Gorgon LNG

Time’s up on Gorgon’s five years of carbon storage failure

On July 18 Chevron will be millions of tonnes short of required CO2 injection at Gorgon LNG. If the WA Government stands firm the carbon credit bill could approach $100 million.

Local content

Chevron exports jobs with Gorgon $6B subsea compression

A $6B high-tech subsea compression system will keep Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant supplied with gas but little of the massive spend will occur in Australia.

LNG

Chevron's Gorgon CO2 injection fix needs more time, so more emissions

Chevron's Gorgon should be a showpiece of carbon capture and storage but five years after first LNG it is still not working properly and has another five-month extension from the regulator.

Energy Transition

Shell, Exxon and Chevron slammed on climate by court and investors: what it means for Australia

Shell, Exxon and Chevron are big players in Australian oil and gas and being forced to decarbonise sooner will affect their local operations, with a possible king hit to Prelude.

Safety

Gorgon workers left waiting for mercury contamination results

Safety regulator WorkSafe does not know when it will receive test results so four workers on Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant will know if they have received an unsafe exposure to toxic mercury.

Carbon Emissions

WA’s top carbon polluters: LNG, power, iron ore and alumina

WA's industrial greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by four products and a handful of companies, including a few that have managed to keep a low profile in the climate wars.

PRRT

Shell predicts free gas forever for Gorgon and Prelude LNG

Shell's accountants predict the Dutch giant will never pay Australia for gas consumed at the Gorgon and Prelude LNG projects that it can sell for up to about $4 billion a year.

Carbon Emissions

Chevron sells greenhouse-impact certified LNG to Singapore

Singapore's Pavilion Energy will buy Australian LNG from Chevron with certified greenhouse emissions, in another sign that Asian buyers are favouring less carbon-intensive gas.

Carbon capture and storage

Gorgon emissions to soar until Chevron fixes restricted CO2 injection

Gorgon LNG's carbon emissions will jump by more than one million tonnes a year until Chevron fixes an underground pressure management problem that caused WA's safety regulator to curtail CO2 injection by two-thirds.

LNG

Shutdowns to keep Chevron’s Australian LNG production down through 2021

Technical problems at Gorgon and Wheatstone will give Chevron Australia another year of reduced LNG production while US headquarters remains hesitant about the energy transition.

Carbon capture and storage

Chevron’s Gorgon emissions to rise after sand clogs $3.1B C02 injection system

The WA safety regulator has told Chevron to turn down Australia's $3.1 billion showpiece Gorgon LNG carbon capture and storage system until problems are fixed, meaning carbon emissions will rise.

Carbon capture and storage

Chevron faces little grief from Gorgon LNG's 7 million tonnes emissions miss

Gorgon LNG has emitted 7 million tonnes of climate-warming CO2 more than permitted but Chevron is unlikely to suffer at the hands of lax Australian governments.

Chevron

Chevron to restart Gorgon LNG train after $500M production loss

Chevron prepares to restart a Gorgon LNG train after losing more than $500M of production to repair faulty welds. Two trains to go.

Safety

Chevron gets final OK for extended Gorgon fix

Chevron this week avoided a total shut down of its Gorgon LNG plant after it received final regulatory approval for delayed repairs to faulty welds.

LNG

Chevron to redo its botched Gorgon weld repairs

Welders will have to grind out and redo repairs at Gorgon performed to an incorrect procedure provided by Chevron and the delay could cost up to $250M.

Safety

Chevron’s fix of Gorgon LNG cracks delayed

Chevron's problems at Gorgon LNG from faulty welds years ago in a South Korean factory continue with delays to repairing the first of three trains to be fixed.

Safety

Chevron's Gorgon LNG faces up to $1.4B hit to fix cracks

After action by safety regulators Chevron will progressively shut down all LNG trains at Gorgon to fix faulty welds in propane-filled pressure vessels.

Chevron

Gorgon CO2 injection questions remain one year on

Chevron's ambitious injection of Gorgon CO2 shaped the $US54B LNG project and a year after starting up 2.5 years late its long-term performance remains to be proved.

Safety

Chevron cops 33 orders from regulators to make Gorgon safe

Chevron faces shutting Gorgon LNG down to make it safe after WA safety regulators responded to reports of thousands of cracks in propane-filled vessels.

Safety

Gorgon weld problems raise safety questions Chevron will not answer

Chevron has "put additional mitigations in place" to protect workers while it mulls what to do with two giant LNG trains operating at Gorgon that could have defective welds.

Chevron

Chevron plans to fix and restart Gorgon Train 2 by September

Chevron intends to have cracked propane vessels fixed and Gorgon LNG back in full production by September as it awaits inspection by the safety regulator.

Safety

Regulator OK with Gorgon safety but will inspect early next week

The safety and economic stakes for Gorgon LNG are high as WA Government inspectors soon head to Barrow Island to check on Chevron's cracked pressure vessels.

Safety

Safety regulator to inspect Chevron's Gorgon ASAP

Safety regulators knew nothing of cracked pressure vessels at Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant until alerted by media reports and now plan to inspect the equipment themselves.

Safety

Cracks at Chevron's Gorgon threaten safety and LNG production

Thousands of cracks raise questions about the safety of the Gorgon LNG plant and operator Chevron will decide to shutdown or maintain revenue, with the safety regulator on the sidelines.

Carbon Emissions

Chevron's dodge on Gorgon LNG carbon pollution rejected

Chevron has been denied a two-year free pass on Gorgon greenhouse gas emissions by the WA Government that could cost it more than $80 million, and there may be a future bill for Wheatstone as well.