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

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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.

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

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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.

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 2nd 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 &

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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
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

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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.
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

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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.

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.

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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.

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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

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