CHEVRON has announced it has enough gas to feed its proposed Wheatstone liquefied natural gas processing plant offshore Western Australia.
The company said on Wednesday that the results of a seven-well exploration and appraisal program for the Wheatstone and Iago fields indicates it has enough gas to support a two-train LNG plant for the Wheatstone project.
The California-based company is planning to build two LNG facilities in Wheatstone and Gorgon to tap anticipated demand for cleaner fuels from nearby fuel-strapped Asian customers.
A Chevron spokeswoman said 180 people have been employed to work on Wheatstone, with the number expected to double by year end.
Staff numbers on the Gorgon project have risen to 1000 and are expected to reach 1200 by midyear.
In September 2008, Chevron applied to the WA State Government for environmental approval to build the
Wheatstone plant with the capacity to produce up to 25 million metric tons of LNG a year, from five processing trains.
Chevron plans to conduct its largest ever Australian drilling program during 2009, with two rigs scheduled to drill multiple exploration and appraisal wells in its operated acreage.
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