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"The US energy company Chevron describes it as the world’s largest industrial
carbon dioxide injection project of its kind. But it has a problem. It still
isn’t working as promised and the results are getting worse.
The $3bn Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) development, on Barrow Island
off Western Australia’s Pilbara coast, was supposed to start operating in 2016,
backed by $60m in federal government funding. Chevron and its partners in the
project, including Shell and ExxonMobil, said it would capture up to 4m tonnes
of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from an underwater gas field each year and inject it in
a reservoir more than 2km beneath the island.
It was supposed to cut the direct greenhouse gas emissions from the Gorgon
liquified natural gas (LNG) development by 40%. Nearly 10 years on, this is yet
to happen."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
