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2012 Australia Oil & gas Project Summary

According to numbers by Pitcrew Management Consultants, Australia now has a total of 456 projects in the construction
pipeline with 272 of those already committed and/or under construction, with a combined value of $424b.
Another 184 projects are in the pipeline awaiting Final Investment Decision. Conservative estimations are that approvals
for at least $50-80b worth of additional project value will be announced in the next 12 months.
Of the total project pipeline (committed and uncommitted projects), the breakdown by state is:
Western Australia; 89
Northern Territory; 36
Queensland; 123
New South Wales; 94
Victoria/Tasmania; 53
South Australia; 61
The major commodities under development are coal, iron ore, liquefied natural gas and coal seam gas.
Whilst the operational numbers are significant, the immediate impact will be felt in the construction space with a peak of
250,000 required between 2013 and 2015. Thats up from the 75,000 currently employed in the sector. Even by the
second half of 2013, the construction demand is expected to have doubled.
Australia is producing fewer than half of its current annual engineering workforce needs.
According to Engineers Australia, even with Australian universities and TAFEs producing around 9,000 graduates annually,
Australia is still unable to provide a reliable domestic solution to key engineering shortages.
Over the past six years, more than one in 20 engineering projects did not proceed due to problems recruiting and
retaining suitably qualified engineers.
To further demonstrate the lightening speed of demand, 44,600 new jobs were added to the Australian resource sector in
the year to February 2012, increasing from 205,000 to 249,700. This increase cements the industry as the nations second
biggest provider of new jobs behind health and aged care.
Not surprisingly, the major gains were seen in Western Australia and Queensland which accounted for two-thirds of all
new mining jobs. New South Wales gained an extra 8,700, South Australia 3,100 and Victoria 2,000.
When you read about projects, most will cite large numbers which are inclusive of both the construction and operational
workforce. Whilst you will see many of the operators advertising for operational roles or expressions of interest in
preparation for major projects, the bulk of the jobs will be in construction and with smaller businesses supplying the works
or equipment.
When the general media talks about 10,000 jobs with Gorgon for example, around 2,000 of these are likely to be ongoing
operational and the remainder with suppliers or major contractors who are awarded work packages during the
construction phase. This applies to other projects.
When seeking opportunities to work on projects, the following is a guide:
Operational Roles
Will include Engineering, Technical, Functional Support (like HR, Supply, Finance etc) Trades and Operating
roles. Typically, employers/operators will seek candidates who are highly experienced in their area, obviously
qualified, and/or for operating roles, will ideally have a trade background. You will, however, see growing
opportunities for trainee positions for operating, and apprenticeships for trades.



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Construction Roles:
These will vary considerably and include all types of Engineering functions, including highly specialist Project
Engineers and Managers through to Labourers and Trade Assistants.
Work will be with major construction contractors like Monadelphous, Macmahon, NRW Civil and Mining, United,
Transfield Services, Thiess etc and generally provide a reasonable tenure on projects. These types of
organisations typically recruit all level of roles depending on the nature of the work package awarded.
Other work will come from smaller suppliers with very specific work packages. For example, work packages might include
the construction of the accommodation village where plumbers, carpenters and formworkers are required, or for diving
services, where only highly skilled and qualified divers are required.
When we blog about projects and who has been awarded work packages, we do so to offer information on what type of
work will be conducted and who then may be seeking people to complete that work. This facilitates your own research.
Following is links to information on specific oil and gas projects in Australia.
Western Australia:
BHP Billiton Macedon Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/macedon-project-western-australia
Browse LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/lng-precinct-browse-western-australia
Chevrons Gorgon Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/gorgon-project-western-australia-0
Chevrons Wheatstone LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/wheatstone-project-western-australia-0
Shell Floating LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/shell-floating-lng-project-western-australia
Queensland:
Curtis LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/curtis-lng-project-queensland
Santos Gladstone LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/santos-gladstone-lng-project-queensland
Australia Pacific LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/australia-pacific-lng-project-queensland

Arrow Energy LNG Plant Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/arrow-lng-plant-project-queensland
Northern Territory:
Inpexs Ichthys Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/inpex-ichthys-project-northern-territory
Papua New Guinea:
PNG LNG Project
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/png-lng-project-papua-new-guinea-0
In the coming months, we will provide a comprehensive overview of mining projects across Australia.
For an overview of major Queensland and Western Australian mining projects, click here:
http://www.theresourcechannel.com.au/blog/australian-mining-projects-2012-overview.

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Owner/Operator Companies
WA
Woodside Energy - First LNG producer in Australia since 90s
Chevron Australia - The largest holder of natural gas resources in Australia
Shell Australia World Number One in Oil & Gas
Nido Petroleum Focused on the offshore Palawan Basin, the Philippines
Total Australia Browse, Vulcan and Bonaparte Basins in the northwest
Tap Oil Interests in Australia and South East
Apache Corporation 2
nd
Largest operated volume producer in the Carnarvon Basin
Carnarvon Petroleum Projects in Australia, Thailand and Indonesia.
QLD
Santos One of the first Australian, projects throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific
Origin Energy Among top 50 ASX listed company Oil &Gas to Power and Renewable
ConocoPhillips Australia Third-largest Integrated Energy Company
QGC (BG Group) Owned by British Gas, focus on CSG in Queensland
Arrow Energy Owned by Shell & Petro-China , focus on CSG in Queensland
Tri-Star Petroleum CSG Projects in QLD and US
Across Australia & Overseas
ExxonMobil Australia (Esso) One of the Top 5 Oil & Gas Company worldwide
INPEX More than 70 projects in 26 countries Ichthys Project, Van Gogh, Bayu-Undan and Darwin LNG
Oil Search Papua New Guinea's (PNGs) largest oil and gas producer
BHP Billiton Petroleum Projects in WA, Victoria and recently Shale Gas in US
BP Australia One of top 5 Oil & Gas Companies worldwide
Australian Worldwide Exploration
OMV Australia Pty Ltd One of the biggest listed industrial companies in Austria, projects in Aus&NZ
ROC Oil Company Leading Independent Upstream based in Sydney
Bass Strait Oil Company Focused exclusively on SE Australia
Beach Petroleum Based in Adelaide with Operation in Aus, NZ, PNG, Egypt, Spain and Albania
Cue Energy Resources Projects in PNG, Indonesia, Aus & NZ
Eni Active in 77 countries
Magellan Petroleum Australia Onshore projects in Australia and the UK
Metgasco CSG projects in NSW
Mosaic Oil Projects in QLD, WA and NZ
Strike Energy Projects in Australia &
Stuart Petroleum based in SA with projects in QLD
Victoria Petroleum NL Projects in Cooper and Surat Basin
Construction Companies
(Alliance with Consultant for EPC/EPCM)
BECHTEL
Monadelphous
Clough
Technip
Aker Solution
Thiess
John Holland
Abi Group
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Foster Wheeler
McDonnell Dowell
Transfield Services
Leighton
Laing O'Rourke
WDS
EDE
GD Pipeline
Consulting Companies
(Alliance with Construction for EPC/EPCM)
GHD
Worley Parson
KBR
AECOM
Arup
auercon
HATCH
AMEC
FLOUR
SKM
SMEC
Tenix
UGL
FYFE
JACOB
Uhde Shedden
Coffey
Engineering Roles at Owner/Operator Companies:
e.g. Santos roles below
Reservoir Engineer
You will be responsible for the Reservoir/Petroleum Engineering management of a number of oil and/or gas fields in the
Cooper Basin. The role will involve developing and implementing Field Depletion Plans for your fields to maximise value. In
addition, you will develop annual production forecasts, recommend reserves updates and prepare documentation and
presentations for project approval and develop joint venture budgets.
You will be tertiary qualified in an appropriate discipline and have sound experience in reservoir/petroleum engineering
management. Experience in project leadership is desirable.
Completions Engineer
You will optimise the planning and implementation of cased hole sub surface work programs for Santos onshore oil and
gas wells. You will evaluate new work processes and the application of technology to improve the productivity and value
of the work outcome. The role will involve strict adherence to environment, health and safety requirements as well as
successful management of project cycle times, productivity and cost of work activities.
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With a Bachelor of Engineering, you will have experience in completions engineering plus related experience in other sub
surface engineering and operations disciplines such as drilling, stimulation, production and reservoir. Experience in surface
operations is desirable.
Drilling Engineer
You will provide engineering, design, planning and operational support for conventional oil and gas or coal seam gas
drilling projects onshore. The role is responsible for the continuous improvement of the drilling operation, including
environment, health and safety performance and the time and cost to drill wells. You have a continuous improvement
work ethic and will be constantly researching and implementing means to improve the productivity of the drilling
operation.
With a Bachelor of Engineering degree or equivalent, you will have sound drilling, engineering and operational experience
including sub surface engineering and operations disciplines, completions, stimulation, production and reservoir.
Senior Fracture Stimulation Engineer
A senior engineer, you will design, plan and execute fracture stimulation projects to maximise deliverability and reserve
development of our hydrocarbon resources. Key responsibilities include enhancing the Fracture teams productivity and
providing pre- and post-project fracture stimulation support to Exploration and Exploitation teams.
In addition to a Bachelor of Engineering, you will have experience in stimulation job design and optimisation together with
a solid understanding of reservoir engineering and oil and gas development principles, rock mechanics and geomechanical
concepts.
Staff Petroleum Engineer
You will be responsible for the reservoir/petroleum engineering management of a number of oil and/or gas fields in our
South Australian operations. The role will involve developing and implementing integrated FDPs for your fields, as well as
project managing development/delineation projects and monitoring scheduling activity, including compression projects.
With a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent, you will have solid petroleum engineering experience in a combination of
reservoir, production, drilling and completions disciplines
Machinery Reliability Engineer
You will provide technical support with a focus on machinery performance across Santos operational sites. This will
involve evaluations and recommendations for all mechanical rotating equipment and contributing to all stages of
equipment life cycle. In addition, you will support cross-functional Site Reliability Teams to enable sustainable reliability
performance.
With a Bachelor of Engineering (Mech), you will have sound experience in Reliability Engineering, preferably gained in the
hydrocarbon industry. The role will require travel to remote site locations for varying durations.
Mechanical Engineer
With a focus on safety and integrity related projects, you will provide mechanical engineering support to operations assets
and ensure improvement in asset management through the introduction of new technologies and programs.
With a Bachelor of Engineering (Mech) or equivalent, you will have experience in hydrocarbon production, refining or
chemicals including knowledge of pressure equipment and piping fabrication and welding processes. You will also have
materials/metallurgical experience with materials selection, failure analysis and corrosion mitigation plus an
understanding of NDT techniques.
Pipeline Engineer
You will support, develop and maintain programs to ensure the ongoing reliability and integrity of field pipelines and
associated equipment across our onshore assets. A key focus is integrity management of the Cooper Basin pipelines and
development of best practice risk-based programs.
With a degree in Engineering, you will be eligible for corporate membership of the Institution of Engineers Australia and
have experience in hydrocarbon production, refining or chemicals. Your knowledge will include: field pipeline fabrication,
installation, coating and inspection; cathodic protection; materials selection, failure analysis and corrosion mitigation of
pipelines. Regular travel and time in field operations environments is required.
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Production Optimisation Engineer
Partially field-based, you will be the senior production optimisation engineer for the Cooper Basin fields managed by the
Production Optimisation Team. Your main responsibility will be optimisation of the short-term management of the Cooper
Basin fields, acting as key production optimisation support engineer for field-based members of the asset team.
With a Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent, you will have sound petroleum engineering experience in a combination or
reservoir, production, drilling and completions disciplines.
Integrity Engineer
You will be responsible for developing and maintaining best practice, risk based integrity programs that assure the
ongoing reliability of pressure equipment across Santos operated assets.
You will also provide technical support to the operations on pressure equipment integrity management and materials
selections, and coordinate failure investigations and steward implementation of improvement recommendations.
With a Bachelor of Engineering, you will have experience within the hydrocarbon production, refining or chemicals
industry that would include in depth understanding of managing pressure equipment integrity in accordance with relevant
company standards.
Reliability Engineer, Power and Control Systems
You will provide technical support with a focus on performance of Power and Control Systems (P&CS) across Santos
operational sites.
Working as part of a team you will develop, monitor and continuously improve Reliability Management Plans for all P&CS
equipment and major rotating machinery. You will also be accountable for facilitating and stewarding failure investigations
and actions and initiating and monitoring Capital Projects to address identified reliability issues.
With a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronic or Mechatronic disciplines, you will have experience in industrial or
process Electrical and/or Instrumentation Engineering.
Plant Support Engineer
You will be responsible for monitoring and optimising plant performance to ensure preservation of plant capacities and
product splits.
You will identify and implement improvement opportunities and steward failure investigations to actively reduce process,
reliability and process safety risks. You will provide technical support and work closely with plant operations personnel.
With a Bachelor of Engineering preferably in Chemical disciplines you will have either operational or technical experience
within the oil and gas industry.
Field Support Engineer
You will be responsible for the identification and closure of gaps between facilities capacity and actual performance
including energy and machinery efficiency.
Within an operating field you will forecast field capability and using the management of change process, initiate and
implement required changes to improve facility performance. You will carry out monthly reconciliation of field
performance and use root cause analysis and production tools to develop improvement plans.
With a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical, Mechanical or Mechatronic disciplines you will have either operational or
technical experience within the oil and gas industry