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World Science Festival comes to Chinchilla ISSUE 10 FEBRUARY 2016

QGC is helping bring aliens, dinosaurs and robots to Chinchilla this month as part of The World Science Festival Brisbane Regional Program in Chinchilla. This is the first time the festival will be held outside of New York. Sessions for schools are being held on Friday 12 February followed by a free community event on Saturday 13 February at the Chinchilla Cultural Centre.

The event will feature interactive sessions from Queensland’s Surfing Scientist - Ruben Meerman and leading experts will cover topics such as how to identify a fossil or program a robot.

QGC’s Zana Williams, a development geologist in our Surat Basin team, will present ‘Meteorites in the Movies’ as part of the Festival program at 10am on Saturday 13 February.

Ms Williams will review some of Hollywood’s favourite themes such as earth destroying meteors and alien invasions and discuss how likely it is that these things could happen.

QGC is supporting The World Science Festival Brisbane Regional Program as part of the Future Makers partnership with the Queensland Museum Network.

Future Makers aims to create a whole-of-life approach to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) education.

Already 36 schools across the state are taking part in the program with the pilot being delivered into 7 schools in Chinchilla, Gladstone and Brisbane in years 6 and 9. The University of Queensland’s School of Education is studying the benefits to learning at these pilot schools.

So far, 510 students including 120 from years 6 and 9 at Chinchilla state schools are participating in the program which is changing the way teachers teach these vital subjects.

The program is the result of a $3.95 million partnership between QGC and the Queensland Museum Network launched in 2015.

For more information on The World Science Festival Brisbane Regional Program visit: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com.au/program/regional-events/chinchilla/

Students at the 2015 Wonder of Science – Darling Downs South West Regional student conference

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OPERATIONS BULLETIN ISSUE 10 FEBRUARY 2016

Surat BasinThis section features information about activities in our natural gas development areas that cover more than 3,700 square kilometres and span from south of Tara to north-west of Wandoan.

Drilling rigs

We are currently drilling about 25 wells a month to expand our inventory.

The following activities are planned for February:

• four rigs drilling new CSG wells

• nine rigs completing new wells and servicing existing wells

• nine crews building new access roads and well pads and rehabilitating existing and old well pads

• two mobile fluid treatment plants at Woleebee Creek and Kenya servicing these rigs. Mobile fluid treatment plants clean the fluids from drilling operations for reuse on the rigs.

Rig crews stay in small mobile camps that are set up near the rigs. On average, rigs are relocated every three to four days and require 11 to 20 truck movements. Rigs and camps are moved in accordance with travel management plans that are approved by local governments and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Well site inspectionsA team of 50 operators inspect each of QGC’s more than 2,500 wells once a fortnight. Operators are required to adhere strictly to land access and weed management rules for individual properties. This team, who drive utility vehicles, represent a major proportion of our light vehicle movements around the region.

Pipeline construction updateThe pipeline team is now planning construction of the 35km Charlie trunkline. Construction is scheduled to begin in the next few months.

GatheringThis work is in addition to ongoing installation of gas and water gathering pipelines to connect new wells to our existing processing networks. The crews will be on a rostered break from 6 February to 14 February 2016. The following activities will occur once the new roster starts on 15 February 2016:

West and north-west of Wandoan • Pipe trenching, pipeline laying and backfilling and tying in

connections.

• Construction of gathering risers into well leases.

• Rehabilitation of construction sites and pipeline easements.

West and south of Chinchilla • Pipe stringing and welding.

• Pipe trenching, laying, backfilling and tying in connections.

• Construction of gathering risers into well leases.

• Rehabilitation of construction sites and pipeline easements.

Pipeline inspectionsQGC operators work in small teams to inspect the 543km Wallumbilla Gladstone Pipeline easement to monitor the infrastructure and progress of vegetation rehabilitation.

In February, the following activities will occur:• Aerial inspections from west of Dalby (Ruby Jo site) to west

of Wandoan (Woleebee Creek site) and between Chinchilla and Gladstone during the first half of the month.

• Daily on-ground easement inspections from west of Dalby (Ruby Jo site) to Gladstone.

Water treatmentThe Northern Water Treatment Plant, at Woleebee Creek south-west west of Wandoan, and the Kenya Water Treatment Plant, south-west of Chinchilla, are successfully processing all water produced in the surrounding gas fields for beneficial use within these regions.

The following table summarises the total volume of water processed in 2015 and the average daily output.

Plant Current nominal output (January 2016)

Combined Treated Water

Produced in 2015

Kenya 50 ML/day 18,545.2 ML

Northern 20 ML/day 7,192 ML

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Offices and logistics Hutchinson Builders has been awarded the contract for the relocation of demountable accommodation facilities from our Ruby Jo operations hub to our Woleebee Creek operations hub. The relocation started in January 2016 and supports the construction of the Charlie project. The Woleebee Creek camp will hold 990 beds by the end of March 2016.

Workforce transportOur people are transported by charter flight or bus between Brisbane and the Western Downs and by bus between their accommodation and worksites to reduce traffic on the roads and to minimise risks associated with driving while fatigued.

• One daily return bus service Monday to Friday between Brisbane and Woleebee Creek camp, via Toowoomba, Dalby, Chinchilla and Miles

• One daily return bus service Tuesdays and Thursdays only between Brisbane Airport and Ruby Jo site

• Two return bus services a day Monday and Friday only between Roma Airport and Woleebee Creek camp. Routes include Warrego Highway and Leichhardt Highway

• Up to six return bus services a day between the QGC office at Carmichael Street, Chinchilla, and Chinchilla Airport

• Up to two one-way services a day between Chinchilla Airport and Kenya site office. Route includes Warrego Highway, Chinchilla-Tara Road and Vanrenens Road

• Up to three one-way services a day between Chinchilla Airport and Windibri site office. Route includes Chinchilla-Tara Road and Kogan Condamine Road

• Up to three return services a day Monday to Friday between QGC office at Carmichael Street, Chinchilla, and Kenya site office, plus up to two return services on weekends. Route includes Chinchilla-Tara Road and Vanrenens Road

• Up to three return services a day Monday to Friday between QGC office at Carmichael Street, Chinchilla, and Windibri site office, plus up to two return services on weekends. Route includes Chinchilla-Tara Road and Kogan-Condamine Road.

Gladstone LNG Operator Trainees announced

QGC is supporting a new LNG operator trainee program to train local people to work on LNG operations. Pictured at work at our LNG plant on Curtis Island is Production Technician Brad Hall.

The LNG industry in Gladstone has accepted its first intake of trainees for the landmark LNG Process Operator Traineeship.

The 18 successful applicants will be announced at the official launch in Gladstone today, 5 February. The program enables locals with no prior LNG experience to gain the qualifications to apply for LNG Process Operator roles.

The inaugural program attracted an overwhelming response from the local community. More than 900 people applied to the program.

The 18 trainees will be employed by Energy Apprenticeships Group (EAG). They will benefit from on-the-job experience at one of the three LNG facilities. QGC is looking forward to hosting and mentoring six of the trainees.

At the conclusion of the two-year program, graduates will receive a Certificate III in LNG Process Plant Operations.

The initiative was jointly developed by QGC, Australia Pacific LNG and Santos GLNG, in association with EAG, as a demonstration of the Gladstone industry’s commitment to local employment and training opportunities that can lead to LNG careers.

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For up-to-date information on activities in Gladstone Harbour, please remember to always check the Gladstone Ports Corporation website www.gpcl.com.au, which includes information about hazards and safety zones; and the Maritime Safety Queensland notices to mariners at www.msq.qld.gov.au. Vessel Traffic Service broadcasts can be monitored using VHF channels 13 or 15.

Waterside Restricted Zone The following information is provided on behalf of QGC and Gladstone Ports Corporation to users of Gladstone Harbour near the LNG facilities on the south-eastern corner of Curtis Island.

• A waterside restricted zone (WRZ) is an area of water where ships may berth, moor or anchor to which access to other vessels is restricted and to which unauthorised entry is an offence.

• A WRZ is activated at the QCLNG wharf one hour before the arrival of an LNG carrier and remains while the vessel is berthed and until it is 400m from the berth after departing.

• The zone extends 220m from the wharf, 220m from its most northerly and southerly points and back under the jetty towards the shore.

• As port operator, Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) is responsible for managing and enforcing WRZs to meet standards set by the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003.

• Commercial and recreational users must not enter, stop, or anchor within a WRZ unless authorised to do so by GPC.

• A 250m safety zone around the wharf is also active while a vessel is berthed.

• For more information about WRZs please contact the Gladstone Ports Corporation Security Office on 07 4976 1350.

PipelineLandholders planning to do any digging around buried pipelines should call ‘Dial Before You Dig’ (call 1100, www.1100.com.au) to obtain the specific location of the pipelines and associated infrastructure.

Call the QGC Operations Centre (1800 77 88 98) to report any emergencies, damage or vandalism, flooding, subsidence, washouts or erosion, unauthorised access to easement facilities or uncontrolled fire.

Becoming a supplierQGC supports the long-term, economic sustainability of the regions in which we operate through a focus on local content participation.

Our Local Content Policy targets four goals: supporting competitive procurement, facilitating job creation, promoting reconciliation and building economic sustainability.

We actively encourage our employees and contractors to source quality, cost-effective goods and services locally based on full, fair and reasonable opportunities.

This is in line with our participation in the voluntary Queensland Resources and Energy Sector Code of Practice for Local Content administered by the Queensland Resources Council and as required, project-based Australian Industry Participation Plans.

As a result, we have established simple and clear systems and processes for:

• Registration of interest

• Prequalifying for categories

• Marketing of work packages

• Our contracting strategies.

Visit http://www.bg-group.com/australia/becomingasupplier for a fact sheet intended to assist businesses in accessing our supply chain.

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Communities

Date Location Activity

Thursday 11 February 2016 Wandoan Wandoan Chambers of Commerce and Industry Year Ahead Dinner ‘Positive Direction 2016’

Cost: $25 per person

Location: Wandoan Bowls Club

Saturday 13 February 2016 Chinchilla World Science Festival Community Day

Cost: Free

Location: Chinchilla Cultural Centre 9am - 4pm

Monday 22 February 2016 Dalby Dalby Chamber of Commerce: Positively Progressive Dinner

Cost: $45 Members, $55 Non-members

Location: The Australia Hotel Motel, 28 Cunningham Street Dalby 5.30pm

Tuesday 23 February 2016 Chinchilla Chinchilla Community Commerce & Industry Year Ahead 2016 Business Breakfast

Cost: Free for CCCI members, $25 non-members

Location: Chinchilla RSL Memorial Club

Saturday 2 March 2016 Agnes Water

1770

Communities Fund Information Sessions

Cost: Free

Location: Plantations Restaurant Function Room

Time: 6pm-8pm

Sunday 3 March 2016 Gladstone Communities Fund Information Sessions

Cost: Free

Location: CQ University Australia campus, Leo Zussino Building

Time: 10.30am-12noon; 6pm-7.30pm

Saturday 6 March 2016 Chinchilla Clean up Australia Day

Wednesday 10 March 2016 Tara Community Regeneration – 2016, What’s in it for Tara?

Cost: $10 per person

Location: Western Downs Regional Council Function Room, Tara

Time: 6pm

Saturday 19 March 2016 Chinchilla One Long Table

Cost: from $5 per plate

Location: Heeney Street, Chinchilla

Time: 4pm - 10pm

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Community clean up

2.6 tonnes of waste has been collected as part of QGC’s clean-up of roadsides in the Western Downs.

QGC has contracted Veolia to clean-up around 100km of roadsides in the Western Downs in response to community concerns regarding the volume of litter in the community.

So far 717 bags of waste and 90 tyres have been collected totalling 2.6 tonnes. Over the coming weeks Veolia will finish the clean-up in QGC’s southern area of operation around Kumbarilla Lane leading into our Ruby Jo facility, Tara-Kogan Road and Kogan-Condamine Road areas.

QGC is reminding our workforce not to litter and is working closely with Western Downs communities to help keep public spaces litter free. QGC will also participate in Clean Up Australia Day in March 2016.

The roads (or sections of road) included in the clean-up campaign have been:

QGC Northern Region:

• L Road and Bundi Road

• Jackson Wandoan Road and Bundi Road intersection

• Spot checks of rubbish along Jackson-Wandoan Road

• Leichardt Hwy (Just north of Miles)

QGC Central Region:

• Power Station Road (from Warrego Hwy to Old Cameby Road intersection)

• Tara-Chinchilla Road from Zeller Street, Chinchilla, to Chinchilla Weir

• Intersection of Tara-Chinchilla Road and Kogan-Condamine Road (Crossroads)

• Vanrenen’s Road

• Vanrenen’s Road and Tara Chinchilla Road intersection

• Tara-Chinchilla Road (either side of entry to Bentleigh Park Camp)

• Kogan-Condamine Road (either side of Windibri)

QGC Southern Region:

• Kumbarilla Lane either side of Ruby Jo entrance

• Tara-Kogan Road (around entrance to Jordan facility)

• Kogan-Condamine Road and Tara Kogan Road intersection

• Kogan-Condamine Rd, Dalby Kogan Road and Tara Kogan Road intersection

Boost for sea rangers

QGC has contributed $82,500 to Gidarjil to deliver the TUMRA Sea Ranger Traineeship Program to assist Port Curtis Coral Coast (PCCC) Traditional Owners with the management of their sea country. Four people are undertaking the training program to support their development towards becoming capable sea rangers. Sea Rangers work to help protect the marine environment. The trainees were recruited in December 2015 and will complete their training by December 2016. The initiative will help Indigenous people gain employment and provide a source of income for PCCC.

QGC Communities Fund applications open

Not-for-profit organisations in the Western Downs and Gladstone have until 5pm on Thursday 31 March to apply for grants from the next round of the QGC Communities Fund. Visit the Communities Fund page of the QGC website (http://www.bg-group.com/723/qgc/sustainability/community/qgc-communities-fund/) to download an application form and a guide to the fund. The guide provides information about the fund’s theme, eligibility requirements and when and how to apply for funding. Before you apply please take the time to read the guide.

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nce,

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nology, Engineering and Maths

Ent

erprise Development

Regional Liveability

QGC’s investment of $82,500 will help train Port Curtis Coral Coast Traditional Owners to become Sea rangers who protect the marine environment.

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Enquiries For all general enquiries, please call 1800 030 443 (24-hour toll-free) or email community@qgc.com.au

Visit our information centres at:

ChinchillaWoolworths Complex, Shop 18-20 Bell Street, Chinchilla, QLD 4413QGC PO Box 266, Chinchilla, QLD 4413

Gladstone72 Goondoon Street, Gladstone, QLD 4680

Wandoan27 Royd Street, Wandoan, QLD 4419

This Operations Bulletin is designed to provide communities in the Surat Basin and Gladstone with a variety of information about our activities. It has been developed in response to feedback from community members interested in understanding what to expect from our operations.

Visit the QGC website (http://www.bg-group.com/qgc) to read Links Australia, our quarterly magazine. You can also sign-up to our subscription list to receive copies of both publications.

We look forward to your feedback at community@qgc.com.au

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If you no longer wish to receive this publication, please contact community@qgc.com.au and your details will be removed from our subscription list.

Gladstone’s Street Dreams

Justice Crew’s Samson Smith taught Gladstone dancers some new moves as part of the Street Dreams program supported by QGC

Gladstone dancers learnt some moves from Australian hip hop group Justice Crew in January as part of the Street Dreams program supported by QGC. Justice Crew’s Samson Smith led a free dance workshop for the community to launch the start of the Street Dreams dance classes for 2016.

QGC proudly contributed $49,320 to the Salvation Army through the QGC Communities Fund to help bring the Street Dreams dance program to Gladstone where hundreds of young people are able to attend free weekly hip hop dance classes.

Street Dreams classes are held at 4pm (juniors) and 5pm (seniors) each Thursday at 198 Goondoon Street, Gladstone. For more information visit www.streetdreamsaustralia.com.

Ready for community committees QGC’s quarterly Regional Community Consultative Committee meetings for Gladstone and the Surat Basin will be held in February. The Gladstone meeting is on 16 February and the Surat Basin Central Region and Northern Region meetings will be on 10 and 11 March. Each committee provides a forum for information exchange and provides feedback to QGC about issues and opportunities related to QGC’s construction and operational activities. People living in these areas are encouraged to raise topics for discussion at the committee by emailing the QGC secretariat on community@qgc.com.au.