Transition Keynsham Frack Free Somerset Coalbed Methane CBM

Transition Keynsham Frack Free Somerset Coalbed Methane (CBM) Extraction Our concerns

The Situation – The Energy Crisis Global Energy Consumption is rising at an ever increasing rate. . .

• • Worldwide Oil & Gas reserves are peaking It will take more energy to extract than is returned in energy Soon demand will outweigh supply The UK is facing an energy shortage – It’s CRUNCH time!

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Deep Water Drilling Nuclear Power Mountain Top Removal

PEDL Licences (Petroleum Exploration Development Licences) Keynsham * *UK Methane & Eden Energy

Underground Coal Gasification Setting fire to coal while it is still in the ground

Schematic Geology of Conventional & Unconventional Gas Resources * ** *Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) & **Coalbed Methane (CBM)

Coalbed Methane Extraction process

What happens to the ‘Produced Water’?

CBM can progress to Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) To force out the last of the methane gas

Spread of Industrial Landscape across Somerset Chinchilla, Queensland

Eden Energy’s publicised Gas Assets in Bristol/Somerset area could equate to 2000+ Wells Based on amounts of CBM being extracted from ‘Dart Energy’s wells in Falkirk, Scotland Wells every 3 miles Connected by a network of pipelines

Disturbance for our community CBM extraction is a 24/7 Process In Keynsham there will be • Increased Heavy Vehicle Traffic • Noise • Loss of Greenbelt / Agricultural land It is also possible that there will be • • Spillages and Leaks leading to groundwater contamination Vibrations Damage to other industries; farming, agriculture & tourism Affects on house & property values If CBM spreads across Somerset we risk • Sites and Enclosures • New access Roads Leading to the division of the countryside and disruption of Wildlife Corridors

Unconventional Gas Resources in UK Estimate Recoverable Resources (2011) (UK gas consumption is around 100 bcm per year) Q. CBM and Shale Gas - will they keep the lights on? A. NOT FOR LONG!!

And what about Climate Change - and our Carbon Reduction Targets?