Chevron is optimising the pressure management system
Gorgon injected a third of carbon dioxide last year
Chevron-operated project injected just 1.65mn t of the 5mn t it produced
Chevron’s Gorgon carbon capture and storage project—the largest of its kind in the world—injected just a third of the CO₂ produced by its gas export plant in the 2021–22 financial year, according to an environmental report from the company released last month. Chevron was licensed to build the $54bn gas export plant on the condition it would “implement all practicable means” to inject at least 80pc of the CO₂ it emitted. But it actually injected just 1.65mn t CO₂ of the 5mn t produced, according to the report. The company says there are two main reasons for the shortfall. First, the regulatory limitations on injection rates in place until late 2021 and, second, reduced water production from
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