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Gorgon Gas Development Barrow Island Nature Reserve

Project
Proponent: 
Chevron Australia
Proposal description: 

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, as operator for the Gorgon Joint Venturers, proposes to extract, pipe, liquefy and export 10 million tonnes per annum of natural gas from the Greater Gorgon and Jansz gas fields using facilities offshore and on Barrow Island, Western Australia.

Assessment Number: 
1496
Region: 
Pilbara
Referred under EP Act: 
s38
Industry sector: 
Infrastructure
Oil and gas
Last updated: 
June 26, 2013
Current Status: 
Ministerial Statement published
Ministerial Statement published
2. Decision on whether to assess this proposal
Chair's Determination: 
Environmental Review and Management Programme (ERMP)
Preliminary Environmental Factors: 
Marine Environmental Quality
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Date published: 
Monday, 24 November, 2003
3. Assessment
Scoping
Approved: 
Monday, 19 April, 2004
Environmental Review
Public submissions: 
Monday, 12 September, 2005 to Tuesday, 3 January, 2006
Environmental Review documentation: 
PDF icon Gorgon ERMP - Environmental, Social and Economic Review main document
PDF icon Environmental, Social and Economic Review - Executive summary
PDF icon Environmental, Social and Economic Review - Technical Appendices
PDF icon EIS Main Report Volume I
PDF icon EIS Main Report Volume II
PDF icon EIS Executive summary
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendix A
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendices B1 - B6
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendices C1 - C5
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendices C6 - C9
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendices D1 - D10
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendices E1 - E3
PDF icon EIS Technical Appendix F1
Proponent response to submissions: 
PDF icon Response to submissions
PDF icon Residual risk table
PDF icon Marine turtle conservation
PDF icon Murdoch - Review of and Advice on Gorgon ERMP and Related Documents
PDF icon Gorgon Joint Venturers response to the Murdoch review of the EIS/ERMP
PDF icon CSIRO review of the EIS/ERMP
PDF icon Gorgon Joint Venturers response to the CSIRO review of the EIS/ERMP
PDF icon CSIRO letter on the Quarantine Management System
4. EPA Report on assessment
EPA Report Number: 
1221
EPA Report: 
PDF icon Gorgon Gas Development Barrow Island Nature Reserve
Key Environmental Factors: 
Coastal Processes
Marine Environmental Quality
Marine Fauna
Flora and Vegetation
Terrestrial Environmental Quality
Terrestrial Fauna
Hydrological Processes
Date published: 
Tuesday, 6 June, 2006
Appeals close: 
Tuesday, 20 June, 2006
5. Decision on proposal and implementation of proposal
Ministerial Statement
Comments: 

Ministerial Statement 748 was superseded by Ministerial Statement 800, dated 10 August 2009.

Date of approval: 
Thursday, 6 September, 2007
Ministerial Statement: 
PDF icon Ministerial Statement 748

Source URL:https://www.epa.wa.gov.au/proposals/gorgon-gas-development-barrow-island-nature-reserve