Tue, 27 July 2010
Gippsland TAFE will open a new state-of-the-art centre Energy Training Centre worth $19.2 million in Chadstone, Victoria, in 2012.
The centre was supported by Federal Government funding to help ease a skills shortage in the industry, said GippsTAFE Business Development Consultant Noel Sutcliffe.
“The gas industry is not attracting enough young people as there is no training pathway or apprenticeship,” said Mr Sutcliffe.
“What we do here has traditionally grown from the power industry and we represent the training of the line workers, the people who work in the field, for the gas, oil and power companies.”
The centre, which will continue operations in portable classrooms until the redevelopment has been completed, primarily trains students for distribution networks.…
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Tue, 20 July 2010
Harvey Norman has signed a contract to become a distributor of Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited’s 2 kilowatt BlueGen gas-to-electricity generators in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Mon, 12 July 2010
Chevron Australia has made two new natural gas discoveries in the Carnarvon Basin, located offshore Western Australia, which will underpin expansion opportunities at the Wheatstone and Gorgon LNG developments.
Wed, 7 July 2010
Advent Energy has received technical reviews from Tanvinh Resources and Pangean Resources supporting a significant increase in the estimated prospective recoverable resources within the PEP 11 offshore Sydney Basin.
Mon, 5 July 2010
Country Energy has invited expressions of interest to participate in a competitive bidding process for its Gas Networks business in New South Wales.
Tue, 29 June 2010
The Queensland Government has granted conditional approval to QGC’s $A8 billion Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) Project, to be located near Gladstone.
