Source of toxic BTEX chemicals likely focus of dual inquiries

By Peter Hannam
Updated January 28 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 5:42pm
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester.  Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester.  Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester.  Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester.  Photo: Ryan Osland
Toxic discovery: a pilot coal seam gas well in Gloucester. Photo: Ryan Osland

The source - rather than the presence - of toxic BTEX chemicals in flowback water extracted from AGL's coal seam gas wells will be the likely focus of the dual inquiries by the NSW government.