Gas giant Chevron falls further behind on carbon capture targets for Gorgon gasfield

While scale of shortfall is uncertain, conservationists claim admission is proof the project isn't working

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Gas giant Chevron has fallen even further behind on targets to capture and store CO2 at its mega gas project in Western Australian, but has refused to say by how much.

The company also confirmed on Friday it had bought and surrendered 5.23m tonnes of CO2 offsets to make up for the failure to meet its 2021 target at its CCS project at the offshore Gorgon gasfield in Western Australia.