Gorgon/barrow island LNG project

[BLACKVE]

One of Australia's biggest projects

http://www.chevronaustralia.com/ourbusinesses/gorgon.aspx

I've put a application in for the project, heaps of guys at work worked at the darwin LNG project and recon it was great work(boilermakers/welders).

Mates brother is over at barrow island atm plumber at $55hr + penaltys not bad considering he's normally on $23.

Any others on the forum looking at this project???? Heard that thay might FIFO from all over australia they need 3000+ people.

[hsv364]

Depending on what you do ?

construction rates are good

work rosters are no good

I have several mates working there , both in the drilling and construction side !

[KPWISHN]

I've put a application in for the project, heaps of guys at work worked at the darwin LNG project and recon it was great work(boilermakers/welders).

I worked (surveyor) at the LNG plant in Darwin for a couple of years. Was a great place to work. Lived in a good city with all the normal things one requires, home every night with the family and still got great pay. Gorgon/ Barrow island are a bit more isolated but will still give great pay. Just depends what ratio you like being in the middle of nowhere to being at home. Most of these projects do 4 weeks on and one week off. One week on and one week off in mining sounds better to me.

[BLACKVE]

Depending on what you do ?

construction rates are good

work rosters are no good

I have several mates working there , both in the drilling and construction side !

Boilermaker/welder, more intrested in the plant costruction pipework side of things


I worked (surveyor) at the LNG plant in Darwin for a couple of years. Was a great place to work. Lived in a good city with all the normal things one requires, home every night with the family and still got great pay. Gorgon/ Barrow island are a bit more isolated but will still give great pay. Just depends what ratio you like being in the middle of nowhere to being at home. Most of these projects do 4 weeks on and one week off. One week on and one week off in mining sounds better to me.

Yep there's no guarantee it's great work(guys recon darwin was awesome job), moved 6 months ago in to shipbuilding BORING!!!! heaps of guys worked on the subs here and that was great work(not talking $$$$$ more job intrest etc) but building a ship isn't doing it for me.

[Plenty]

$55 an hour there is much better money to be made in Karratha Port Headland etc to go there for $55 and hour, my estimates would be around $65 and hour to work there, roster is 26 on 9 off for the construction, only confirmed contracts are Leightons and Theiss camp has now been made larger so camp contract will take about 3 years of work, construction of the LNG train, wharf and tanks alot longer!

[white lie]

I agree with above, construction rates are always good but the rosters certainly aren't very friendly, especially if its your first FIFO gig and you've got a family that isn't used to it. It's all good and well if you're a young single bloke chasing the big pineapple, but if you've got a family and are commuting over east every break, just remember you'll only end up with about 5 days at home a month, 2 days easily get chewed up with flights.

[Evman]

I've been working on Woodside's Pluto Project in and offshore from Karratha/Dampier a fair bit this year and if the Pluto Plant is anything to go by then Gorgon is going to be an incredibly frustrating place to work. On the plant there are double and triple standards all dependant on which company you work for and everyone preaches safety but when it comes down to it there is a lot of unsafe acts occurring and reoccurring. Same goes for the environmental side of things. There's no doubt Gorgon will be worse (as in more difficult) on the enviro side of the page given it's on Barrow Island. They've already had a massive investigation into why a turtle got killed when it was sucked up into a dredging barge.

The Pluto platform is great though :)

[Plenty]

Even eastern staters will get their full 7 days off as it is a 9 day of schedule so included a day either side for travel. I have worked on Pluto LNG as well safety and enviro standards are second to none, for someone with no commitments ie. young family wife etc FIFo is just awesome but beware as in my case a young family will make it very very hard, i hate it more and more each time i'm away.

[ssute57]

Even eastern staters will get their full 7 days off as it is a 9 day of schedule so included a day either side for travel. I have worked on Pluto LNG as well safety and enviro standards are second to none, for someone with no commitments ie. young family wife etc FIFo is just awesome but beware as in my case a young family will make it very very hard, i hate it more and more each time i'm away.

Have to agree mostly with the guys. Yep we work 26 on and have 9 days off. Living over east I get 7 full days at home.

The money is good, the camp is OK. Some of our guys have moved into the new fly camp and there are lots of problems there with it. It is still a constuction zone so there is a massive amount of dust around. You will generally set off the smoke alarms when you have a shower or use your deoderant. Room availability is also a big issue. I and alot of other guys have to wait nearly 3 months just to get on the island after our 2 weeks of training. Some people live on the good ship Finmarken 6km off shore and some also fly in and out of Karratha every day as well.

It is a very frustrating job because of all the rules and regulations that are in place. It can take at least 3 months to get a container of gear onto the site at the moment, but they have been moving lots of accommodation modules onto the island for installation.

It's still early days. Still lots of earth moving to be done, so it will be quite a while before the main package starts.

Cheers

Andrew

[BLACKVE]

It is a very frustrating job because of all the rules and regulations that are in place.

Cheers

Andrew

Heard that from mate. Are they paying for flights east or just to perth??? Guess it depends who your working for

[Plenty]

I believe alot of the accomodation issue arises from the ship being partly condemnded for poor quality facilties!
In my opinion everyone will be so hung up on Gorgon that the rest of the sites like PLUTO 2 will pay more in the end.
Just don't think it's going to be all it's cracked up to be!

[jkgmh]

We are waiting to see if we are awarded the Civil package on the project.

Don't like the chances of getting up to 1000 people in peak period to go there. 26 and 9 roster with 13.5 days, 0.5 day off then 12 days then 9 days off.

I don't know how they can get away with a 13.5 day fortnight for the first part of the roster :confused:

Also the accomodation camp will be fenced off and you can't leave it unless you are going to work or going off the island.

No fishing, swimming or surfing on the island. The oil guys have been allowed to for 40 years so that is going to be interesting to see how the rules change.

Oh and don't forget your allowance of 4 cans of midstrength per day, in 1.5 hours of wet mess time......

Really appealing work conditions................NOT

[deanobhoy]

I've been working on Woodside's Pluto Project in and offshore from Karratha/Dampier a fair bit this year and if the Pluto Plant is anything to go by then Gorgon is going to be an incredibly frustrating place to work. On the plant there are double and triple standards all dependant on which company you work for and everyone preaches safety but when it comes down to it there is a lot of unsafe acts occurring and reoccurring. Same goes for the environmental side of things. There's no doubt Gorgon will be worse (as in more difficult) on the enviro side of the page given it's on Barrow Island. They've already had a massive investigation into why a turtle got killed when it was sucked up into a dredging barge.

The Pluto platform is great though :)

We supplied the accomodation block here for Pluto

http://www.ecoconnection.com.au/images/tlq.jpg

[motomk]

Is Maersk Discoverer related to all this? or is that Evman?
Certainly Barrow is a bit busier at this end but then nothing compared to Karratha and the Iron Ore triangle on a Tuesday morning!

[Evman]

We supplied the accomodation block here for Pluto

http://www.ecoconnection.com.au/images/tlq.jpg

:lol: Such a small world. That accommodation block us due to be removed this month :( Back to microwave meals, no TV and dialup speed internet next time I'm out there :(

Moto, I've been up and back and all over the shop for about 2 years now :)

[Plenty]

We supplied the accomodation block here for Pluto

http://www.ecoconnection.com.au/images/tlq.jpg

i think you mean for Gorgon? This photo is at the prefab yard at Henderson?

[ssute57]

Heard that from mate. Are they paying for flights east or just to perth??? Guess it depends who your working for

Yeah they pay for all flights and my night stay in Perth back to site.

Andrew

[bigtown]

The Maersk Discoverer Has nothing to with Gorgon Project as it is drilling and contracted to Woodside (The Gorgon is Chevron). It is moving up to the Pluto field after the current hole it is drilling of Exmouth. The way to go is to get into the offshore construction. You will generally work equal time 28on 28 off and we have just had a 18% payrise!

[brentonsav]

im inland on an iron ore mine and LNG is more money that what's out here. big project, big money.

word on the street is it will blow out from $43b to $90b.

i really like my job now but if for some reason the company fell over, i would go hunting for work out there.

[Evman]

i think you mean for Gorgon? This photo is at the prefab yard at Henderson?

Nope he means Pluto. That's the TLQ temporary accommodation block on the Pluta Alpha platform ;)

[motomk]

The Maersk Discoverer Has nothing to with Gorgon Project as it is drilling and contracted to Woodside (The Gorgon is Chevron). It is moving up to the Pluto field after the current hole it is drilling of Exmouth.

I see, it is quite a way out for the "whirlybird" to go but then I guess it is similar to the distance of the North Rankin from Karratha.

[boyley]

Just spent 8 months FIFO Onshore Pluto Project and all I can say is it's a tough slog being away from the family for 28 day stints. When I was younger I didnt GAF and just got pissed every night with the boys but when you get older your prioritys change (SS ute in garage :p)

So yeah I reckon Gorgon will be a slog but the money is good so that will alleviate the pain somewhat, there was talk guys were getting $150/ day extra to share a donger, not bad if youre into that sort of thing

[lyle]

yep thats right, 150 a day extra for shared accomodation,

[the big fist]

i think you mean for Gorgon? This photo is at the prefab yard at Henderson?

Yes thats the complex at henderson. See the big crane in the background, awesome.

[WIKED]

The company I work for has the land transport contract for Gorgon and they need a few more roadtrain drivers.
I just have to weight up if it's worth the move over but I guess everybody else is in the same boat there.

[APCLB]

Anyone know about the LNG from Chinchilla Qld to Gladstone? Im hearing this is going to go off in a big way next 12mnths? Gas line being built now & apparently the coal side of things,it will be bigger than Kal......
Anyone got info on Chinchilla?

[Brendan]

Don't forget the PNG LNG projct has just been funded and will kick off shortly.

http://www.pnglng.com/opportunities/employment.htm

[motomk]

Going everywhere at the moment! Discoverer, Jack Bates and finally something to the Pluto Alpha.

[happy1]

My daytime job is engineering of the next project after Gorgon...
So far this year the consultant company I work for has spent approx 70.000 hours in an office in Perth, doing calculations and studies to figure out how the equipment will look like. After another 70.000 hours we will probably know the design details ;)

[FITZY777]

Hey Paul, I skipped a we bit through your thread.

But (assuming you are a a single man with no kids) why not.

Fiddy an hour + penalties on top of a 38hr week (that I think Hawky's govt secured for Aussie workers) , let's say $4k in the hand every week.

You could almost buy a 2 bedroom shanti after 3 years. With cash.

If my condom hadn't of broke 4 times, I'd be there as a TA in a flash.

[bonners]

I reallywould like to get on this in the engineering side of it. I had a FIFO deal to Brisbane when I worked in Pt Hedland on Boodarie 10 years ago. I essentially doubled my wage in doing the secondment.

[Ridin-High]

Just reviving this thread here for a quick question.

Just inregards to woodsides pluto project. I was reading woodsides 3qtr report and they mentioned pluto is 94% complete and should be online early 2011. Can anyone on the ground working on that project confirm that things are on schedule for that projects completion. Also their has been some more talk of cost blow outs again, can anyone make comment on that?

Any other comments about woodside love to hear


Regards,

RH

[Vanman]

apparently the flair tower wasn't designed to withstand a strong cyclone and had to be redesigned. Bare in mind it's already built

[Evman]

I can't really comment on too much really but the platform is ahead of schedule and has been for a long time, despite a few hickups here and there. The plant is a whole different ballgame, and yes the flare tower is not cyclone rated :doh:

Edit:

As far as cost blow outs, could well be but I don't know about any of that stuff. Woodside is going to make an absolute shite load from this either way so don't worry :) There's plenty more in the "pipeline" for Woodside too ;)

[Ridin-High]

I can't really comment on too much really but the platform is ahead of schedule and has been for a long time, despite a few hickups here and there. The plant is a whole different ballgame, and yes the flare tower is not cyclone rated :doh:

Edit:

As far as cost blow outs, could well be but I don't know about any of that stuff. Woodside is going to make an absolute shite load from this either way so don't worry :) There's plenty more in the "pipeline" for Woodside too ;)

Cheers for the replys fellas, good to here from some people on the ground.