Chevron reports outage at Australian gas facilities due to cyclone
- On Friday, Tropical Cyclone Narelle made landfall in Western Australia, forcing Chevron Australia to halt production at its Wheatstone gas platform and shut down one LNG train at its Gorgon facility on Barrow Island.
- Woodside Energy also demobilized staff from its North West Shelf platforms on Friday, compounding global supply constraints driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
- The affected projects account for as much as 8 per cent of global LNG supplies, with MST Marquee analyst Saul Kavonic estimating the cyclone is disrupting more than 30 million tonnes of annual supply.
- Chevron Australia stated it will resume full production at both facilities "once it is safe to do so," while operations continue at its Macedon domestic gas plant and Pluto LNG facility.
- Resources Minister Madeleine King acknowledged "there can be ripple effects" in the local gas market, though Prime Minister Anthony Albanese emphasized Australia remains a reliable supplier amid export challenges.
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Cyclone batters Australia's LNG straining global supply
A powerful tropical cyclone in Western Australia has disrupted production at the country's two biggest liquefied natural gas plants run by Chevron and Woodside, exacerbating a global supply crunch caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
Tropical cyclone Narelle caused disruptions in the activity of the three largest liquefied natural gas production sites in the world.
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