Unlikely to be any CHC machines flying at Truscott after May 1st or Karratha from July 1st. Due to contracts finishing. One? S92 out of Broome for a few months then CHC Off-shore Australia ceases to exist.
A victim of the modern corporate world.

OSA will still be flying, for now.

I'm confused by differing accounts of who is / will be flying.
Can anyone shed the light on what contracts & aircraft are currently in use at Broome, Truscott & Karratha?

PHI fly 189s for Shell and 92/175? for Inpex, (the Inpex work has just gone to tender)
CHC fly 92s for Shell in Broome and Truscott, but not for long. OSA will do the Shell work on TST with a 175
OSA also have 92s in Truscott, can’t remember who the client is
CHC fly 189s & 139s in Karratha for Woodside, soon to hand that to PHI using 175s
OSA fly 139s in Karratha for Santos

By the middle of the year, CHC will only have RAAFSAR and a couple of EMS 139s in Perth

Don't PHI supply the pilots and engineering staff for the Esso owned 139's at Longford (Sale, Victoria)?

I thought the Captains were employees. Various operators have supplied FOs. I’d assumed the engineers were also employees.

On a related note: There are rumours of tenders to decommission the Base Straight rigs. If “all” the rigs are going: is the whole Esso operation shutting down?

Thirdly. I believe the situation you describe is in place in Broome with Shell, AW189s owned by Shell, maintained and flown by PHI

Hardly rumours - it's all over the web. All Seas has won a major portion with its Pioneering Spirit, which will go down there next year. Actual details of the programme are on the Esso and Woodside (JV partner) websites.


These are the ones that some bright spark decided should be in the same colour as the BSP machines. Without recognising that the colour scheme combines the Shell colours with the Brunei Flag!

the vast majority of the pilot group are PHI, exceptions are ESSO check n trainers and a few casuals.

Same for the ginger beers. Management are ESSO, but the majority are PHI.

the forgotten PHI workgroup as its all very much integrated into the ESSO (soon to be Woodside) operation