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A climate solution or distraction? The carbon capture facility at Chevron's Gorgon project tells a cautionary tale
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A climate solution or distraction? The carbon capture facility at Chevron's Gorgon project tells a cautionary tale

ABC  

Beside the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, on top of the red sand of Western Australia's arid north-west, relics of Australia's industrial past stand like museum pieces. It is the Gorgon project — a gas plant owned by US energy giant Chevron of truly monumental size that is Australia's most expensive ever resources development. Chevron's Danny Woodall says carbon …

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Does carbon capture work?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Does carbon capture work?

ABC  

Sabra Lane: The United Nations climate talks are continuing this week in Azerbaijan and there are lots of lobbyists there talking up carbon sequestration, a controversial technology that aims to capture and bury carbon dioxide emissions. Daniel Mercer: Danny Woodall is the director of operations for the plant's owner, US oil and gas behemoth Chevron. Danny Woodall: All studies that …

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World's biggest carbon capture plant running at one third capacity, Chevron Australia reveals
1 year, 7 months ago

World's biggest carbon capture plant running at one third capacity, Chevron Australia reveals

ABC  

United States oil and gas giant Chevron has acknowledged its flagship carbon capture and storage project off Australia's north-west coast is operating at just a third of its capacity as problems bedevil the facility. Key points: The plant off WA's north opened six years ago but has been plagued by operating problems since Chevron Australia's David Fallon stressed the project …

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Federal government approves two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas off WA and NT
2 years, 4 months ago

Federal government approves two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas off WA and NT

ABC  

The federal government has approved two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas, off the coast of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. "Woodside and other companies also have other abatement programs, because they know CCS is not the entire answer, whether that's forestry projects or otherwise, there are other means of carbon sequestration and offsets," she said. "Carbon capture and …

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Carbon capture and storage: does it work, and does it mean we can keep burning fossil fuels?
3 years, 2 months ago

Carbon capture and storage: does it work, and does it mean we can keep burning fossil fuels?

ABC  

Does Australia have a bad reputation on climate change? According to the US Department of Energy's Carbon Capture and Storage Database, there are 43 active sites where carbon capture and storage is taking place worldwide, including enhanced oil recovery projects. But critics, including Mark Ogge from the Australia Institute, say carbon capture and storage is a government fossil fuel handout, …

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Green groups accuse Chevron of 'deliberate mismanagement' of its own carbon storage project
5 years, 5 months ago

Green groups accuse Chevron of 'deliberate mismanagement' of its own carbon storage project

ABC  

Chevron 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 …

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