Operating well is the whole job, not a department.
Gas has a role in Australia's energy system, and our work exists because existing fields can be made to produce more from ground already disturbed. How we do that — safely, cleanly, and in good standing with the people around us — determines whether we get to keep doing it.
Land, water, biodiversity and progressive rehabilitation.
Methane management, flaring discipline and coal-mine methane capture.
Landholders, regional employment and local suppliers.
Safety, diversity of thought and how we build capability.
Conduct, transparency and our whistleblower service.
Brownfields first, by design
Our strategy is to get more out of fields that already exist. That is a commercial choice, and it is also the lower-impact one: existing wells, existing access tracks, existing disturbance — rather than opening new country.
Where we take on legacy assets, we take on their obligations too, including the plugging and abandonment of wells that others left behind. Groundwater is monitored, bores affected by our activity are subject to make-good arrangements, and disturbed ground is progressively rehabilitated to the condition agreed with the landholder and the regulator.
Methane is the product, not the emission
Every molecule of methane that escapes is both a climate impact and lost revenue. We treat leak detection, venting discipline and the elimination of routine flaring as operational basics rather than reporting obligations.
One of the applications of our technology is the capture of coal-mine methane that would otherwise be vented to atmosphere by mining operations — turning a fugitive emission into a useful energy source. It is the clearest example of our commercial and environmental interests pointing the same way.
We are guests on someone else's country
Our operations sit within working farms and grazing land, in regional communities where a company's reputation travels faster than its announcements. We are mindful of the impacts our operations have on the people who live and work alongside them, and we plan our activity around their operations wherever we can.
Where we can source labour, services and supplies regionally, we do. Regional businesses understand the country, and money that stays in the district does more good than money that leaves it.
OUR LANDHOLDER COMMITMENTS →A deliberately international team
Novus is an Australian company built by people from very different places and disciplines — Australian, American, German, Turkish; academics and drillers; mining geologists and petroleum engineers. That mix is not an accident and it is not decoration. Coal-seam gas problems are stubborn, and the answers usually come from someone whose training taught them to look at it differently.
We hire for capability and character, we make room for people to disagree with the plan, and we expect everyone — regardless of seniority, tenure or who signs their pay — to be able to speak up and be heard. Safety, technical judgement and good decisions all depend on it.
MEET THE TEAM →Say what is actually happening
A small company has nowhere to hide a problem, which is a good discipline. We report honestly to our board, our regulators and our partners — including when the news is unwelcome — and we do not tolerate conduct that trades integrity for a result.
Anyone who deals with Novus can raise a concern, anonymously if they prefer, through our whistleblower channel. Reports are protected, taken seriously, and reach the board.
Speak up. You will be protected.
If you have seen something at Novus that you believe is unsafe, dishonest, corrupt, unlawful or a danger to people or the environment, we want to hear about it — and you should not have to weigh up your job to say so.
Reports may be made anonymously. Novus does not tolerate any detriment, victimisation or retaliation against a person who makes a report, and treats the identity of a discloser as confidential to the fullest extent permitted by law. Eligible disclosures are protected under the whistleblower provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Employees, contractors, suppliers, landholders and their relatives — current or former.
Unsafe practice, environmental harm, fraud, bribery, coercion of landholders, falsified records, or conduct that breaches the law or our standards.
Through our independent, externally hosted reporting service. Reports can be lodged anonymously and are received outside the normal management line.
Assessment by the Protection Officer, independent investigation where warranted, and a report to the Board. You are kept informed so far as confidentiality allows.
Reports are lodged through our independent, externally hosted whistleblower service — anonymously if you choose.
Open the reporting service →Novus Energy Pty Ltd
Level 1, 100 Hutt Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Marked “Private and confidential — addressee only”
A copy of the Novus Whistleblower Policy is available on request and is issued to all personnel. If you are in immediate danger, contact emergency services on 000.