The Queensland State government of Australia on 15 July 2011 ordered Cougar Energy to shut down its trial UCG plant near Kingaroy in Southern Queensland. The government took this decision after the company was found to have contaminated groundwater at the site with chemicals including benzene which can cause cancer.
The Kingaroy project is one of three underground coal gastification testing plants in Queensland which uses new technology to convert coal to gas using heat and chemicals.
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