The Gorgon Project is operated by Chevron. It is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (approximately 47 percent), ExxonMobil (25 percent) and Shell (25 percent), Osaka Gas (1.25 percent), Tokyo Gas (one percent) and Chubu Electric (0.417 percent).
Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell are leading companies in the global oil and gas industry with proven technical and management skills for safe, efficient and environmentally responsible development.
Chevron is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies and, through its Australian subsidiary, has been present in Australia for more than 50 years. With the ingenuity and commitment of more than 1,400 people, Chevron Australia manages its equal one-sixth interest in the North West Shelf Venture, operates Australia’s largest onshore oil field and leads the development of the Gorgon and Wheatstone natural gas projects. The company also is a participant in the Browse liquefied natural gas development and is a significant investor in exploration offshore north-west Australia, one of Chevron’s four global focus areas for exploration. In addition, Chevron’s Perth-based Global Technology Centre provides technology support and solutions to the company’s operations in Australia and around the world.
Shell in Australia is a major energy company with more than 3,400 employees. Shell trades with over 70,000 customers throughout the country and supplies a quarter of Australia's petrol and diesel requirements. Shell also explores for, produces and supplies natural gas to customers in Australia and overseas. The products Shell supplies and the jobs it generates in producing and distributing these products help drive the Australian economy.
ExxonMobil Corporation is the world's largest publicly quoted oil and gas company and is the world's largest corporation by market capitalisation. The company does business in some 200 countries world-wide and produces more than 4.5 million oil-equivalent barrels of energy resources every day from some 1,600 fields. ExxonMobil also is the world's largest non-government marketer of natural gas. ExxonMobil, through its affiliated companies Esso Australia and Mobil Oil Australia, has been operating in this country for over 100 years and is the country's largest integrated oil and gas company with a total investment of over AU$16 billion.