is a distinguished scholar and researcher with over 17 years of expertise in international relations, critical minerals, energy security, and strategic studies. His work addresses some of the most pressing global

A recent working paper from The University of Queensland's Centre for Coal Seam Gas (Garnett and Duncan, 2025), which sought to draw on extensive US experiences with

The demand for natural gas in Queensland, Australia has historically been supplied from conventional reservoirs. However, depletion in conventional sources has led producers to

Discover the essential steps and methods involved in the oil extraction process. Learn how oil is extracted, and refined, and its various applications.