Chevron is the largest holder of untapped natural gas resources in Australia, an important asset to meet the country's and Asia's growing need for energy.
We are leading the development of the Gorgon Project, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and domestic gas joint venture based in the Greater Gorgon gas fields.
We also are developing our wholly owned Wheatstone Project as an LNG and domestic gas operation near Onslow on the mainland of Western Australia. Chevron has a 40-year history producing oil at Barrow Island and Thevenard Island oil fields. Along with our partners in the North West Shelf Venture, Chevron has exported LNG to Asian customers since 1989.
We're investing in the Browse Basin through the Browse Joint Venture, another LNG project off the coast of Western Australia.
We also run an exploration program based on our offshore interests in Australia's northwest region, one of Chevron's four global focus areas for exploration.
As part of an agreement Chevron Australia signed in 2005, Chevron Energy Technology Co. has established a new technology center in Perth – a resource for Chevron's operations worldwide.
Chevron has a 50 percent interest in Caltex Australia Limited, the country's leading oil refining and marketing company. It refines, distributes and sells fuels and lubricants, including petrol, jet and diesel fuel, liquefied petroleum gas, and industrial and aviation lubricants.
Updated: March 2009