Chevron assures investors Gorgon on track

Chevron has told investors Gorgon is on track and will start production in the middle of 2015.

"We want to reiterate the project is on track and we are on target for a mid-2015 start up,’’ CFO Pat Yarrington told investors.

Ms Yarrington said 20 of the 21 “critical process modules” for the first of two trains (production facilities) were in place, along with common facilities at Gorgon’s Barrow Island base.
“The remaining train will arrive shortly and it really becomes a process of hooking up and commissioning,’’ Ms Yarrington said.

Petronet expects LNG from Gorgon in 2015-16

Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) today informed that the supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Australian Gorgon LNG Project will begin from 2015-16.

The company had signed a 20-year long term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with an Australian subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation in August 2009 to purchase approximately 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG from the Gorgon LNG Project.

“As per the update given by Exxon Mobil team the project is progressing on schedule and they are about 65% through. In the November-December this year, they may begin operations. So we can expect that by 2015-16, we will be able to get our first supplies from there to our Kochi terminal,” said A K Balyan, MD & CEO, Petronet LNG Ltd.

“We have already ordered for construction of a fourth ship that would carry the LNG from Australia to India. It is the same consortium which is doing our transportation from Qatar and Shipping Corporation of India would be operating it,” he said.

Cobham Aviation secures Gorgon gas project contract extension

Cobham Aviation Services has secured a contract extension with Chevron to service the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island. It will see the company use a fourth aircraft to service the project.

Ryan Both, Cobham’s general manager regional services said the contract extension reflected Cobham’s ability to deliver customised services and unique operational requirements to the resources industry.

“We have a long-term relationship with Chevron Australia with more than 50 Cobham aircrew, including pilots and cabin crew, now supporting flight services for the Gorgon Project,” Both said.

Gorgon Gas Project Expansion Approved

A proposal to expand the Gorgon gas project on Barrow Island in Western Australia has been approved by WA's environmental watchdog. The Environmental Protection Authority said yesterday it was satisfied that increasing Chevron's footprint on the island from 300ha to 332ha was ecologically acceptable provided it met certain conditions. The authority has recommended Chevron offset the impact to the area by extending a program to transfer and reintroduce threatened species for a further two years.

UGL wins Gorgon maintenance contract

Engineering group UGL has been awarded a five-year contract to maintain energy giant Chevron's Western Australia gas assets.

UGL will undertake mechanical and electrical work on Chevron's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

UGL expects work to begin on the Gorgon gas project in the first half of calendar 201 and says the multi-million contract could be extended beyond the five-year term.

"We are very proud to have been selected by Chevron to provide maintenance services across the company's portfolio of critical oil and gas assets in Western Australia," UGL chief executive Richard Leupen said in a statement.