Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Looks like Chevron's 'success' with CS is on par with its 'success' in LNG. Better stick with what you know best, producing conventional oil and gas assets.

The biggest joke is the id--t MH is hoping to get into new CS projects in Oz despite overseeing the biggest CS disaster in the history of the industry. We are a laughing stock.

It’s disappointing that CP and his team have not fixed the performance issues at Gorgon yet. They seem focused on the US and not working to deploy resources to resolve the issues in Australia.

NH was only there for startup. All the big mistakes were made long before. JJ oversaw the alternative selection of Barrow Island which doomed us to tens of billions in cost overruns. He managed to blame his boss, a finance geek with great hair, who was run off prematurely. RK was there for the technical specs on injection and we all know what happened to him. Nice enough guy, though, especially over a pint or seven.

You mean the Skimming Project? Just like many other Chevron projects of that kind, if we’re not pursuing oil or gas, it’s a really a skimming project. It’s exclusively intended for public consumption and propaganda means to mislead everyone while the executives, key management and company contractors skim millions into their wallets and secret bank accounts. If you have never realized that, you’ve been asleep at the wheel. This goes on everywhere my friend.

@1qnq, I have to guess that $60-80 million/year is cheaper than actually getting the technology up to advertised capacity. Looks like another chapter in Chevron Australia misadventures.

Send Nigel to fix it. He rode the gravy train longest and during the crucial phases. He also recruited a long list of people who also rode the gravy train long after leaving Gorgon in other BUs. How about some accountability?

Umm, it was designed with pressure management wells. That is not the issue. Hello?

Aquifer support has always been a question for me with CO2 disposal is saline aquifers… water is not (really) compressible so you need to displace the original fluids to make this work and you can’t just dump the produced water on the surface. Not surprisingly there is pressure buildup.

“Under an agreement with the Western Australian government, Chevron must buy around 2.3 million tons-worth of carbon offsets every year to make up the shortfall in its capture capacity.”

That looks to be pretty big mistake with a $60MM - $80MM annual cost associated with it.

If it is any consulation, most of the technical staff from this project have been sacked. Managers are still around.

Chevron in a snapshot. Do it late and do it wrong.