Category Archives: Australia

At its foot, that is.  With a 12-bore shotgun. I’ve written before about Australia’s muddle-headed approach to developing its oil and gas reserves which has contributed to project costs spiralling out of control.  Faced with crippling skills shortages the Australian government, … Continue reading →

This time in Australia: WA Premier Colin Barnett was quoted in local media on Tuesday as saying he believed the environmental risks with [Floating LNG] were higher than piping offshore production to onshore infrastructure. “I don’t think it is safe … Continue reading →

Upstream Online reports on a project whose budget has been blown to the tune of $20bn: The paper cited … union demands, high-cost local manufacturing and productivity issues as the reasons behind the expected cost increase. Union demands?  Productivity issues? … Continue reading →

But this is the most amusing of all: Australia is hoping to capitalise on its high profile in the US following talk show host Oprah Winfrey’s recent trip down under to encourage Americans to invest in the resource rich country. … Continue reading →

Back in May of this year I wrote a post about the shortage of manpower the Australian oil and gas projects are going to face in the near future, and predicted that: [A]t some point the Australian government is going … Continue reading →