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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1317 asked in the Legislative Council on 24 November 2020 by Hon Tim Clifford

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

GORGON GAS PROJECT — CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION

1317. Hon TIM CLIFFORD to the Minister for Environment:

I refer to Chevron's Gorgon gas carbon capture and storage system on Barrow Island and Chevron's failure to adequately begin sequestering carbon from when operations commenced in July 2016.

(1) Since condition 26.2 of ministerial statement 800 was amended, how many tonnes of CO2 has been injected into Barrow Island?

(2) Since the amendment of condition 26.2 of ministerial statement 800, how many times has the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation reviewed compliance?

(3) Is the minister confident that Chevron will meet the reservoir carbon injection target of least 80 per cent?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) In Chevron's most recent ''Five-year Environmental Performance Report'', 2015–2020, for the proposal dated 27 October 2020, Chevron reported 2 707 092 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent as being injected. This information is publicly available on Chevron's website, and I table a copy of the report.

[See paper 4654.]

(2)–(3) In accordance with condition 26.2 of ministerial statement 800, the injection of carbon dioxide is calculated on a five-year rolling average, commencing on 18 July 2016. The first five-year averaging period will be reached on 18 July 2021, which is when compliance with the condition can be determined. If the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation finds that condition 26.2 has not been complied with, the CEO may exercise any power in respect of the noncompliance that is exercisable under a written law, and report it to me as Minister for Environment.