US energy company Chevron Corporation has announced it has started producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and condensate at the Gorgon project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The first LNG cargo is expected to be shipped next week.
John Watson, chairman and chief executive of Chevron, said: “We expect legacy assets such as Gorgon will drive long-term growth and create shareholder value for decades to come.”
“The long-term fundamentals for LNG are attractive, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, and this is a significant milestone for all involved,” he added.
Chevron is positioned to become a major LNG supplier by 2020. In particular, Chevron’s Australian projects are well located to meet growing demand for energy in the Asia-Pacific region and more than 80 percent of Chevron’s Australian subsidiaries’ equity LNG from the Gorgon and Wheatstone projects is covered by sales and purchase agreements with customers in the region.
“We congratulate the Gorgon workforce on this achievement,” Mr Watson continued. “This is the result of the collaboration of hundreds of suppliers and contractors and many tens of thousands of people across the world during the project design and construction phases.”
The Gorgon project is supplied from the Gorgon and Jansz-Io gas fields, located within the Greater Gorgon area, between 80 and 136 miles off the northwest coast of Western Australia. It includes a 15.6mtpa LNG plant on Barrow Island, a carbon dioxide injection project and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to supply 300tj of gas per day to Western Australia.
The Chevron-operated Gorgon project is a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and Chubu Electric Power.
