While he concedes nothing can stop Gorgon from being built, he insists environmental practices can improve.
America is about to deploy drones equipped with a surveillance system called Gorgon Stare.
Aside from the potential for catastrophic environmental damage, Gorgon is risky for another reason.
That CO2, however, is separated out of the natural gas harvested from the Gorgon fields.
In 2000, before the Gorgon project, there were 42 mammals and 11 reptiles reported killed by vehicles.
The Gorgon gas has a high 14% content of naturally occurring carbon dioxide.
Gorgon sits on Barrow Island, 37 miles off the northwest coast of Australia.
With Gorgon, on the other hand, lots of things have changed since the first shovelful of dirt was turned in 2009.
In Australia it booked 500 million BOE from the Gorgon gas fields, even though it hadn't yet decided to invest in the project.
Still, at least for now, the economics of Gorgon look secure.
When it comes online at the end of 2014, Gorgon will be on track to produce the equivalent of 450, 000 barrels of oil per day, half of which goes to Chevron, the project operator.
Gorgon is expected to start production by 2014.
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