Santos GLNG’s Upstream Operations workforce has moved into a new permanent accommodation camp 40 kilometres off the Warrego Highway near Roma.
Personnel that work at the Roma gas compression hub are staying at the 80-person camp, which was built by Walton Construction.
Santos Vice President Queensland Trevor Brown said the business was delivering on a promise it made to the Maranoa community in the early planning stages of workforce accommodation arrangements.
“ The Maranoa Regional Council and the community told us during lengthy consultations that they wanted us to house our non-local employees in permanent camps ,” Trevor said.
“ Santos GLNG’s permanent camps are dry camps. They have first aid rooms and trained first aid personnel on site.
“ Wherever possible, supplies for the camps are sourced from local businesses. ”
Santos GLNG now has five permanent accommodation camps.
The traditional owners of the land, the Mandandanji people, named the facility ‘Unburri’ meaning men.
[mappress] Source: Santos GLNG, February 11, 2014