The Chevron plant is only operating at one-third of its capacity

Chevron has disclosed that its Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in Western Australia is only operating at one-third of its planned capacity.
Chevron Australia’s David Fallon stated at an Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association event in Adelaide:

Rates today are about one-third where we’d like them to be.

However, he still considers the Gorgon project a success, adding “Even with the challenges we have had, it remains the world’s largest stand-alone CO2 storage facility solely focused on storage”.

According to Chevron, the project, which sequesters carbon beneath Barrow Island off Western Australia’s Pilbara Coast, has captured seven million metric tons of CO2 since it began operations in August 2019.

This falls well short of the original goal of four million tons of CO2 stored each year.

Chevron recently revealed its intentions to execute extensive drilling work to upgrade the Gorgon carbon capture facility, which has been underperforming.

Many have criticized Gorgon’s failings, claiming that they demonstrate that carbon capture is not a feasible answer to climate change mitigation.

Ed Husic, Australia’s Federal Minister for Industry, Science, and Technology, stated:

If you look at what happened with Gorgon, they have put a lot in there, but they have had a lot of troubles along the way in terms of development and the application of the technology, and really what we need is at scale.

However, Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King has endorsed the deployment of carbon capture technology, referring to it as the

single biggest opportunity for emissions reduction in the energy resources sector.

 

source : Australian Government

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