The agreement, under Chevron's global University Partnership Program (UPP), will provide a new Chair, two postdoctoral appointments and two PhD scholarships in gas process engineering at the University.
Mark Puckett, president of Chevron's Energy Technology Company, welcomed UWA to the program, which is designed to help develop new energy technologies .
"The Program enhances local and global gas research and education, and complements Chevron's existing alliances with other leading universities and research institutions," he said.
The UPP is developed in conjunction with leading universities around the world, such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Texas A&M University, Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand and Stanford University, to establish new programs, support faculty and provide student scholarships.
UPP operates in 18 cities with UWA currently the only Australian university chosen to take part. Universities are selected based on their excellent reputation, forward thinking and results-oriented education development.
Chevron said the partnership builds on its continuing investment in the industry's research and development, and reflects the company's commitment to developing its world-class gas assets located in the north of Western Australia.
Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski said the UPP would strengthen Chevron's recently opened Global Technology Centre in Perth and identify development opportunities to discover and develop gas resources for domestic and international markets.
