Chevron’s Carbon Capture Flagship Is Stuck at One-Third Capacity

  • Energy producer faces years of work to improve Gorgon: exec.
  • Project is intended to capture and store LNG site’s emissions
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Chevron Corp.’s flagship carbon capture and storage project in Australia faces years of work to hit full capacity, underscoring the challenge of a technology seen as necessary to help the world hit climate goals.

The Gorgon CCS project, one of the largest of its kind in the world, needs investment to boost performance and will be stuck at around one-third of its intended capacity until that’s completed, according to David Fallon, Chevron Australia’s general manager energy transition.