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Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Resources

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

A sea of indiference - Australian industry participation in the North West Shelf project

Report

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Prelimary information (PDF)

    Includes the terms the reference of the inquiry; membership of the Committee; foreward to the report by the Committee Chair, the Hon Bruce Reid MP; a list of abbreviations, glossary, conversion table and details on selected petroleum fields.

Summary and recommendations (PDF)

    Contains a summary of the report together with all the recommendations with cross references to the paragraph numbers where the recommendations are located in the body of the report. The first part of the paragraph number indicates the chapter number.
Chapter 1 - Background (PDF)

    General overview of the North West Shelf
    Developments since 1989

Chapter 2 - Australian industry participation in major projects (PDF)

    What is local content?
    Comparative data on platforms, LNG trains and FPSOs

Chapter 3 - Roles of government (PDF)

    Federal and State legislation
    Permits
    Major projects facilitation
    Industry assistance programs
    Local content
    Co-ordination

Chapter 4 - Factors affecting participation (PDF)

    Price, timeliness and quality
    Communication
    Specifications and standards
    Design
    Post - phase III opportunities
    Employment
    Industrial relations
    Characteristics of local firms
    Government activities
    Overseas policies and practices

Chapter 5 - Trends (PDF)

    Alliances and tendering
    Australian companies as prime contractors
    Changes in technology
    Modularisation
    Marine heavy engineering facility
    Technology transfer
    Export opportunities

Appendices (PDF)

    Includes information about the conduct of the inquiry, submissions and exhibits received by the Committee, names of witnesses who appeared at public hearings and a summary of conclusions and recommendations of the 1989 report on Australian industry participation in the North West Shelf project together with a summary of the Government's response to that report.

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