CHEVRON AUSTRALIA —
GORGON CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE
1450. Hon Dr BRAD PETTITT to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Mines and Petroleum:
I refer to Chevron's carbon
capture and storage facility that is currently burying only a third of the
pollution it committed to as part of the Gorgon gas project.
(1) How many
carbon credits has Chevron purchased in the last two years to make up for the
ongoing shortfall of the 80 per cent injection target?
(2) What
oversight does the government have over international carbon credits being
purchased by Chevron to make up for the shortfall?
(3) Does the
regulator have any other avenues or tools at its disposal to improve the rates
of carbon capture and storage at Gorgon?
(4) Does the
government modelling assume that carbon capture and storage can effectively
work at scale, given there is no current example of the technology doing so?
Hon
MATTHEW SWINBOURN replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. The following answer has been provided to me by the Minister
for Mines and Petroleum.
Questions (1) and (2) should be
asked of the relevant minister, the Minister for Environment.
Chevron's carbon capture
and storage operations are regulated under a complex framework, with government
oversight from the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety,
Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and Department of Jobs,
Tourism, Science and Innovation. Questions (3) and (4) potentially cover all
three agencies and associated ministers, and it is not possible to provide a thorough
response in the time allocated. To ensure an appropriate answer can be
provided, the question will be answered on 30 November 2023.