August 2004 – Chevron discovered the Wheatstone gas field.

March 2008 – We announced our intention to develop the wholly owned WA-17-R and WA-253-P petroleum titles as a greenfield onshore LNG and domestic gas project.

June 2008 – We identified three potential sites for further investigation, based on a site screening study.

September 2008 – We began the environmental approval process (based on three short-listed sites).

December 2008 – We announced Ashburton North as the preferred site.

February 2009 – We submitted the Environmental Scoping Document.

March 2009 – We began engineering and environmental studies on the Ashburton North site.

May 2009 – We announced a two-train LNG development for the first phase.

August 2009 – We began the Front-End Engineering and Design phase.

October 2009 Local subsidiaries of Apache Corporation and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) signing deals to join the project as natural gas suppliers and 25 percent equity partners.

December 2009 Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) sign Heads of Agreement to take 4.1 mtpa of LNG, become a 15 percent owner of the Wheatstone gas resource and an 11.25 percent owner of the gas plant.