Australian LNG industry faces severe labor crunch

February 18 2013 Print This Article
Australia's dire need for workers to staff the numerous LNG processing facilities is set to increase by the thousands in line with 14 new gas trains that are slated to be brought online, according to a report published by Western Australia's Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) last week.

All of the gas trains will have to be brought onstream as scheduled, as the LNG volumes are already fully contracted to Japan, South Korea and China.

Looking beyond 2020, the DMP forecasted that the country's LNG industry will continue to grow, in sync with Asia's unrelenting appetite for the clean burning fuel.

In addition to the seven LNG projects that have already reached their final investment decision (FID) stage " Gorgon, Prelude, Wheatstone, Ichthys, Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG), Gladstone LNG (GLNG) and Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) " and are slated to be brought onstream by 2018, there are eight other LNG developments in the planning stage, Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency (AWPA) noted in a report published in October last year.(Source: Rigzone)