Chevron has announced a suite of leadership changes including Balaji Krishnamurthy moving from its technical center in Houston to become president of its Australian operations.
LNG producer Chevron has tipped more than $68 million into a state government desalination plant at Onslow, as part of a state development agreement over its Wheatstone project.
Chevron Australia has increased the production capacity of its Wheatstone domestic gas facility by seven per cent, lifting nameplate capacity to 230 terajoules per day.
Permitting is under way on remediation work to improve carbon capture at Chevron Australia's Gorgon facility on Barrow Island, according to managing director Mark Hatfield.
LNG producer Chevron Australia paid more than $1.2 billion in tax in Australia in 2022, over a period during which it racked up income tax payment liability of $4.2 billion.
Chevron's proposed US$60 billion (A$94 billion) acquisition of producer Hess Corporation has been hailed as the acceleration of a new era of global oil megamergers.
Domestic gas production capacity at the Chevron-operated Wheatstone gas project will increase five per cent, after modifications were made to the project's plant near Onslow.
Chevron Australia managing director Mark Hatfield is concerned for Western Australia's future gas supply as availability tightens and state and federal regulatory pressures bite.
Chevron Australia has announced the production of first gas from the $4 billion Gorgon Stage 2 project, which involved the installation of 11 additional wells.
AOG: Woodside will spend $US2 billion on decommissioning by the end of the decade, while Chevron has touted a similar value for local contracting work on Jansz-Io.
Documents filed as part of a restructure of Chevron's Australian operations have given a glimpse into the finances of the $13 billion-a-year oil and gas producer.
Chevron Australia boss Mark Hatfield said he is determined to improve the company's workplace culture after a report found nearly half of staff had been bullied.
The state's environmental regulator wants Chevron's Gorgon LNG plant to hit net zero by 2050, and to offset any reservoir emissions that are not captured and stored underground.
Mark Hatfield spent his youth cleaning tables in his father's hamburger restaurant in Oklahoma, a world away from the Chevron Australia operation he now leads as managing director.
Chevron will spend $40 million in WA, and acquire carbon 5.2 million tonnes of offsets, to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.
