Union members at Chevron Corp. liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia are deciding on a plan to resume strikes after criticizing the company’s efforts to finalize an agreement on pay and conditions.
The Offshore Alliance has refused to provide advance warning to Chevron of strike action.
Liquefied natural gas workers at key Chevron sites in Western Australia have begun ramping up a campaign of industrial action in a dispute that has roiled global energy markets.
Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is applying to a labor regulator to help resolve its dispute with unions at liquefied natural gas sites in Australia as workers continue partial strikes.
Employees at two Chevron liquefied natural gas facilities in Australia voted down the company’s pay package proposal, according to a union body, opening the way for a resumption of talks in the standoff that threatens global supply.
The threat of strikes at some Australian liquefied natural gas plants remains in focus amid pay disputes between Chevron and union officials, as unions endorsed action at the company’s Gorgon and Wheatstone facilities.
Woodside Energy Group and officials representing workers at some of its liquefied natural gas facilities are likely to hold more talks next week after failing to reach agreement on issues that could trigger strikes and disrupt global exports.
Workers threatening strikes at Chevron Corp. and Woodside Energy Group liquefied natural gas operations in Australia have urged the firms to quickly resolve disputes and avoid any costly disruption to exports.
Chevron expects to inject even less CO2 at its flagship Gorgon CCS plant this year than in 2022, amid issues with water management and seismicity.
Chevron’s flagship carbon capture and storage project in Australia faces years of work to hit full capacity, underscoring the challenge of a technology seen as necessary to help the world hit climate goals.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has safely delivered its first shipment of offset-paired liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to CPC Taiwan’s terminal at Kaohsiung from the Gorgon project in Australia, the US giant said Thursday.
Chevron’s (NYSE:CVX) flagship carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme, designed to catch emissions at the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) project offshore Australia, has operated at just over half its expected capacity in the previous financial year, according to the latest project update.
Subsea opportunities will be plentiful in Asia Pacific over the coming years as international oil companies (IOCs) and national oil companies (NOCs) advance a backlog of projects, while offshore wind developers accelerate activity across the region.
South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) reported that it has won a contract worth 656.1 billion KRW ($553.4 million) from Chevron to build an offshore facility for the Jansz-Io gas field development offshore Australia.
EnerMech has appointed Garry Ford as regional director for Asia Pacific as the group looks to drive further growth and strengthen its existing oil and gas operations across the region.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) has suspended production from Train 1 at its giant Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Australia since 16 November following the detection of a minor gas leak.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play an important role in decarbonising liquefied natural gas (LNG), but the pace of progress remains too slow, writes Gavin Thompson, Asia Pacific vice chair, Wood Mackenzie.
Chevron has chosen Australian engineering company Worley to provide engineering and construction management services at the US giant’s recently sanctioned $4 billion Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) project offshore Western Australia.
Baker Hughes will supply subsea compressions manifold technology for the Jansz-lo Compression (J-IC) project that will boost gas production at Chevron’s Gorgon project offshore Australia.
Chevron is receiving heavy flak and potential fines for failing to meet emissions reduction targets at its troubled carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme that forms a crucial element of the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Australia. Its partners include Shell and ExxonMobil.
The Chevron-led Gorgon LNG venture in Australia will proceed with a $4 billion investment for the Jansz-Io compression development that will keep customers in Asia supplied with gas for decades. Significantly, the subsea compression project, needed to move the gas from the deep seas to shore, will be the first of its kind outside of Norway.
Wood has extended a deal to provide a range of services for the Gorgon Stage Two development off western Australia.
Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant shut a production train for about a month, at least the eighth outage since operations started 14 months ago at the most-expensive project in the company’s history.
Chevron said today that LNG production at one of its Gorgon project’s two units had resumed after a month-long outage, according to a news report.
Oil major Chevron has temporarily halted output from one of the two production units at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant.