The State Government announced plans to establish a LNG Jobs Taskforce at today’s 2018 Australasian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference, to help to create new long-term job opportunities focused on servicing, maintaining and improving existing operations.
The taskforce, which will be comprised of both industry and government members, will aim to establish Western Australia as a LNG hub, with both industry and government working collaboratively to maximise the benefits that flow from the local LNG industry.
Western Australia’s share of the nation’s LNG export capacity by late 2018 will be about 57 per cent, or close to 50 million tonnes, with LNG volumes having increased by 84 per cent in the past five years.
The taskforce will focus on harnessing the job opportunities the LNG industry can be providing the WA community, including new technology, education and maintenance services. Further details and the members of the taskforce will be announced in coming months.
Photo: LNG Carrier (By Pline [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0 or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0], via Wikimedia Commons)