Soil and/or Poor well planning groundwater and execution contamination (e.g., casing failure), hydrocarbon and chemical spills, well blowout, loss of containment Surface Hydrocarbon and contamination chemical spills, loss of containment, poor stormwater management Depressurisation Extraction of gas of aquifer Atmospheric rig, pollution machinery, equipment and vehicle emissions, flaring, venting, fugitive emissions Dust generation Preparation of well lease, vehicle travel on unsealed surfaces, wind erosion of well lease, soil ripping for rehabilitation Fire Ignition of vegetation during clearing or during flaring, well blowout and explosion, equipment and plant malfunction, bushfire/grass fire reaching site, refuelling Handling, use, Poor storage of transport and hazardous disposal of materials, poor materials and housekeeping, waste inadequate management procedures Ecological Disturbance to Vegetation loss of clearing for well vegetation and lease and/or fauna habitat access road, fire,
Soil and/or groundwater contamination Poor well planning and execution (e.g., casing failure), hydrocarbon and chemical spills, well blowout, loss of containment Surface contamination Hydrocarbon and chemical spills, loss of containment, poor stormwater management Depressurisation of aquifer Extraction of gas Atmospheric pollution rig, machinery, equipment and vehicle emissions, flaring, venting, fugitive emissions Dust generation Preparation of well lease, vehicle travel on unsealed surfaces, wind erosion of well lease, soil ripping for rehabilitation Fire Ignition of vegetation during clearing or during flaring, well blowout and explosion, equipment and plant malfunction, bushfire/grass fire reaching site, refuelling Handling, use, transport and disposal of materials and waste Poor storage of hazardous materials, poor housekeeping, inadequate management procedures Ecological Disturbance to loss of vegetation and fauna habitat Vegetation clearing for well lease and/or access road, fire,
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