Australia
Chevron is a partner (16.7% stake) in the Browse Basin LNG Project with Woodside Ltd (48% stake). The Browse Basin offshore natural gas field is located approximately 200 nautical miles off the Kimberley coast in North West Western Australia (WA). Chevron and its partners plan to build a processing facility for the gas at James Price Point, 50 kilometer north of the town of Broome in the Kimberley region.
The Kimberley is one of the world's last great natural and Indigenous cultural regions, home to many Aboriginal communities and at least 27 native title (Indigenous ownership) claim groups. Its vast savannah woodlands, wild rivers, spectacular coast and rich marine environments provide a multitude of habitats that are home to an extraordinary diversity of native wildlife species, including the recently discovered Snubfin dolphin, five species of marine turtle and Humpback whales.
In a separate but equally destructive project in Northwestern Australia, Chevron's giant Gorgon Gas Development and Janz Feed Pipeline broke ground at the end of 2009 after a decade of controversy. Gorgon is sited on Barrow Island Nature Reserve, 70 kilometers off Western Australia's Pilbara coast. The island is a major rookery for Australian flatback turtles and home to 24 terrestrial species that are rare, endangered and/or not found anywhere else.
More information on Chevron in Australia can be found in the Alternative Annual Report
