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gorgon

explore the largest single-resource development in Australia's history

The Gorgon Project is located on Barrow Island, around about 37 miles (60 km) off the northwest coast of Western Australia.

ownership percentage

47.3%

gorgon LNG trains 1–3

production lifespan

40+

years

LNG production capacity

15.6

million metric tons per year

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Gorgon is a story of energy and the environment as well as technology and expertise. Based on Barrow Island, the Gorgon Project includes a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility with three processing units designed to produce 15.6 million metric tons of LNG per year. This includes a domestic natural gas plant.

"Australia has shown how technology, innovation and strong partnerships can unlock – not just the resource – but the accompanying economic benefits, social infrastructure and energy security."

Nigel Hearne

President, Chevron Eurasia Pacific Exploration and Production Company

project overview: producing LNG in Australia

See a flythrough animation of the Gorgon Project, which is developing the Greater Gorgon gas fields.
project overview: producing LNG in Australia
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gorgon and wheatstone project highlights

We’re bringing together the technology, innovation and Human Energy required to deliver world-class projects on a scale never before seen.

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gorgon business overview

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technologies

Most of the world’s natural gas is far from the areas of greatest demand. At Gorgon, we’re advancing technology and engineering know-how to safely maximize production and distribution. Since 2009, we’ve spent more than AU$1 billion on research and development projects in Australia. In doing so, we’re helping turn innovation into one of Australia’s most valuable resources.

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connecting to the market

Linking our LNG projects to the market requires an unrelenting focus on safe and reliable transportation. Most of Chevron's LNG production from Australia is committed under binding long-term agreements with major utilities in Asia, with the remainder sold on the Asian spot LNG market. Safe and reliable deliveries of LNG cargos helps meet our customer’s growing needs for power.

environment

beyond best practice

Chevron’s Barrow Island Quarantine Management System (QMS), the world’s largest nongovernment quarantine initiative, serves as a model for environmental stewardship. See what we’re doing to protect the biodiversity of Barrow Island, a Class A Nature Reserve.

our rigorous quarantine management system

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Our key environmental objective is to protect the conservation values and maintain the biodiversity of Barrow Island and its surrounding waters.

protecting biodiversity

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species and subspecies are found on Barrow Island and nowhere else on earth

protecting biodiversity

1910

was the first year Barrow Island was designated a Class A Nature Reserve

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chevron protects nature on barrow island

Renowned Australian environmentalist Dr. Harry Butler was a special consultant to Chevron in Australia for more than 50 years.
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"The fact that a major oil field has operated so successfully on a major Class A Nature Reserve demonstrates that industry and the environment can coexist given proper management."

Dr. Harry Butler, AO CBE

Naturalist and Conservationist (1930-2015)

Gorgon Carbon Dioxide Injection Project

environment

carbon dioxide injection project

The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Injection Project involves the design, construction and operation of facilities to inject and store reservoir CO2 into a deep reservoir unit, known as the Dupuy Formation, more than two kilometres beneath Barrow Island. This is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emission from the Gorgon Project by approximately 40 percent, or more than 100 million tonnes over the life of the injection project.

The Gorgon facility incorporates many leading design features aimed at maximizing energy efficiency and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. In steady-state operations, Gorgon is anticipated to have the lowest greenhouse gas emissions intensity of any LNG project in Australia.

The system safely started operation in August 2019. Chevron continues to monitor system performance and plans to safely ramp up injection volumes over time as we bring online processing facilities.

economic development

economic benefits

Everything about Gorgon is massive. That includes the economic impact on the Australian economy. We're providing local opportunities on a scale never before seen in Australia – spending more than AU$34 billion* on Australian goods and services and awarding more than 700 contracts* to Australian companies. The Gorgon Project has directly employed more than 10,000 workers. Our investments will continue paying off long after construction is completed as our focus turns to the creation of highly skilled jobs in the LNG industry.

see the ACIL Allen Report

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benefits from the gorgon project*

supporting jobs

60

thousand direct and indirect local jobs created

powering local homes

2.5

million households supplied with electricity**

growing the economy

AU$440

billion forecasted addition to Australia's GDP

*2015 ACIL Allen Report. All economic forecasts are based on the period 2009 to 2040 and are based on indicative estimates as of January 2015.
**At full capacity by Gorgon domgas.

"The Gorgon and Wheatstone Projects combined have injected more than $60 billion in local content into the Australian economy over their construction phases."

Nigel Hearne

President, Chevron Eurasia Pacific Exploration and Production Company

In addition to Gorgon, the projects Chevron has invested in and its other activities in Australia are expected to deliver significant long-term direct and indirect economic benefits to the Australian economy.

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education

powering careers in energy

With landmark projects like Gorgon and Wheatstone, Australia’s on the fast track to becoming one of the world’s leading providers of natural gas. Long-term projects like these require a highly skilled workforce. By encouraging students to participate in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and related studies, we’re helping develop the industry experts of the future. In consultation with the Western Australian School Curriculum and Standards Authority, we developed the Powering Careers in Energy (PCiE) initiative. The goal of the PCiE program is to increase energy literacy in schools. The one-year course covers five study areas and is the only industry-developed school-based program to have been approved for use in Western Australian schools.

see how we deliver meaningful change on a local level

The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (47.3 percent), ExxonMobil (25 percent), Shell (25 percent), Osaka Gas (1.25 percent), Tokyo Gas (1 percent) and JERA (0.417 percent).