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Staged-shutdown for Chevron's Gorgon LNG

CHEVRON Corporation's Gorgon LNG facility on Barrow Island has been allowed to remain open by government inspectors, however both Trains 1 and 3 will have to be shut down over the next six months under a staged shutdown plan in order to fix thousands of cracks found in its trains' propane kettles.

Helen Clark, Mark Tilly
Trains 1 and 3 offline to fix cracks

Trains 1 and 3 offline to fix cracks

The plan will see Train 1 shutdown for inspection in early October, and Train 3 in January next year.  Department of Mining, Industry Regulation and Safety Dangerous Goods Worksafe director Sally North...

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