What do they do on Barrow Island?

Barrow Island, 100km off WA’s Pilbara coast, has since 1910 been listed as an A-Class reserve, among the most protected type of land anywhere. It is also home to Australia’s largest gas project, Gorgon, being built by American company Chevron. The Chevron ran Gorgan Gas Project on Barrow Island.

How did Stheno and euryale become Gorgons?

She and her sister Euryale were both immortal, and the third sister, Medusa, was mortal. In Roman mythology, she was transformed into a Gorgon for her relationship to her sister Medusa, a priestess of Minerva, who had a sexual encounter with the sea god Neptune (mythology) in her goddess’s temple.

How much did Wheatstone cost?

Technical description. The project is expected to cost A$29 billion (US$29.7 billion). The LNG liquefaction and export plant will have an annual capacity of 15 million tonnes of LNG.

What animals and plants can be found on Barrow Island?

Barrow Island hosts many mammal species that are now absent or rarely seen across other parts of Australia. The diversity of mammals includes large marsupials (wallabies, burrowing bettongs, bandicoots, possums), small carnivorous marsupials, native rats and mice, and microbats.

What is the Gorgon Barrow Island net conservation benefits fund?

The Gorgon Barrow Island Net Conservation Benefits Fund is an initiative of the Western Australian Government, through which funding is provided for conservation work at the leading edge of scientific knowledge.

What is the Barrow Island Conservation Fund?

By agreement with Chevron Australia, which is developing the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow Island, this $60 million Fund has been established to build a nature conservation legacy for future generations of Western Australians.

What is happening on Barrow Island?

By the turn of the millennia, Chevron Australia had become the primary operator of oil and gas exploration and asset production on Barrow Island and after years of planning and engineering, the task of constructing the world’s largest modular LNG plant began in 2009 when a final investment decision was made.

What is the Chevron Gorgon Project?

Chevron Gorgon Site. The Gorgon gas project is a natural gas project in Western Australia, involving the development of the Greater Gorgon gas fields, subsea gas-gathering infrastructure, and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant on Barrow Island. The project also includes a domestic gas component.