OPERATIONS BULLETIN ISSUE #34 SEPTEMBER 2019

IN THIS ISSUE... Prizes up for grabs for students with winning STEM pitch

Positive change in Miles

Beach clean-up on Curtis Islands coastlines

Local supplier portal launch OPERATIONS BULLETIN Issue #34 September 2019

PRIZES UP FOR GRABS FOR STUDENTS WITH WINNING STEM PITCH

Prizes up for grabs! The 2019 Future Makers STEM Awards are now open. The winner will receive a $500 voucher, STEM prize pack and show their work at the World Science Festival Brisbane in 2020. Visit www.futuremakers.org.au/awards

Calling all Western Downs and students Katrina Mullin, Production Excellence Manager at Shell’s QGC with big ideas to solve some of today’s greatest challenges. business, said the awards were a great way for students to get an The 2019 Future Makers STEM Awards have opened, and understanding of what a career in STEM could look like. the winner will have their idea displayed at World Science “Students will need to use problem solving and creative thinking to Festival Brisbane in Chinchilla and Gladstone next year. develop their innovative ideas, skills that are needed for the jobs of Students need to research and identify a local problem in their the future”, Ms Mullin said. community that focusses on one of the four award categories of “People with STEM skills are in demand and work across exciting Environmental, Recycling, Natural Disaster or Health and use their projects. The awards are a way for students to showcase their knowledge of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) ideas and gain insight into the possibilities of a job in STEM”. to showcase the issue, pitch the idea and show how they did it. The awards are now open for submissions and close Friday 11 There are two categories across each region, one for students in October 2019. Students can find out more about the awards and Years 5 and 6 and one for students in Years 7, 8 and 9 and the first how to apply by visiting www.futuremakers.org.au/awards. prize recipient will receive a $500 voucher, a STEM prize pack and the opportunity to showcase their work at the World Science Festival Brisbane in 2020. Other great prizes are up for grabs.

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POSITIVE CHANGE BEING ACHIEVED IN MILES

Miles State School principal Steve Bennett is already seeing great results from his daughter’s involvement in the Health-e-Regions telehealth program funded by Shell’s QGC business.

Steve Bennett is uniquely placed to “We decided to participate in the “We are getting some really good understand the impact the Health-e- program as a way of supporting child outcomes. We are seeing kids able Regions telehealth program is having development and we have noticed to socialize better, being able to across the Miles school community. an increase in the number of students communicate better, it all adds up. presenting with speech and language Steve is not only the principal at Miles “People have commented on an overall issues in recent times,” Steve said. State School, he’s also the parent of one improvement in our child’s ability to of the 12 school students that are currently While Health-e-Regions is just one part of communicate with her peers, teachers taking part in the program. the school’s holistic approach to speech and other staff. She is becoming and language for students, Steve said more confident, more social and Health-e-Regions is a partnership between it was an important one because of its more capable in the classroom. She Shell’s QGC business and the University accessibility. actively socialises and her friends of ’s Centre for Online Health. can understand her which makes for “The program provides levels of access It links students at schools in Miles, a positive experience and sense of to speech pathology services that may , Chinchilla and Tara to health wellbeing.” not otherwise be possible for our students specialists at UQ in Brisbane – providing and their families,” he said. them with access to one-on-one support through telehealth. “Students who may not have had access to therapy outside of school due At Miles the focus is on improving speech to cost, travel time and distances are and language, while other schools now receiving one-on-one support and also access occupational therapy and therapy.” audiology testing.

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WANDOAN’S GREEN TRANSFORMATION 1770 FESTIVAL BENEFITS FROM SHELL’S QGC COMMUNITIES FUND

The 1770 festival has received an upgraded stage thanks to $40,000 from the Shell QGC Communities Fund. Pictured are Project Manager Wayne Hartfiel, Shell QGC Social Performance Advisor Marilyn Steel and 1770 Festival Event Manager, Debbie O’Flaherty in front of the new stage.

Performances at this year’s Gladstone region 1770 Drought-ravaged Wandoan State School is about to have a transformation thanks to the funding from Shell’s QGC Communities Fund for the Greener Ovals project. festival were able to benefit from a new extension to the stage at the festival’s home, From brown and dusty to green and “Without this fund we wouldn’t be able the SES grounds. lush – the Wandoan State School to achieve what we are going to achieve sporting ovals are on the verge of a this year,” P&C president Greg Zillman Shell’s QGC Communities Fund provided $40,000 to Discovery remarkable transformation. said. Coast Tourism and Commerce to The region’s drought has left the fields dry, “It’s getting harder and harder to construct an 8x4 metre extension with the school unable to afford the cost of fundraise in small towns. It is possible but to the 1770 community stage. for a project of this size we needed funds irrigation. The project has improved the to help get us over the line.” For the students who play on the ovals, safety, security and functionality prickles and burrs are common-place. Greg says the Greener Ovals Project of the facility and offers cost However, most students avoid the oval will be finished by the end of 2019. As savings in running events such as altogether. They stick to a small patch of a past student and parent, he can’t wait the Captain Cook 1770 Festival, Agnes Blues and Rock Festival. grass, about the size of a netball court, to see the kids running around on the which is irrigated. school’s ovals enjoying their sports. Discovery Coast Tourism and Commerce (DCTC) President That’s all about to change thanks to the “They’re excited as,” he said. Amber Rogers said the Greener Ovals Project. “I always get approached and asked improvement to the community For two years the school’s P&C has been when’s it going to be finished by the asset would benefit the whole working to make the project a reality. It school’s kids and they’re absolutely community. provides access to water from Western stoked with it and I can’t wait to see them “Accessing grants like the Shell Downs Regional Council’s water treatment all fall over on the green grass and have QGC Communities Fund allows plant to keep grass growing. a bit of fun. us to host more events for the community,” Ms Rogers said. The council is on board, but installing “It also benefits the wider community tanks, pipes, pumps and laying turf at the and tourism and allows us to run other school costs a lot of money. events at the school, so that we can become more dependent on fundraising This prompted the P&C to apply for ourselves.” funding through last year’s round of the Shell’s QGC Communities Fund. They were successful, and the assistance has been crucial to making the Greener Ovals Project a reality.

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transformation she’d seen since arriving CAMELS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND MUSIC in Tara for the festival. “When I first got here, I was amazed at how much a tiny town it was, and then it turned into this,” Sally said. She also said she didn’t expect to be greeted by a team of expert scientists as she went through the entrance. “It’s awesome. The first thing I thought was, I wish my grandson was here. He’d stay here all day in this tent. “Just look at their faces (of the kids), every single one of them is so interested.” Shell’s QGC business sponsored the Tara Festival of Culture and Camel Races and took along the Shell Questacon Science Circus to entertain the 10,000 visitors at the event. She did have one regret, though. There wasn’t enough time to spend at the Shell Camels, culture, science and music. Housed at the Shell’s QGC business tent, QGC tent. She had a busy day of sheep They don’t ordinarily go hand in the Shell Questacon team engaged the shearing, whip cracking and country hand, but they were all celebrated young (and not so young) in all things music performances to look forward to. by more than 10,000 people at the science. The aim: to captivate and inspire That’s what keeps people coming Tara Festival of Culture and Camel them to consider the possibilities that a and why the tenth edition of the Tara Races. science-related career can offer. festival of Culture and Camel Races is Shell’s QGC business is not just a sponsor Sally Bates is from Culburra Beach, the biggest yet – there’s a little bit of and supporter of this event, we also took on the New South Wales south coast. something for everyone. the Shell Questacon Science Circus team However, she spends most of her time We’ll see you at the next festival in 2021! on the road to entertain crowds with travelling around with her dog exciting science experiments. Pepsi. Sally said she was amazed by the

SUPPORTING LOCAL CAFE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS The uniforms arrived just in time for the festival and allowed Karen to move on her next big project. “That boost of money coming in for us is just huge,” she said. “I’ve had all these things I wanted to get done before the camel races. I’ve wanted to get new uniforms and new paintwork done out the front and things like that. It’s just made it possible.”

A small catering contract with Shell’s QGC business means big things for the Tara Café. The new uniforms Karen has been running the Tara purchased from another local business is just the start for Tara Café owner Karen Brauer. Café for 25 years and has always tried to buy local, because she’s seen Tara Café owner Karen Brauer said the The Tara Café had a brand-new look the impact it can have across many positive impact of this contract had been at this year’s Festival of Culture and businesses. Camel Races. felt across many Tara businesses. That’s why it’s so encouraging for her “You don’t realise how much of a roll-on This year, the café’s staff were decked out to see larger companies purchasing effect it has when you support one local in brand new uniforms. And it’s all thanks services locally. to a small catering contract with Shell’s business in town, because I was getting QGC business. my bread from the local bakery and milk “We know that we deliver a great from the milkman,” Karen said. service and we were able to share The café recently delivered food to the benefits with other local businesses, Karen used the extra money coming into hundreds of workers as they finished shifts which is great for us and great for the café to purchase new staff uniforms during the recent shutdown of the Jordan the town.” processing plant. that were “desperately needed” from another local business, The Modern Trend.

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LAUREN’S PATHWAY TO A NEW CAREER

Dalby’s Lauren Hirning is just eight months into her traineeship as a gas plant operator with Shell’s QGC business, but couldn’t be more excited about her future career. Last year Lauren, 20, successfully applied for the QGC Pathways Apprenticeship and Traineeship Program. She’s now started a Certificate 3 in Process Plant Operations and she’s getting hands-on professional experience in the natural gas industry. Lauren, who is currently working at the Ruby Jo Central Processing Plant, said the opportunity she’d been given had changed her life. “I applied because the job was in a Dalby’s Lauren Hirning is getting hands-on experience with Shell’s QGC Pathways Apprenticeship and field that is thriving with great career Traineeship Program for her Certificate 3 in Process Plant Operations. prospects. “The extent of what I have learnt and “This would be an opportunity that could the kick off continue to learn each and every day is take me all over the world, but I would be their career in the natural gas industry, amazing. just as happy staying right here in my own learning on the job while completing a backyard where I grew up.” nationally-recognised qualification. “My goal now is to hopefully get a permanent position as a gas plant The Pathways Program, introduced in operator. 2017, has seen 22 people from across

NEW JOB BRINGS POSITIVE CHANGE FOR BRITTANY

When it comes to work, Brittany “I’ve always done simple admin or reception Mailman has a motto she lives by - work and have never really expanded my “The only way to do great work, is knowledge or skills outside of that,” Brittany said. to love what you do.” “So, when I was considered for this role, I was Which is why Brittany’s so happy to have excited, as I could take on something a little secured a job she loves at MPC Kinetic in different.” Chinchilla. Brittany’s main focus is now on health on safety Since March, Brittany has been working as and being responsible for interpreting training a project administrator at MPC Kinetic after requirements and working with managers being helped into the role by Indigenous to deliver on these commitments, as well as Workstars, a company specialising in managing the company’s training and safety the placement of Aboriginal and Torres databases. Strait Islander people into meaningful She says she’s loving the change and is already employment. considering what career opportunities lie Brittany, a proud Bidjara woman, is one ahead. of 110 people placed by Indigenous “I’ve only been with the company for a few Workstars through its partnership with Shell’s short months, but I believe I have gained more QGC business, of which MPC Kinetic confidence, determination, communication has been a long-term contractor delivering skills, the ability to work in harmony, problem- Shell’s QGC Indigenous Workstars program pipework for Shell’s QGC business. secures another placement for Brittany Mailman at solving skills and loyalty,” she said. MPC Kinetic in Chinchilla. Brittany is one of 110 This new job is a big change for Brittany, people placed by Indigenous Workstars through “I look forward to the excellent opportunities who is taking on more responsibility than its partnership with Shell’s QGC business. MPC Kinetic will provide me.” she’s previously had.

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BETTER RESOURCING SCIENCE TEACHERS RSEA SUPPORTING INDIGENOUS TRAINEES

Our five trainees taking Shell Australia Vice President East Tony Nunan announced the new online learning resources portal for teachers in Queensland. The interactive platform is funded through the Future Makers partnership between Shell‘s QGC part in the Western Downs business and the Queensland Museum Network. Indigenous Careers Program received brand new PPE gear Teachers in Queensland can now They can then download comprehensive courtesy of RSEA Australia. access interactive learning resources resources that give them expert tips and The Western Downs Indigenous directly linked to the curriculum, thanks outline engaging activities to involve their Careers Program provides to the Future Makers partnership. students in science experiments. employment and training for local The new online portal is an interactive The online platform builds on the other Indigenous Australians. The program, way for teachers, and the wider public, work that has been happening in Future delivered with MIGAS, supports five to access resources from Queensland Makers, which also delivers professional trainees who are placed with Shell’s Museum Network (almost 800,000 are development workshops for teachers QGC business contractors Decmil, available!). in the Western Downs and Gladstone Easternwell, MPC Kinetic, Corbets regions. and Western Downs Civil. The aim of the portal is to better equip teachers to engage more students, which Future Makers is a partnership between RSEA jumped at the request to will lead to better science outcomes. Shell’s QGC business and Queensland support the program, generously Museum Network. donating two full PPE uniforms for The portal allows teachers to search by each of the trainees. school year and subject, such as biology, The online learning resources can be chemistry, physics and earth and space. accessed here: learning.qm.qld.gov.au/

BEACH CLEAN-UP AND MARINE DEBRIS SURVEY ON CURTIS ISLAND’S COASTLINE A team of nine enthusiastic and back to countries in Asia, for example to clear our local waterways and beaches of engaged from Shell’s QGC business branded lids from water bottles not sold in rubbish and noxious vegetation. employees recently spent a day at the Australia. Shell’s QGC volunteering formed part of the beach removing marine debris from All items were sorted into specific ReefClean five-year project of which CVA and a 2.5km stretch of coastline on the categories and recorded in the Australian Tangaroa Blue are active members. ocean side of Curtis Island, near the Marine Debris Initiative (AMDI) Database small island township of South End. developed and managed by the Tangaroa It was a great opportunity for the volunteers, Blue Foundation. The data was entered who work at our LNG plant on Curtis Island, to into a growing bank of information that is demonstrate their passion for the environment, analysed to assist with working on solutions by scouring the beach and sand dunes, to stop the flow of litter at the source. removing over 2200 items of rubbish. The clean-up was facilitated by the The items ranged in size from small fragments Gladstone branch of Conservations of plastic to a large water storage container. Volunteers Australia (CVA), an organisation that regularly conducts volunteer events Shell’s QGC employees who work on our LNG plant The origin of some of the waste could be traced on Curtis Island spent a day cleaning up 2.5km stretch of Queensland coastline. 7 OPERATIONS BULLETIN Issue #34 September 2019

SHELL’S QGC STEPS UP TO THE BLOCKS FOR WESTERN SUBURBS SWIMMING CLUB IN REVAMPED PREQIP PROGRAM FOR “In the past two years the façade of the pool has changed significantly” Wests committee GLADSTONE-REGION member and coach Beccy Desertiaux said. INDIGENOUS “With QGC coming on board, they can STUDENTS see we are a club with a very strong future and are helping us with some additional funds for those minor projects we need to finish off.” QGC Social Performance Advisor Marilyn Steel said Shell QGC supports community groups in a variety of ways. Shell QGC Social Performance Advisor Marilyn Steel, Western Suburbs Swimming Club coach Beccy “Sometimes it’s larger grants through Shell’s Desertiaux and some of the young swimmers, lend a hand in upgrading the club’s facilities. Shell’s QGC QGC Communities Fund where people business donated $3,000 to the swimming club for their get up to $40,000. Then there’s smaller upgrade works. amounts of money and this one has come through our sponsorships and donations GLADSTONE program, which give smaller parcels of money to groups, like here for example, to Shell’s QGC Pathways trainees Maddison Petrie and Tre McKenzie with Organisational Shell’s QGC business in Gladstone top up a grant they’ve already received.” Development and Learning Supervisor Joseph stepped up to the blocks to support the de Jonckheere talked to Indigenous students at Western Suburbs Swimming Club. The The club has also replaced the surface of the PREQUIP information night in July. club received $3,000 via Shell’s QGC the pool, replaced the pump and chemical sponsorships and donations program to closing unit and put in solar panels with The revamped PREQIP upgrade essential equipment. the help of State Government and the program for Gladstone-region Gladstone Regional Council. Indigenous students was launched at an information night in late July. Developed in consultation with GLADSTONE’S LNG INDUSTRY GETS BEHIND Traditional Owner groups, NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATIONS schools and the community, the new program is based on an individualised career development NAIDOC is celebrated not only in and case management model. Indigenous communities, but by Australians It aims to improve academic from all walks of life. engagement, achievement and In Gladstone, the LNG industry supported attendance at senior school and NAIDOC Week by funding a joint LNG prepare students for the transition Industry Picnic Day to help increase into higher education, training or awareness in the broader community of employment pathways. the status and treatment of Aboriginal and Shell’s QGC business Pathways Torres Strait Islander Australians. trainees Maddison Petrie and Gladstone’s LNG industry supports Tre McKenzie with our Organisational Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander jobs Development and Learning Supervisor for the future by investing in programs Joseph de Jonckheere talked to which develop employability skills such Indigenous students at the PREQUIP as leadership, communication, planning, information night. teamwork, resilience, and problem solving The PREQUIP is designed for Shell’s QGC Pathways Trainees showcasing their artworks as well as Indigenous trainee programs. depicting their personal journeys for NAIDOC week. Year 10 Indigenous and Torres Shell’s QGC Pathways Trainees completed Strait Islander students in the NAIDOC Week celebrations were held artworks depicting their personal journeys Gladstone region and proudly across Australia in July to celebrate the for NAIDOC week. The multi-media works supported by Shell’s QGC history, culture and achievements of included carvings and paintings displayed business. For more information Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander in Shell QGC’s Gladstone shopfront visit eqipgladstone.com.au/. peoples. during NAIDOC week.

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SURAT BASIN

This section features information about activities in our natural gas development areas that cover more than 4,900 square kilometres and span from south of Tara to north-west of Wandoan.

WELL SITE PROJECT PERRETTS ROAD Western Downs Regional Council INSPECTIONS GOOG-A-BINGE will commence sealing of Perretts A team of 50 operators inspect each of Project Goog-a-binge, the latest Road, 300m north of the Bundi Road QGC’s more than 3,000 wells once a project for Shell’s QGC business is intersection from late September fortnight. now underway with preparation works 2019. beginning. Operators are required to adhere strictly ROBBOS ROAD AND WAINS ROAD to land access and weed management The project includes onshore natural gas QGC will commence formation and rules for individual properties. This team, development of about 250 wells in the gravelling of Robbos Road and Wains who drive utility vehicles, represent a Surat Basin, Queensland connecting to Road from September 2019. major proportion of our light vehicle our existing gas facilities. movements around the region. UPPER HUMBUG ROAD Drilling commenced February 2019, with 50 wells drilled by the end of August Western Downs Regional Council will PIPELINE 2019. commence sealing of Upper Humbug Road from late November 2019. INSPECTIONS Project Goog-a-binge’s central and southern wells can be delivered within Weather conditions and unforeseen QGC operators work in small teams existing State and Federal approvals. events, may impact dates and timings to inspect the 543km Wallumbilla QGC requires additional approvals to of work and repairs. All works will be Gladstone Pipeline easement to monitor develop the full scope of work in the north. performed in accordance with a council the infrastructure and progress of approved traffic management plan. vegetation rehabilitation. Please adhere to the advisory traffic Activities in the first half of 2019 include: QGC UPGRADES signage installed before and during the ROADS closure periods. We thank you for your • Aerial inspections using a helicopter patience and encourage all drivers to are conducted from west of Dalby QGC continues its maintenance keep safe and drive to conditions. (Ruby Jo site) to west of Wandoan program for local roads across the (Woleebee Creek site) and between Western Downs. Chinchilla and Gladstone. This occurs BUNDI ROAD on a monthly basis. Western Downs Regional Council will • Regular easement inspections from commence sealing of Bundi Road, west west of Dalby (Ruby Jo) to Wandoan of Perretts Road to Horse Creek Road (Woleebee Creek) and Gladstone from late September 2019. (Curtis Island)

The following table summarises the average daily production at WATER TREATMENT each water treatment plant and the total volume of water processed The Northern Water Treatment Plant, at Woleebee Creek to date in 2019. south-west of Wandoan, and the Kenya Water Treatment WATER AVERAGE DAILY 2019 YEAR TO DATE Plant, south-west of Chinchilla, are successfully processing TREATMENT PRODUCTION PRODUCTION water produced in the surrounding gas fields for beneficial PLANT (TO END AUGUST 2019) (31 AUGUST 2019) use within these regions. Kenya 28.4 ML/d 6,031 ML These two water treatment plants enable QGC to make available for beneficial use up to 97% of the raw CSG Northern 17.4 ML/d 4,212 ML water processed at each plant.

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BECOMING A SUPPLIER Shell’s QGC business knows that having local and Indigenous For further information about supplying to Shell Australia and businesses in our supply chain is key to sustaining a thriving QGC please visit: http://www.shell.com.au/suppliers and diverse local economy.

SHELL LOCAL SUPPLIERS PORTAL LAUNCH Shell’s QGC business invites you to attend a drop-in session for the launch of the Shell Local Suppliers portal. We’ll share with you information on how to use the portal, answer any questions on local supply opportunities and how you can easily express interest in upcoming work packages in your area.

WESTERN DOWNS:

Session details are as follows:

Tuesday 1 October 2019 Miles Drop in any time between Royal Motel, 60 McNulty Street, Miles 9–10.30am Wandoan Drop in any time between Wandoan Surf Club, 32 Royd Street, Wandoan 4–5.30pm

Wednesday 2 October 2019 Chinchilla Drop in anytime between QGC Community Information Centre, Bell Street, Chinchilla 10am–12 noon

Thursday 10 October Gladstone 8.30am–4.30pm GEA Major Industry Conference, Gladstone Entertainment Convention Centre

Shell’s QGC team will also be participating in the GEA Major Industry Conference in Gladstone on 10 October and will have a trade stall you can attend to ask any questions on the new Local Suppliers Portal.

This Operations Bulletin is designed to provide communities in the Surat Visit our information centres at: Basin and Gladstone with a variety of information about our activities. Chinchilla It has been developed in response to feedback from community members QGC Pty Limited interested in understanding what to expect from our operations. 18-20 Bell Street We look forward to your feedback at [email protected] Chinchilla, QLD 4413 Gladstone ENQUIRIES 72 Goondoon Street, Gladstone, QLD 4680 For all general enquiries, please call 1800 030 443 (24 hour toll free) or email [email protected] Wandoan 27 Royd Street, Wandoan, QLD 4419

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