Chevron reports safe start of operations at its Gorgon natural gas facility. Credit: Chevron Corporation.

The Australian subsidiary of US oil major Chevron has announced the start-up of a carbon dioxide (CO2) injection system.

The system is located at the Chevron-led Gorgon natural gas facility in Barrow Island, which is a natural reserve off the northwest coast of Western Australia.

Chevron Australia managing director Al Williams said: “We are pleased to reach the first milestone of safely starting the operation of the Gorgon carbon dioxide injection system, one of the world’s largest greenhouse gas mitigation projects ever undertaken by industry.

“This achievement is the result of strong collaboration across industry and governments and supports our objective of providing affordable, reliable and ever-cleaner energy essential to our modern lives.”

Williams added: “We are monitoring system performance and plan to safely ramp up injection volumes over the coming months as we bring online processing facilities.”

Once operating at full production, the CO2 injection facility is expected to decrease Gorgon’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 40%.

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The Gorgon facility is designed to help maximise energy efficiency and minimise greenhouse gas emissions.

Gorgon project is a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and JERA.

The CO2 injection project received $60m from the Australian Government towards the capital cost.

In January 2016, Chevron signed an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China-based ENN LNG Trading (ENN) for ten years from the Gorgon project.

The company unveiled the arrival of the final train 1 module for the Gorgon Project in June 2014.

In 2015, it signed an agreement to sell LNG to SK LNG Trading from the $54bn Gorgon project.