据OE网站9月9日报道，石油巨头雪佛龙（Chevron）宣布，其是三家已获得许可，可以对澳大利亚近海二氧化碳的潜在储存进行评估和评价工作的合资公司的一部分。
这些区块包括两个位于西澳大利亚西北海岸的Carnarvon盆地和一个位于北领地近海的波拿巴盆地，总面积超过31500平方公里，即近780万英亩，面积比比利时还大。
据9月8日公布的消息称，G-9-AP和G-11-AP许可区由桑托斯运营，SK E&S的子公司也持有G-11-AP的权益。
第三个项目G-10-AP由伍德赛德公司运营，其合作伙伴包括英国石油公司（bp）、三菱公司（Mitsubishi Corporation）和三井公司（Mitsui & Co.）拥有的日本澳大利亚液化天然气公司（Japan Australia LNG）以及壳牌澳大利亚公司（Shell Australia）。
8月24日，澳大利亚政府批准了自2014年以来首批两个新的海上温室气体储存区。这些许可区是为INPEX、伍德赛德能源和道达尔能源之间在波拿巴盆地GHG21-1区域G-7-AP的合资企业，以及Browse盆地G-8-AP区域G-21-3的伍德赛德能源提供的。
根据2021的海上温室气体储存面积批准计划，目前共授予了五个许可区。该国政府表示，这将为澳大利亚工业提供碳捕获和储存的新机会，并帮助澳大利亚实现到2030年将排放量降低43%的目标。
雪佛龙澳大利亚业务部董事总经理Mark Hatfield表示，雪佛龙拥有一系列独特的能力和关系，支持在澳大利亚进一步部署碳捕获和存储技术。“我们期待与我们的风险参与者合作，评估这些项目的温室气体储存潜力，我们希望这将在未来几年造福澳大利亚和该地区。
雪佛龙表示，作为其全球低碳战略的一部分，雪佛龙专注于碳捕获、利用和存储（CCUS）——主要通过与第三方排放方作为合作伙伴和客户的中心——可再生燃料、氢、抵消和其他新兴技术。
雪佛龙新能源公司CCUS副总裁克里斯·鲍尔斯（Chris Powers）表示，在几乎所有情况下，CCUS都是实现《巴黎协定》净零排放目标的关键，并将在减少难以减少的能源密集型行业（如液化天然气、炼油、石化、电力、钢铁和水泥）的碳排放方面发挥关键作用。这些企业和其他企业也有可能帮助我们产生更高的回报并降低我们自身业务的碳强度。我们期待在这些努力上进行合作。
郝芬 译自 OE
原文如下：
Chevron Gets Stakes in Australian CCS Schemes
Oil major Chevron has announced it is part of three joint ventures that have been granted permits to undertake evaluation and appraisal work for the potential storage of carbon dioxide offshore Australia.
The blocks, including two in the Carnarvon Basin off the north-western coast of Western Australia and one in the Bonaparte Basin offshore Northern Territory, total more than 31,500 km2 or nearly 7.8 million acres – an area larger than Belgium.
Two, permits G-9-AP and G-11-AP, are operated by by Santos, with an affiliate of SK E&S also holding interest in G-11-AP, as announced yesterday (8 September).
The third, G-10-AP, is operated by Woodside, with partners BP, Japan Australia LNG, which is owned equally by Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsui & Co., and Shell Australia.
Last month (24 August), the Australian Government approved the first two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas since 2014. The permits were for a joint venture between INPEX, Woodside Energy and TotalEnergies for area G-7-AP over GHG21-1 in the Bonaparte Basin, and for Woodside Energy for area G-8-AP over GHG21-3 in the Browse Basin.
A total of five permits have now been awarded under the 2021 offshore Greenhouse Gas Storage Acreage Release. The government said these would provide Australian industry with new opportunities for carbon capture and storage and help Australia to achieve its target to lower emissions by 43% by 2030.
“Chevron has a unique set of capabilities and relationships to support the further deployment of carbon capture and storage in Australia,” said Mark Hatfield, managing director of Chevron’s Australia Business Unit. “We look forward to working with our venture participants to assess the greenhouse gas storage potential within these titles, which we hope will benefit Australia and the region for years to come.”
As part of its global lower carbon strategy, Chevron is focused on carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) – primarily through hubs with third-party emitters as partners and customers – renewable fuels, hydrogen, offsets, and other emerging technologies, Chevron says.
“Under almost every scenario, CCUS is expected to be essential for meeting the net zero ambitions of the Paris Agreement and is poised to play a crucial role in reducing carbon emissions in hard-to-abate, energy intensive industries such as LNG, refining, petrochemicals, power, steel, and cement,” said Chris Powers, vice president of CCUS for Chevron New Energies. “These and other ventures also have the potential to help generate higher returns and lower the carbon intensity of our own operations. We look forward to collaborating on these efforts.”
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