Gas Extraction in Upper Austria: Opportunities and Challenges for ADX Energy's Test Drillings

People › Other ♦ Published: September 12, 2024; 16:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

The planned natural gas extraction in Upper Austria is causing controversy. While the Australian company ADX Energy sees gas as a contribution to national energy independence, environmentalists warn of the ecological and climate policy consequences of new fossil fuel projects.

The test well in St. Georgen is not the first ADX activity in Upper Austria, as a previous well was drilled in Molln near Kalkalpen National Park. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons, Christoph Waghubinger, CC BY-SA 3.0 Austria

In the Upper Austrian municipality of St. Georgen im Attergau, in the district of Vöcklabruck, a major natural gas test well is about to be drilled. ADX Vie, a subsidiary of the Australian exploration company ADX Energy, has announced that it will begin drilling at the end of September, as reported by ORF. The project,…

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