"Chevron Australia continues work to resume full production from the Gorgon Gas Facility following a mechanical fault which has affected one LNG production train,” a Chevron Australia spokesperson told Upstream on Monday.
“We’re making good progress, with the rebuild of the rotor now complete, giving us more confidence in our [original] schedule of around five weeks, subject to ongoing installation and start up activities.”
Chevron had earlier not put a timeline on its expected resumption of full operations.
Meanwhile, LNG exports this month are being impacted while the Gorgon operator continues to work to restore production from Train 2, which remains offline after suffering a mechanical fault on 30 April.
The Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island, offshore Western Australia, comprises three 5.2 million tonnes per annum trains with combined total capacity of 15.6 million tpa.
The mechanical fault in a turbine occurred about 15.00 AWST (07.00 GMT) on Tuesday 30 April. There were no injuries or impacts to personnel associated with the fault, the operator earlier said.
