Leigh Creek Energy (LCK) has completed 12 months of environmental monitoring at its flagship project in South Australia following the finalisation of its pre-commercial demonstration (PCD) operations.
The company has submitted the results to the Department for Energy and Mining for its review.
LCK announced last week that it had been granted approval by the Department for Energy and Mining for a petroleum retention licence (PRL) for the Leigh Creek Energy project (LCEP).
The PRL provides LCK with security of tenure, providing a direct pathway to a petroleum production licence (PPL), while also moving the company towards commercialising LCEP.
LCK reported that it completed operations for its PCD for in-situ gasification (ISG) at its Leigh Creek site in mid-2019.
Following the completion and shutdown of the PCD, the conclusion of 12 months of environmental monitoring confirms the company’s capability to manage ISG within the environmental boundaries approved in accordance with the Statement of Environmental Objectives (SEO) under the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000.
“LCK has met the requirements of the air quality monitoring plan and demonstrated compliance with the SEO, in particular the assessment criteria that regular air quality measurements indicate levels are below relevant health-based air quality criteria,” LCK outlined in an ASX announcement.
“We have committed to responsibly run our operations and the extent of monitoring undertaken has proved our capabilities in running ISG operations and confirmed the initial studies that the LCEP site is suitable for our planned commercial project development,” LCK managing director Phil Staveley said.
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