Green groups accuse Chevron of 'deliberate mismanagement' of its own carbon storage project
ABCChevron has "deliberately mismanaged" its carbon sequestration project at the Gorgon gas facility in Western Australia in order to avoid its environmental commitments, a WA conservation group has alleged. Key points Chevron's Gorgon gas facility on Barrow Island, WA began production in 2016 Carbon dioxide extracted from the gas was to be sequestered by pumping it more than 800 metres underground, but instead has been released into the atmosphere Conservation groups claim that Chevron never intended for its carbon sequestration to work The carbon sequestration facility was taxpayer funded to the tune of $60 million under the Low Emissions Technology Development fund, and supposed to begin operation just after the plant began processing gas in 2016. A Chevron publication states the project would inject between ".3.4 and 4 million tonnes of reservoir CO2 each year", which totals around 40 per cent of the total emissions from the plant. While Chevron did not respond directly to the CCWA's claims, a company spokesperson said they were "confident" that the first sequestration would take place later this year.
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