Shell
Shell shutters Prelude LNG and delays Crux expansion
Shell has shuttered production from its giant Prelude floating LNG facility and delayed the Crux backfill gas project.
The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety oversees workplace health and safety in WA and NOPSEMA is responsible for offshore workers.
Shell
Shell has shuttered production from its giant Prelude floating LNG facility and delayed the Crux backfill gas project.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside's offshore workers may get a $50,000 bonus for working 12 weeks straight but unions claim the long stint is unsafe.
Woodside Petroleum
Woodside has heavily pruned its critical offshore maintenance teams leaving casual workers facing an uncertain future.
Inpex
Inpex is reducing its offshore workforce to tackle COVID-19 risk leaving casual workers not knowing when they will next have paying work.
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In 2007 WA lost 30% of its gas supply, and Apache Energy workers were lucky not to lose their lives, after a corroded gas pipeline failed and produced a gigantic explosion.
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Maintenance cutbacks and pressure to resume production made the Northern Endeavour oil vessel a dangerous place to work.
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Concerns about potential oil leaks caused the safety regulator to bar workers from an area of the MODEC Venture 11 floating production facility off WA for over a week.
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The State’s work health and safety laws will undergo a major revamp, streamlining three Acts into a single one more consistent with national legislation.
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In early 2017 Chevron's rush to ship the first LNG from the $US54 billion Gorgon project to meet its chief executive's deadline had disastrous consequences.