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Press Release – September 2007

Xodus enjoying Australian move
Australia has quickly become home to the first Xodus Group overseas office with the base almost doubling in size since launching earlier this year.

Internationalism was always on the agenda for the oil and gas development consultancy company, the only question was over the location for the first overseas office.

Perth, Australia quickly became the obvious choice as it offered a region with huge potential for the integrated Xodus offering.

In March, Xodus began its assault on Australia with a big bang. In similar fashion to the launch of Xodus in Aberdeen, the group attracted senior, experienced people and started from day one with high quality people, premises and infrastructure in place ready to exploit the opportunities.

The office is led by local directors Matthew Rawlings, Grant Veroba and Stuart Barr who between then have over 60 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and bring an unrivalled knowledge of the oil and gas consultancy business and the Australian/Asian market to Xodus.

Key wins have included major development support for Woodside, complete development planning services for a world scale gas condensation development in the Middle East, a confidential due diligence assignment and the FEED support work on Shiraz FPSO for Helix ESG.

“ We have reached our business plan headcount for the year almost five months earlier than planned and have got an economic critical mass established,” Mr Rawlings said.

“ This has included leadership and capabilities in all divisions. We have all been blown away by the growth of the business and it is absolutely clear that high calibre resources are in the highest demand in Perth.

“ Not only have we been surprised about the dynamic growth but also in our client portfolio.

“ We have established a top table relationship with Woodside, a strong relationship with a strategic company in Malaysia as well as fostering an exciting relationship with Helix ESG. Diversifying our client base will certainly be a key focus for the second half of the year.”

More new faces, including director Gordon Cowper and Paul Sartory have joined the office with the establishment of the subsea and technical safety and risk divisions. This promises to open up many new and exciting opportunities.

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