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Project UpdateUpstream Project DirectorTheo RoderburgAcross the Upstream, teamsare working hard to deliverthe equipment, infrastructureand construction we need toproduce first LNG in 2014.Safety remains our priority.Our One Team of QGC staffand contractors has a systemof observing workplaces andbehaviours and speaking upand intervening when we thinkhealth and safety performancecould be improved.In 2013 we have completedmore than 4,000 observationsand interventions andI am encouraging teams tokeep putting safety first.QGC regularly holds safetytraining for supervisors andWorleyParsons and Toll at theMiles supply base. The purposeis to ensure our approach isaligned with our contractors.Project wise, we are makinggood progress. Well-siteinstallations are a critical partof delivering the UpstreamProject and we’re upping thepace on this work. April saw47 well sites reach mechanicalcompletion, a great effort bythe team.Construction of our fieldcompression stations isprogressing to plan.On the opposite page you canread about a way of workingwe recently piloted at the Davidfield compression station. Itwas a successful trial of frontloadingQGC and contractorresources to complete theDavid site in eight weeks.Other Southern region fieldcompression stations areprogressing well.At the Ruby Jo site all civilworks are completed,major equipment has beeninstalled and hydrotestinghas commenced.At the Harry site the flare stackhas been installed along witha metering skid and InterimLocal Equipment Room switchrooms are in place at bothHarry and Broadwater fieldcompression stations.In addition to the relocatablewater treatment plant nowrunning 24 hours a day atKenya, water was pumpedfor the first time through thereverse osmosis system at thelarger Kenya water treatmentplant on 1 May.The water was pumpedmanually and work is nowcontinuing to fine tune theauto sequence.The Kenya water treatmentplant is expected to becompleted in the third quarterof this year.Work on our camps is movingahead swiftly to provide acomfortable base for our siteworkers. Permanent water,power and sewage servicesare now in place at the RubyJo main camp.This facility has more than660 beds and recently passeda milestone inspection.Plus, an additional 240 bedsare now ready for use atthe Ruby Jo constructioncamp and a further 150 bedshave come online at theJordan camp.Across the Upstream, crewshave been working hard to:• complete strength testing ongathering lines as part of theoperation to complete theDavid field compression site• get the pad ready for pilingat the Bellevue centralcompression station• complete all structuralsteel at the WoleebeeCreek substation• place the instrumentrooms at Broadwater fieldcompression stationThe Chinchilla OperationsCentre is now up and runningin Taylor Street, giving theUpstream Projects teama direct operations andcommand link to colleaguesin Brisbane and sites acrossthe Surat Basin.At the Ruby Jo site all civil works are completed, major equipment has been installed and hydrotesting has commencedour business JUNE 2013Page 7