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From ABC news website:

Gas trial shut down over chemical concerns
Posted 1 hour 24 minutes ago

Map: Kingaroy 4610 The viability of underground gas production is being questioned with a pilot project in Queensland's South Burnett region ordered to shut down.

Cougar Energy is testing whether it can extract gas by burning coal seams underground at a plant near Kingaroy.

But the Environment and Resource Management Department says the company has reported traces of carcinogenic chemicals in tests on monitoring bores.

Department director-general John Bradley says farmers near the site are being asked not to use bores until further tests prove there is no more contamination.

"There is no risk to Kingaroy's town drinking water supply," he said.

Mr Bradley says contaminated water leaked into a creek at Carbon Energy's trial site in Chinchilla, while Linc Energy has reported high salt levels in water near their site on the Western Downs region.

All three companies have been ordered to review the environmental impact of trials.