YPF News 

 

2008 YPF Forum

After the success of the original Young People's Forum in 2006, the YPF Committee decided to hold another seminar in Brisbane on the 22 May in conjunction with the usual APIA Brisbane Seminar.

The morning YPF Stream was aimed at providing an “introductory” session for newer young members as well as provide broader input and discussion about the future for the more experienced younger members. The 64 YPFers in attendance learnt about the depth through presentations on Environment, Operations, Construction & Safety, Design & Materials, Project Management and Economics and Regulation.

In the afternoon there was a joint session where the two groups joined to learn about generational change and preparing the industry for the future. Professional psychologist, Avril Henry set a challenge to all attendees to think about leadership and the future of the industry.

APIA would like to thank all the participants in all the sessions and to APA Group for sponsoring the Seminars. Thanks also to the bosses who sent their YPFers.

National Energy Essay Competition

Now the international organisation, The Warren Centre, has heard about YPF and want to raise awareness amongst APIA’s younger members about the National Energy Essay Competition, details of which can be found at www.neec.org.au. According to the Warren Centre, the competition is about Australia’s energy future. Specifically, it is about the next phase of primary power generation and the future beyond that. It is also about the younger generation and their contribution to Australia’s energy industry development.

The competition is open to individuals and teams with a maximum of three members, who must all be Australian citizens or Permanent Residents and under the age of 31 years at 30 th June 2008.

For more information click here

National YPF Networking Event

On Wednesday 21 May, in Brisbane, YPFers from around the nation gathered at the Jade Buddah, Eagle Street Pier for the largest YPF Networking Session to date. A great night was had by the 61 attendees. Thanks goes to Bayside Group for providing nibbles.

NT YPF Tour

The NT YPF organised a tour of the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline construction for Friday 27 of June. The mostly young group of 10, including 3 interstate pipeliners, left Darwin before dawn, meeting Richard Cherney, APA Group’s Construction Manager for the Bonaparte Gas Pipeline Project at camp 2, approximately 2.5 hrs from Darwin. The YPF group were lucky to get out and see (when the dust settled) most aspects of pipeline construction in action including stringing, pipe bending, trenching, welding, coating, coating testing and repairs, pipe lowering and back filling. Richard was very informative at each stop and fielded all the YPFers questions.

NT YPF would like to thank Sargent for providing flashing lights for the vehicles, NT Gas for the use of their 4WD vehicles and all who attended for making it a great (12 hour) day. We would also like to thank APA Group and A.J. Lucas for their generous time and patience as well all the companies that supported the attendees and their ongoing support of the YPF charter.

Click here for a picture of the attendees.

Queensland Sight Visit

On 4 December 23 YPFers donned orange vests, steel capped boots and hardhats to visit the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project’s Western Pipeline. On this site visit we were able to see some of the large diameter pipe being laid, insertion of the pipe into the Bremer River crossing (via large vertical shafts) and many road crossings. It was an enjoyable day for all who attended. Thank you to Daniel Turcinovich for being our guide and to Lara Kayess, Georgina Day and Leon Richards for organising the visit.

To view some of the photos of the day click here.