NSW Re-union Christmas Party 2025

Guest Speaker(s): Andy Lukas

Mr. Lukas is a graduate in civil engineering from the University of New South Wales with particular expertise in drilling for coal bed methane, engineering and building pipelines, and horizontal directional drilling. He is Executive Chairman of AJ Lucas Services originally founded by his family 65 years ago. He was also a founder of ASX listed A.J Lucas Group Ltd, a public company listed on the ASX.

He has been involved with most of Australia’s major gas pipelines. He has been instrumental in introducing Horizontal Directional Drilling into Australia and pushing the boundaries of this technology in Australia and in Asia. His expertise in horizontal directional drilling into developing surface to in seam drainage of coal bed methane as well as ownership of a number of coal seam gas deposits in Australia and exciting shale gas resources in Europe.

He is Chairman of the NSW Chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Past President of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association (APIA now named APGA) and was a Board member for 15 years. He was also on the board of the International Pipe Line and Offshore Contractors Association for 9 years and is a Former President.

Before joining the family companies, Mr. Lukas commenced and coordinated the activities of Williams Brothers Engineering Company in Australia during which time it won the engineering management of the 1200 km 34-inch diameter natural gas pipeline from Moomba to Sydney, then by far the largest pipeline project in Australia. Before that, he worked with Williams Brothers Overseas Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma and with a number of consulting engineering groups in Australia.