In my role as Operations Director and Chief Operations Officer for several energy titleholders working in Bass Strait, I’ve worked with and hired Aventus to prepare several offshore Environment Plans for geophysical, geotechnical and drilling campaigns in Victorian state waters and Commonwealth waters. Aventus has provided expert advice and guidance to me and my teams on environmental issues and approvals, as well as providing strategic advice on and participating in stakeholder consultation.

I have also hired Aventus to manage environmental assurance and compliance for the projects, including contractor liaison, undertaking a quay-side vessel EP compliance inspection and a drill rig-based EP compliance audit (including accompanying NOPSEMA, on behalf of the Victorian government, to the rig for their environment and safety inspections). Aventus prepared associated EP audit reports and EP close out reports that were submitted to the regulators.

In my role as Community & Stakeholder Manager, I’ve worked with the Aventus team for several years on various onshore and offshore environmental approvals. The increasing focus on obtaining a social ‘licence to operate’ and the regulatory scrutiny on all energy projects has made stakeholder consultation a key focus area for environmental approvals.

It was a pleasure working with Aventus as they reliably provide expert advice on environmental issues, management and approvals that enable me to communicate clearly with stakeholders. I have involved Aventus in presenting complex environmental issues to stakeholders with great confidence and I could always rely on the team to answer my questions thoroughly and promptly. Aventus formed a natural extension to our team.

While working at Origin Energy, I worked with Aventus on the Enterprise 3D transition zone seismic survey in 2015-16. Aventus Consulting was selected from a field of over a dozen companies who tendered for this project. Giulio’s expert knowledge of the Victorian petroleum regulatory approvals process and his skills in identifying opportunities to avoid or minimise environmental impacts during the project design phase were clear strengths.

I would highly recommend Aventus to others looking for an experienced, passionate and results-driven group of environmental consultants.

I’ve worked with Aventus for many years now, but most recently engaged them to conduct several Environmental Authority (EA) audits for our operations in the Cooper Basin and an audit for our first onshore drilling campaign in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.

Giulio and his team were well prepared for the audits, conducted their interviews in a professional manner and left no stone unturned in terms of gathering evidence on site and later follow ups. I was impressed with the mentoring that Giulio provided to his junior consultant in their 2019 audits. Aventus’ reports are always of high quality, with very detailed findings that we can present to our management with confidence.

It’s been a pleasure to work with Aventus for so many years and I look forward to continuing my work with them. I recommend Aventus’ services to those looking for an experienced and trusted team working in the energy space.

During my time at Origin Energy, I hired Giulio to undertake independent third-party audits for an extended reach drilling campaign in southwest Victoria, followed by another audit for the associated pipeline construction. Giulio’s experience in environmental management for onshore drilling operations and pipeline construction made him a natural choice for this role. He was diligent in conducting interviews and collecting evidence and his reports were detailed and timely.

In my more recent role as Regulatory and HSE Manager for GB Energy, I engaged Aventus to provide advice on and prepare all offshore environmental approvals for the Golden Beach Gas Project in Gippsland, which included working with the lead environmental consultancy to prepare the marine EIA report for the Environment Effects Statement (EES), presenting their report to the Technical Reference Group and preparing the geophysical/geotechnical and drilling Environment Plans (within Victorian state waters). Aventus’ significant offshore Gippsland experience proved key to negating the need for expensive and time consuming field marine studies, without diminishing environmental outcomes.

If the project proceeds through to development, we aim to engage Aventus to conduct compliance management for these activities. Aventus’ responsiveness and industry expertise means I have no hesitation in recommending their services.

I first worked with Aventus on the complex CarbonNet Pelican 3D seismic survey during the approvals and also compliance monitoring. Since that time, I’ve worked with Aventus to prepare underwater sound modelling for several of their offshore Environment Plans including seismic, geophysical surveys and drilling campaigns.

The communication with Aventus is always prompt and clear, which supports a highly effective working relationship, with Aventus always providing clear and concise scopes for us to respond to.

Our relationship has enabled Aventus to provide strategic and accurate advice to clients on the complex field of underwater noise, and their interpretation of our modelling results and products in impact assessments is accurate and well presented. I would highly recommend Aventus to any titleholders when it comes to dealing with approvals related to underwater sound, and especially in locations with receptors such as pygmy blue whales, scallops and southern rock lobster, as in our experience, their advice can make the difference required to achieve approval.