The Hydrocarbons Industry (Upstream) Award 2020 applies to employers throughout Australia who are engaged in the hydrocarbons industry in respect of work by their employees engaged in the classifications to the exclusion of any other Modern Award.

“Hydrocarbons” means hydrocarbon or other products extracted from oil and gas fields, or other hydrocarbon products extracted from the earth, whether in solid, liquid or gas form, including without limitation gas, butane and methane, crude oil or condensate but excluding coal. 

Hydrocarbons industry means:

• The exploration and/or drilling for hydrocarbons by use of on and offshore drilling rigs or platform drilling rigs or any other means;
• The preparatory work and development of an oil or gas field, including well servicing, and decommissioning of hydrocarbon facilities;
• The extraction, separation, production and processing, piping, storage, distribution and transport (including handling or loading facilities) of hydrocarbons;
• Provision of services incidental to the activities set out above, including:
  • provision of clerical and administrative, warehousing, stores and materials, medical, laboratory, utility or general services, or platform services at a location where the activities above are being performed;
  • provision of catering, cleaning and accommodation services where owned or operated by an employer engaged in the activities set out above at a location where the activities above are being performed;
  • provision of supply base services owned or operated by an employer engaged in the activities set out above;
• The commissioning, servicing, maintaining (including mechanical, electrical, fabricating or engineering and preparatory work) modification, upgrading or repairing of facilities, plant and/or equipment used in the activities set out above by employees principally employed to perform work on an ongoing basis at a location where the activities described above are being performed; or
• The provision of temporary labour services used in the activities set out above, by temporary labour personnel principally engaged to perform work at a location where the activities described above are being performed

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