Site Visits

Safety First: Discovering Western Australian Industrial Capability

Date & Time: Friday 30 October, 8:20am – 3pm
Departure: Bus departs at 8.20am from the Crown Towers concierge area
Cost: $100pp – Lunch, transport, facility access, and PPE are included.
Dress: Please wear enclosed shoes, a long-sleeved shirt, and trousers.

This site visit gives delegates a look at how Perth’s energy and resources sector puts safety and operational excellence into practice. In the morning, delegates visit ERGT Australia’s Perth Safety Training Centre, where immersive training environments prepare the workforce for high-risk conditions. In the afternoon, the group travels to Baker Hughes’ Jandakot facility, a regional hub supporting major operators across Asia Pacific through integrated oilfield services and emerging energy transition solutions.

ERGT

Step inside ERGT Australia’s Perth Safety Training Centre and experience firsthand how organisations across the energy, resources, maritime and defence sectors prepare their people for high-risk operating environments. This exclusive site visit offers a unique opportunity to explore immersive training environments designed to replicate real-world challenges, including offshore survival training, emergency response simulations, a live fire ground, helicopter escape training and a purpose-built incident management centre.

More than a facility tour, this experience provides insight into the critical role training plays in developing competent, confident and operationally ready workforces. Through practical demonstrations and discussions with the team, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how realistic, hands-on training strengthens safety outcomes, supports operational performance and helps organisations prepare their people for the moments that matter most. Discover how capability is built, competence is tested and confidence is developed before it is needed in the field.

Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes’ Jandakot facility, located in Western Australia, is a major Oilfield Services and Equipment hub and a regional Centre of Excellence serving customers across Asia Pacific. It provides integrated lifecycle support spanning drilling, completions, intervention, production optimisation, and decommissioning, backed by a strong track record across major energy projects. The site brings together multidisciplinary capabilities including subsea services, well engineering, chemicals, and digital diagnostics within a single, large-scale operational base.

Jandakot plays a critical role in supporting leading operators such as Woodside, Chevron, INPEX, and Santos through local execution and supply chain delivery. The facility also contributes to energy transition goals through solutions in emissions management, carbon capture, and asset reuse, alongside on-site sustainability initiatives that improve operational efficiency.

Together, these visits illustrate the full arc of the industry’s operations — from the rigorous training that keeps people safe in demanding environments, to the large-scale technical and logistical capability that keeps energy projects running and evolving toward a lower-carbon future.

From Molecules to Monitoring: Innovation at CCMAC and the CSIRO In-Situ Laboratory

This site visit is now fully booked

Date & Time: Friday 30 October, 8:15am – 5pm
Departure: Bus departs at 8.15am from the Crown Towers concierge area
Cost: $120pp – Lunch, transport, facility access, PPE, and light refreshments are included.

Join fellow GHGT-18 delegates for a full-day technical tour exploring two of Western Australia’s leading carbon capture and storage research facilities. This unique experience will take participants from cutting-edge laboratory innovation to field-scale geological monitoring, providing a rare opportunity to see how scientific research is advancing practical CCS solutions.

The tour begins at the Carbon Capture Material Acceleration Centre (CCMAC) in Waterford. Co-funded by the Lower Carbon Grants Program – Gorgon Fund and CSIRO, the centre brings together leading researchers from CSIRO, The University of Western Australia and Curtin University. CCMAC is focused on accelerating the development of next-generation carbon capture materials through advanced research and automation. Delegates will gain insight into how scientists are discovering and testing new solid materials for carbon capture, developing standardised testing protocols, scaling up manufacturing processes and evaluating pilot-scale performance. The centre also plays an important role in training the next generation of scientists and engineers working to deliver scalable decarbonisation technologies for industry.

The tour then travels south to CSIRO’s In-Situ Laboratory near Harvey, approximately two hours from Perth. This world-class research facility is one of Australia’s leading field-scale sites for geological CO₂ storage and monitoring. Delegates will visit the Harvey wells and observe how advanced monitoring technologies—including fibre-optic sensors, geophones and seismic tools—are used to track the movement and behaviour of CO₂ underground in real time. Located within a fault-zone geological setting, the site offers researchers rare opportunities to study how CO₂ behaves in complex subsurface environments and to refine monitoring techniques critical for safe and effective carbon storage.

Together, these two visits provide a comprehensive look at the innovation pipeline for CCS—from materials discovery in the laboratory to real-world monitoring of stored carbon underground.

Beneath the Surface: Exploring Western Australia’s Core Library

This site visit is now fully booked

Date & Time: Friday 30 October, 8:30am – 1pm
Departure: Bus departs at 8.30am from the Crown Towers concierge area
Cost: $100pp – Lunch and transport are included.

Step behind the scenes of one of Western Australia’s most significant geoscientific facilities with a guided visit to the Perth Core Library, operated by the Geological Survey of Western Australia (GSWA).As part of the Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration, GSWA plays a vital role in supporting the responsible development of the State’s natural resources by providing world-leading geoscientific data, expertise and insights to industry and government.

Located in Carlisle, the Perth Core Library is a purpose-built facility that preserves drill core from decades of mineral and petroleum exploration across Western Australia. Spanning approximately 6,500 square metres, the library houses around 15,500 pallet storage bays and extensive viewing areas capable of displaying up to 425 metres of drill core at a time. Delegates will gain a unique look at how these geological archives are curated, studied and used to unlock the subsurface knowledge that underpins modern resource development.

The tour will also highlight the HyLogger4 spectral scanning system, an advanced technology that uses visible and infrared spectroscopy alongside high-resolution digital imaging to rapidly and non-destructively analyse core samples. This cutting-edge capability supports efficient, safe and high-quality geoscientific interpretation and is increasingly important for understanding subsurface formations relevant to emerging energy technologies.

The visit concludes with a special display and discussion of drill core linked to carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in Western Australia, offering delegates a tangible connection to the geological foundations that enable large-scale carbon storage solutions.

The tour is subject to a minimum number of paid registrations. GHGT-18 organisers reserve the right to cancel if this requirement is not met.