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own personal development. He also says that
the industry as a whole has not done as well
recruiting or training since, and he was very
fortunate to get in when he did. “There is re-
ally a huge shortage of qualified personnel
in the industry at the present time,” he adds.
“Oil and gas investment in Australia over the
next five to ten years will be enormous but it’s
hard to see where all of the people will come
from to drive these developments”.
After finishing what he calls his “basic
training” in the North Sea, he went on to
work in BP’s head office in London, in the
production technology field. He then trav-
elled to Holland in order to commission an
on shore gas processing facility, and an off
shore gas platform. Later he travelled to the
Qatar in the Middle-East on secondment
for QGPC Onshore. “There I worked in the
planning area looking at the gas supply and
demand of the country. It was in the early
stages of thinking about the development of
the North Dome. There I worked from 1987
to 89,” he says. After that, he emigrated to
Australia to join BHP Petroleum in North-
ern Australia to run sub-sea well completion