Communities and local economies

We are connected to the communities where we operate:

  • Adelaide – head office
  • Otway region (Victoria) - offshore exploration and production and onshore "Athena" gas plant
  • Gippsland region (Victoria)- offshore exploration and production and onshore "Orbost" gas plant
  • Cooper Basin in north-east South Australia- non-operated production.
  • Perth – projects and operations office

We don't have a fly-in fly-out workforce. Our people, contractors, and most of our suppliers live and work in these communities.

We talk to our communities, inform them of our actions and ask for their feedback. Where possible we engage them in decision-making. We see the benefits of co-existence and diversity in local economies.

 

Benefits to local businesses

We operate with local industries to manage risks and deliver benefits to local economies. When possible we bring our business to cafes, plumbing suppliers, accommodation providers, supermarkets, pharmacies, health services and schools.

Support for local not-for-profit and charitable organisations

Amplitude Energy has a community investment programme to support projects that benefit our communities. We invite local groups to approach us with their ideas and requests funding in line with our themes:

  • Education – with a focus on energy literacy, science, maths, engineering and technology
  • Advancement of regional and rural people- e.g women, First Nations, social inclusion, cultural and recreational areas, youth and regional health.

If you have a project you’d like us to support contact us

Our support has offered services to our communities including:

  • a three-year agreement with Victoria’s Royal Flying Doctor Service to improve health services in the Otway and Gippsland regions. They visited schools within bushfire affected communities to provide some fun and sense of normality
  • providing health technology to remote areas to enable them to access Telehealth services.

Local organisations we have supported include:

We create opportunities for young people in the regions and our industry by:

  • sponsoring health students to complete their studies and return to work in regional Victoria
  • supporting up and coming STEM students through the Society of Petroleum Engineers.