Digging deep: This is why a drilling rig has taken up residence at the tip

A DRILLING rig will be at the Bathurst tip for months as part of an ambitious project to increase the gas extraction at the facility.
Queensland company LGI says it will design, install, operate and maintain the expanded gas extraction system as part of a partnership with Bathurst Regional Council.
It will come about 16 years after council installed a methane gas flare at the tip to reduce the region’s carbon footprint.
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