Chevron Corp. began LNG production at the Wheatstone facility in western Australia, with the first cargo scheduled to be shipped in the next few weeks.
The Chevron-operated Wheatstone facility has two LNG liquefaction trains capable of supplying 8.9 million metric tons per year of LNG at full capacity, according to an Oct. 8 news release.
Wheatstone LNG is a joint venture of Chevron, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. KSC, Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc., together with PE Wheatstone Pty Ltd, part owned by JERA.