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CCS world projects: Gorgon

Project Overview

The Gorgon gas field, off the north-west coast of Australia, is one of the world’s premier hydrocarbon resources, and the development of a LNG plant is planned for this location. It is also planned for approximately 3-4Mt per annum of CO2 to be captured from the natural gas, injected into the Dupuy Formation, a gas field that is situated near Barrow Island, and monitored. Storage is expected to begin in 2012.

Project Type

Storage

Location

Gorgon gas field (offshore Western Australia), Australia

Type of CO2 Storage Operation

offshore saline aquifer depleted gas field

Major Stakeholders

ChevronTexaco
ExxonMobil
Shell

Project Scale

Commercial

Project Start Year: unknown

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2009  
 

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approx daily 10000 t/d
approx annual 3.3 Mt/a
total sequestration 129 Mt

  Additional Data  
  Depth of Injection Interval (average) 2300 m
  Type of Reservoir Sandstone
  Type of Seal Shale
  Distance Source to Sink Unknown

Method of CO2 Delivery

Pipeline

Injected Gas Composition

Unknown

Project Cost

Unknown

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