Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Ltd (APPEA)'s vision is to be recognised nationally and internationally as the representative of the oil and gas exploration and production industry in Australia. APPEA's mission is to achieve a legislative, administrative, economic and social framework which efficiently and effectively facilitates safe, environmentally responsible, socially responsible and profitable oil and gas exploration, development and production.

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Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) serves professional engineers, scientists, and managers in the exploration and production segments of the worldwide oil and gas industry. Click here for the SPE’S Annual Membership International Salary Survey 2008. SPE Student Chapter UNSW organises student events and updates on the oil and gas industry.

Engineers Australia is the national forum for the advancement of engineering and the professional development of our members. With in excess of 80,000 members embracing all disciplines of the engineering team, Engineers Australia is the largest and most diverse professional body for engineers in Australia.

The Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) is a non-profit association of individuals involved in the exploration of oil and gas. The purpose and objectives of PESA are: To promote professional and technical aspects of the upstream petroleum industry throughout Australia by providing a medium for gathering individuals interested in oil and gas exploration. To present views and discuss technical and professional matters relating to the upstream petroleum industry.

To foster and provide continuing education for the benefit of members; and maintain a high standard of professional conduct on the part of its members.

MAJOR AUSTRALIAN OIL & GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANIES

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Woodside Energy LimitedNovember 11, 2009 and gas exploration and production company and one of the world's largest leading producers of liquified natural gas (LNG).

Oil Search Limited
Oil Search is the third largest oil and gas exploration and development company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). Its main operating base is in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

Santos Limited
Santos is an Australian oil and gas exploration and production company with high quality assets and projects throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.

Chevron Australia
Chevron is one of the world's largest integrated energy companies. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, and conduct business in more than 100 countries.

BHP Billiton Petroleum
With production in six countries and nearly 1,500 employees worldwide, BHP Billiton Petroleum is a key player in the oil and gas industry.

Sydney Gas Limited
Sydney Gas is Australia's largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company with a market capitalisation of more than A$30 billion (as at 30 June 2007, based on A$1=US$0.85). The company has interests in Australia, Africa, Europe, the United States and major customer centres in Japan, Korea,China and Singapore.It has offices in Japan, Korea, Libya, China and Kenya. Its head office is in Perth, Western Australia.

INPEX
INPEX is a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company currently involved in more than 70 projects across 26 countries. The Ichthys Field,off the north-west coast of Western Australia, measures approximately 40 kilometres by 20 kilometres and is one of Australia's largest undeveloped gas fields, with reserve estimates of 12.8 trillion cubic feet of gas and 527 million barrels of condensate and an expected operational life of over 40 years.

Australian Worldwide Exploration Ltd
AWE currently has oil and gas interests in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Yemen, Vietnam and Argentina, and is activley reviewing additional growth opportunities.

Origin Energy
Origin is a top 50 ASX listed company involved in gas and oil exploration and production, power generation and energy retailing.

OMV Australia Pty Ltd
With group sales of EUR 25.54 billion in 2008 and 41,282 employees, the OMV Aktiengesellschaft is one of the biggest listed industrial companies in Austria and the leading energy group in the European growth belt. In Australia, OMV now has interests in 12 operated exploration licenses and one non-operated license. These licenses are located in the Carnarvon Basin and Timor Sea.

Roc Oil Company
Although ROC’s assets are spread across four geographic regions (Australia, China, Africa and UK), the company is predominantly Asian-focused with Australian and Chinese assets providing almost 80% of production and 90% of 2P Reserves. The Sydney-based company has a strong operating emphasis, an international focus and a global workforce of over 200 employees.

Esso Australia (ExxonMobil)
ExxonMobil Australia has played a significant role in the development of Australia’s oil and gas resources and has a business history in this country stretching back over 110 years.

Shell Australia
Shell is a major global energy organisation which employs around 3,000 people in Australia. Shell has had a presence in Australia since 1901. Their business in Australia is broadly divided into "upstream" and "downstream". The upstream business finds, develops and supplies liquified natural gas (LNG), condensates and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) to overseas markets and natural gas to domestic customers in Western Australia.

ConocoPhillips Australia Pty Ltd
As a global company that uses its pioneering spirit to responsibly deliver energy to the world, ConocoPhillips has assets and operations in nearly 30 countries.

Nido Petroleum Limited
Nido Petroleum is an oil and gas exploration and production company whose business activities are focussed on the Philippines and offshore Palawan Basin. The company is headquartered in Perth and is listed on the ASX.

Total E&P Australia
Total is a leading multinational energy company with 96,950 employees and operations in more than 130 countries. Together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, Total is the fifth largest publicly-traded integrated international oil and gas company in the world. Total has an exploration and production team based in Perth.

Tap Oil Limited
Tap Oil Limited is an independent oil & gas exploration and production company with interests in Australia and South East Asia. Headquartered in Perth, Western Australia, Tap was incorporated on 14 March 1995 and subsequently listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:TAP) in September 1996.

Queensland Gas Company
QGC is a leading Australian coal seam gas explorer and producer focused on developing its world-class reserves for domestic and international supply.

Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd
Bass Strait Oil Company Ltd (ASX code: BAS) is a specialist oil explorer focused exclusively on southeast Australia. This region offers access to prospects of material scale in world-class basins, a database of modern 3D seismic data, established infrastructure and developing markets.

Apache Corporation
Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops and produces natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids. Apache is Australia’s most active offshore operator. Since 1997 Apache made 20 commercial oil and 10 commercial gas field discoveries.

Arrow Energy
Arrow Energy is a leading Australian integrated energy company focused on the development of coal seam gas throughout eastern Australia and Asia. Arrow's worldwide interests span coal seam gas developments, pipeline assets, electricity generation and investments in liquified-natural gas projects.

Beach Petroleum Limited
Beach Petroleum holds interests in more than 300 exploration and production tenements in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Egypt, Spain and Albania (subject to regulatory approval) and continues to seek additional domestic and international opportunities.

Carnarvon Petroleum Limited
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited (“Carnarvon”) is a Perth based company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Company’s principal activity is oil and gas exploration and production.

Cue Energy Resources
Cue Energy Resources Limited is an oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on SE Asia and Australasia. Cue's petroleum assets are located in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia.

Eastern Star Gas Company
Eastern Star Gas (ESG) is an ASX listed company focused on the development of Coal Seam Gas (CSG) in Northern NSW for the NSW and potentially Eastern Australian and international LNG markets. The company booked its first independently certified CSG reserves in late 2007 and has entered into key Memorandums of Understanding to supply gas for use in NSW based electricity generation.

ENI
ENI is an integrated energy company, committed to developing its activities in research, production, transport, transformation and marketing of oil and natural gas, operating in around 70 countries with 78,880 employees. ENI has been present in Australia since 2000.

Magellan Petroleum Australia
The Company engages in onshore oil and gas exploration and production in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Metgasco Limited
Metgasco is developing gas reserves and power supplies for the eastern Australian energy market. Metgasco has already established a large certified gas reserve position in New South Wales.

Mosaic Oil Ltd
Mosaic Oil N.L. (ASX: MOS) is a successful junior Australian explorer and producer of oil and gas.

Strike Oil
An Australian based oil and gas explorer and producer with operations in Australia and the USA, Strike Oil’s operations are focused on some of the most productive oil and gas basins in these countries.

Stuart Petroleum Limited
Since its inception as an oil explorer in 1999, Stuart Petroleum Ltd has grown to now produce around 20 percent of oil from the South Australian sector of the Cooper Basin.

Victoria Petroleum NL
Victoria Petroleum N.L. is a Perth based company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Company’s principal activity is Coal Seam Gas (CSG) development and oil exploration and production.

Tri-Star Petroleum
Tri-Star is an oil and gas exploration and development company with oil and gas interests in the USA and Australia. Since 1989, the company has concentrated on the development of coal seam methane gas from the widespread, deep coal seams in the Bowen Basin area of central Queensland, Australia.