Houston, TX, August 22, 2024 – Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), through its subsidiary Chevron Australia New Ventures Pty Ltd (Chevron), has been awarded a greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment permit offshore Western Australia. The permit award provides further opportunity for Chevron to deliver on its strategy of safely delivering lower carbon energy to a growing world.
The G-18-AP permit is offshore from Onslow, Western Australia and covers an area of approximately 8,467 km2 with water depths of 50-1100m. The permit area will be evaluated as part of a hub for storing third party emissions, including those from Chevron's operated LNG assets.
The permit involves a joint venture with Chevron as operator, and Woodside Energy Ltd. Chevron will hold a 70% participating interest in the permit, and Woodside will hold a 30% participating interest. Chevron has agreed to farm down five percent of its equity in the permit to GS Caltex (GSC) of Korea. GSC's entry into the permit is conditional on regulatory approvals and other matters.
"Chevron, along with our joint venture participants, have a unique set of assets, capabilities and customer relationships to support the further assessment, development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Australia," said Chris Powers, vice president of CCUS & Emerging for Chevron New Energies.
"Together with the Chevron-operated Gorgon CCS project, one of the world's largest integrated facilities, coupled with our existing GHG assessment permits, this new award has potential to expand Chevron's portfolio of CCS assets in Australia," he said.
Mark Hatfield, managing director, Chevron Australia said: "These opportunities have the potential to help us lower the carbon intensity of our own operations as well as provide opportunities to help our customers reduce or offset emissions from their activities."
This block award adds to Chevron's non-operated interests in G-9-AP, G-10-AP and G-11-AP as well as operating Gorgon CCS which has now captured and stored 10 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent.
According to the International Energy Agency, reaching global net zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS.1
德克萨斯州休斯顿，2024年8月22日——雪佛龙公司（纽约证券交易所代码：CVX）通过其子公司雪佛龙澳大利亚新风险投资有限公司（雪佛龙）获得了西澳大利亚近海温室气体（GHG）评估许可。该许可证为雪佛龙提供了进一步的机会，使雪佛龙能够实现其向不断增长的世界安全地提供低碳能源的战略。
G-18-AP 许可证位于西澳大利亚州昂斯洛近海，占地面积约 8,467 平方公里，水深为 5000-110000万。许可证区域将作为储存第三方排放的枢纽的一部分进行评估，包括来自雪佛龙运营的液化天然气资产的排放。
该许可证涉及由雪佛龙作为运营商的合资企业，伍德赛德能源有限公司。雪佛龙将持有该许可证70％的参与权益，伍德赛德将持有30％的参与权益。雪佛龙已同意向韩国GS Caltex（GSC）出售其许可证中5％的股权。GSC获得许可证的条件是监管部门的批准和其他事项。
雪佛龙新能源CCUS与Emerging副总裁克里斯·鲍尔斯表示：“雪佛龙以及我们的合资企业参与者拥有一套独特的资产、能力和客户关系，可以支持澳大利亚碳捕集与封存（CCS）的进一步评估、开发和部署。”
他说：“加上雪佛龙运营的全球最大的综合设施之一Gorgon CCS项目，再加上我们现有的温室气体评估许可证，这一新奖项有可能扩大雪佛龙在澳大利亚的CCS资产组合。”
雪佛龙澳大利亚董事总经理马克·哈特菲尔德表示：“这些机会有可能帮助我们降低自身业务的碳强度，并为帮助客户减少或抵消其活动排放提供机会。”
这项集体奖励增加了雪佛龙在 G-9-AP、G-10-AP 和 G-11-AP 以及运营的戈尔贡碳捕获和储存了1000万吨二氧化碳当量的非运营权益。
根据国际能源署的说法，如果没有CCUS的话，实现全球净零几乎是不可能的。
