Mr Mumme replaces Phil Byrne, who ended his term as North West Shelf Australia LNG President in November last year. Mr Mumme will commence his appointment in early March.

Chevron Australia will be conducting a number of information sessions across Australia and New Zealand to provide information about career opportunities on various Chevron projects.

As part of Chevron’s significant growth in Australia, the Facilities Engineering Career Information Sessions will outline opportunities available in a range od disciplines including: Construction management, Project controls, cost and contracts engineering, Process engineering, Subsea engineering, and Project management amongst others.

For more information on sessions in your area visit www.chevron.com.au.

WestSide has received an indicative, conditional, non-binding and confidential proposal from an unrelated party to acquire all shares in WestSide.

The potential acquiring party is yet to be announced. The acquisition offer was made for a cash consideration of $A0.65 per WestSide share.

Somerton Energy has secured rights to participate in four Bonaparte Basin petroleum exploration tenements in the Northern Territory.

Under the terms of an agreement with Beach Energy, Somerton has secured options to acquire up to an 18 per cent interest in onshore tenements EP 126 and EPA 138 and up to an 8.25 per cent interest in offshore tenements EPA 135 and NTC/P10.

Santos has provided an update on its reserves at the end of 2011, with regards to its Eastern Star Gas (ESG) acquisition, interest in the GLNG project, and exploration activities in the Cooper Basin.

Santos said that its total 2P hydrocarbon reserves were 1,364 MMboe at the end of 2011, and that successful appraisal and commercialisation activity, and the sanctioning of the Fletcher Finucane project, added 82 MMboe of 2P reserves in 2011. The reserve additions represent an organic 2P reserves replacement ratio (RRR) of 173 per cent, before net acquisitions and divestments.

The reserve additions were driven by strong growth in Cooper Basin gas reserves combined with increases in CSG reserves dedicated to the GLNG project.

Net acquisitions and divestments during 2011 reduced 2P reserves by 116 MMboe.