The Blog

The Blog enables Australian Resource Sector Employers and members of our Expert Panel to communicate information about jobs, projects, sites, awarded contracts, terms and conditions, career tips and advice, and on a range of other topics that can't always be shared on traditional career websites and print advertising. As a job seeker, this enables you to keep abreast of movements and opportunities in the industry.

Update on The Argyle Underground Project

 

The $1.865bn Argyle Underground Project is a 60Mt underground extension of the existing open pit operations, The block cave mine extends the life of the Argyle mine out to at least 2019.

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By David Malkin, Recruitment Superintendent - Project Recruitment at Rio Tinto on 28 Jun 10
TAGS: Managerial, Professional, WA

From high heels to hard hat

Perth’s Challenger Institute of Technology is now offering a unique opportunity for women to begin a rewarding career in civil and structural engineering.

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By Jody Elliott, Director at The Resource Channel on 28 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, Student/Graduate, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, WA

Why your Resume must match the Job

We happen to work in an industry that on the one hand experiences great challenges with the lack of experienced and skilled candidates available, but on the other hand attracts a significant volume of applicants interested in joining the sector and who have no experience. 

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By Jody Elliott, Director at The Resource Channel on 26 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, ACT, Managerial, NSW, Professional, NT, Student/Graduate, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Brierty secures $25m in new contracts

Civil contractor Brierty Ltd has secured four new contracts to deliver civil construction services to industrial and residential land development projects in Western Australia.

The projects, totalling $25m, have commenced with the revenue contributing to FY11.

Three of the new contracts are with Landcorp to fast track the readiness of industrial land in the Pilbara region to meet the needs of businesses servicing the oil and gas and mining sectors.

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By Jude Mahony, Manager - Human Resources at Brierty Limited on 19 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, Professional, WA

Rig simulator opened in Brisbane

The School of Petroleum Engineering at the University of New South Wales has been providing well control training and assessment to oilfield professionals through the National Drilling & Well Control Program (NDWCP) since 1997. The Program is a joint venture between the School and the International Association of Drilling Contractors - Australasian Chapter (IADC-AC) and is managed by School.

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By Jody Elliott, Director at The Resource Channel on 17 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, NSW, Professional, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, SA, WA

Expressing your interest - some advice

With a number of projects moving through the approvals process, you will begin to see increasing calls for ‘Expressions of Interest’.  In the past year alone, INPEX, Gindalbie Metals, Otway Gas Project and Xstrata have all advertised for Expressions of Interest, and currently, on The Resource Channel you will find opportunities to lodge an Expression of Interest for a wide range of professional/technical and blue collar roles for Santos’ Gladstone LNG Project.  

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By Jody Elliott, Director at The Resource Channel on 13 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, ACT, NSW, Professional, NT, Student/Graduate, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

A bit about Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG)

With many traditional oil and gas reserves drying up, the industry is looking at new, previously uneconomical fields and methods of extraction. Tight gas, sour gas, and coal seam gas projects have commenced, as well as stranded gas;  deposits of gas that whilst significant don’t warrant the construction of a large scale onshore LNG facility. Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) is becoming increasingly accepted as a realistic potential way of reaching and monetising these stranded reserves.

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By Teagan Criddle, Manager, Integrated Services at Energy Resourcing on 12 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, ACT, Managerial, NSW, Professional, NT, Student/Graduate, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Oil and Gas activity in Malaysia

Malaysia is a country rich in natural resources including minerals, agriculture and, of course, petroleum. The Malaysian petroleum industry overtook the tin industry in the 1970’s as the country’s greatest resource. It was reported in 2008 that the country had proven oil reserves of 5.357 billion barrels and currently produces about 750,200 barrels of oil and 5 billion cubic feet of gas per day.

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By Nicole Kirwan-Ward, Group General Manager at Energy Resourcing on 12 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, ACT, Managerial, NSW, Professional, NT, Student/Graduate, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, SA, TAS, VIC, WA

Oil and Gas Project Update and a clue to where the jobs are.......

Whilst Liquefied Natural Gas production is the hot ticket for Western Australia, there is no doubting that Coal Seam Gas is the hot ticket for Queensland, with both sectors anticipated to create around 80,000 jobs in construction and operational jobs in the next five years.

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By Jody Elliott, Director at The Resource Channel on 01 Jun 10
TAGS: Blue Collar, National, ACT, Managerial, NSW, Professional, NT, Student/Graduate, QLD, Trainee / Apprentice, Other, SA, TAS, VIC, WA