Chevron Corporation, operator of the Gorgon joint venture, will proceed with the US$4Bn Jansz-Io Compression (J-IC) project located in Australia
Jansz-Io field is located roughly 140 km from Barrow Island, at an average water depth of 1,350 m below the surface and was developed as part of the larger Gorgon project. The Gorgon field is one of the largest gas fields ever discovered in Australia, located in 250 m of water about 70 km from Barrow Island.
J-IC is a modification of the existing Gorgon development and will involve the construction and installation of a 27,000-tonne floating field control station, approximately 6,500 tonnes of subsea compression infrastructure and a 135-km submarine power cable linked to Barrow Island.
Construction and installation activities will take approximately five years to complete.
Chevron Eurasia Pacific Exploration and Production president Nigel Hearne said J-IC represents Chevron’s most significant capital investment in Australia since the sanctioning of the Gorgon Stage 2 project in 2018.
“Using world-leading subsea compression technology, J-IC is positioned to maintain gas supply from the Jansz-Io field to the three existing LNG trains and domestic gas plant on Barrow Island. This will maintain an important source of clean-burning natural gas to customers that will enable energy transitions in countries across the Asia Pacific region.”
J-IC follows the Gorgon Stage 2 project, which is nearing completion of the installation phase, to supply gas to the Gorgon plant from four new Jansz-Io and seven new Gorgon wells.
The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is a joint venture between the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and JERA.
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