Logistics and Lizards Disrupt Chevron’s Project Off Australia
Chevron agreed to share the cost with Exxon Mobil, Shell and three Japanese power companies, Osaka Gas, Tokyo Gas and Chubu Electric Power. “This is probably the last of the megaprojects for theoil companies for a while…”
By A. ODYSSEUS PATRICK: JULY 3, 2015
SYDNEY, Australia — Getting anything toChevron’s gas-processing plant on Barrow Island is a bit of a trick.
Some supplies travel 15 hours from Perth to a supply base for shipping. En route, trucks cannot stop under trees, to avoid picking up bugs and bird droppings. When people and cargo finally make it to the island, an army of 300 enforces a quarantine: Every Velcro strap on clothing and bags is checked for seed pods, boots are scrubbed free of dirt and pants with cuffs never even make it ashore.
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