Metgasco有限公司是一家位于悉尼的天然氣勘探公司。該公司于周一聲稱：公司在澳大利亞New South Wales州Clarence Moreton盆地Northern River地區的工廠基本停工。這部分業務為勘探許可證16、13和426所覆蓋的全部業務。
公司名下的兩口煤層氣油井已經停產，并且土地復原費用低于公司預算。當地居民同意公司進行土地復原工作，而Metgasco公司已經將相關文件上交給NSW州政府，后者已對工地進行了檢查。目前，公司正等NSW州政府發放177,873美元（236,000澳元）的土地復原公債。
與此同時，Metgasco已經售出工地，并且以所得資金購買了一項價值約188,350美元（250,000澳元）的電站項目，而且部分鉆井設備和材料已被售出，其余設備被運往Brisbane工地。Casino辦公部和儲備設施已經停運，并且Northern Rivers地區的公司職員已被解雇。
Metgasco公司同意在2015年年末搬離NSW州，并將NSW州政府告上法庭以獲得1890萬美元（2500萬澳元的補償費）。
Metgasco 公司在新聞發布會上表示：“公司計劃在上半年內找到新的機會，因此我們將會繼續在油氣行業探索具有吸引力的新商機。Northern Rivers地區工廠的停產工作已經高效完成，因此管理層和董事會會把精力集中于進行新的業務拓展上?！?span style="color: #ffffff;">石油圈原創www.h29736.cn
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Metgasco Ltd., a Sydney-based conventional and unconventional natural gas exploration firm, reported Monday that the shutdown of its Northern Rivers’ operations in the Clarence Moreton Basin in New South Wales (NSW), Australia covering its 100 percent stakes in petroleum exploration licenses (PEL) 16, 13 and 426 is nealry complete.
The firm decommissioned the remaining two coal seam gas (CSG) wells and the land rehabilitated at costs lower than budgeted. Metgasco has submitted documents indicating landowners’ acceptance of the rehabilitation work to the NSW Government and the latter has inspected the sites. The company now awaits the NSW Government’s release of the $177,873 (AUD 236,000) bonds associated with the operations.
Meantime, Metgasco has sold the land purchased for a power station project for around $188,350 (AUD 250,000), while the equipment and materials held for future drilling has been sold, with the remainder moved to a Brisbane site until the sale process concludes. The Casino office and storage facility has also been closed and employment of Northern Rivers staff has been terminated.
Metgasco agreed at the end of 2015 to withdraw from NSW operations and court action against the NSW Government in return for $18.9 million (AUD 25 million).
“The Company will continue to seek attractive new business opportunities within the oil and gas sector with the aim of securing the first opportunity within the first half of this year. With the close down of the Northern Rivers acreage effectively complete, the focus of the management team and the Board is solely on new business development,” Metgasco said in the press release.
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