Chevron Australia and the Gorgon Joint Venture Participants have made a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Gorgon Stage 3 development off the north-west coast of Western Australia (WA).
The $3 billion backfill development will connect the offshore Geryon and Eurytion natural gas fields in the Greater Gorgon Area to Gorgon’s existing subsea gas gathering infrastructure and processing facilities on Barrow Island.
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Chevron Australia president Balaji Krishnamurthy said, “Gorgon is a world-class energy asset which plays a crucial role in supporting the economic development and energy security of millions of people in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region.
“With the development of the Geryon and Eurytion fields—to join the existing Gorgon and Jansz-Io fields in providing gas supply for the processing facilities—we can continue providing the reliable energy the world needs, maintaining thousands of highly skilled jobs in Australia, supporting regional WA communities and contributing to government revenue.”
Part of the original development plan for Gorgon, Gorgon Stage 3 is the first in a series of planned subsea tiebacks.
The development involves the installation of three manifolds and a 35km production flowline among other associated infrastructure.
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Six wells will be drilled in the two fields located about 100km north-west of Barrow Island in water depths of about 1300m.
Gorgon has the capacity to produce 300 terajoules per day of gas for the WA market and 15.6 million tonnes of LNG per year.
