Australian offshore vessel participant MMA Offshore, an affiliate of Singapore-based Cyan Renewables, has received a multi-year contract with Chevron’s Australian subsidiary for a high-specification platform provide vessel (PSV) from its fleet.

As disclosed, the MMA Plover has been booked by Chevron Australia to offer marine logistics assist to its Barrow Island and Wheatstone property, located off the coast of Western Australia.

“This contract displays MMA’s functionality to ship a complete, high-value resolution that goes past the availability of a vessel, reinforcing the belief and confidence our valued shoppers place in us,” stated Cyan Renewables Group CEO Keng Lin Lee.

“We’re trying ahead to supporting Chevron Australia by way of this long-term contract and to offering a superior service at their two world class gasoline initiatives, which have grow to be pillars of power safety for Australia and the broader Asia Pacific area.”

The 2015-built MMA Plover options superior applied sciences equivalent to high-performance hull coatings, which the offshore vessel participant says result in decreased biofouling and subsequently elevated gas effectivity, thus slashing emissions.

Previous to the contract, the vessel is about to endure an in depth modification program to allow the carriage of as much as 90 twenty-foot equal unit (TEU) sea containers and supply operational effectivity and reliability. 

The operator expressed its satisfaction with having the ability to assist the Barrow Island and Wheatstone property, which it sees as essential producers of pure gasoline for Western Australia and liquified pure gasoline (LNG) for the Asia Pacific area.

Barrow Island can also be dwelling to what Chevron says is the world’s largest carbon seize and storage (CCS) system, positioned on the Gorgon liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) facility.

With a startup in 2019, the Gorgon CCS system is supposed to stay in operation for over 40 years. As a part of the CCS venture, naturally occurring CO2 is taken from offshore gasoline reservoirs and injected into a large sandstone formation two kilometers below Barrow Island.

In accordance with Chevron, greater than 11 million tonnes of CO2 have been injected into the reservoirs from 2019 to Might 2025. Moreover, 100 million tonnes of CO2 are anticipated to be mitigated over the lifetime of the CCS system.

The Gorgon Undertaking is a three way partnership between Chevron Australia (47.3%), ExxonMobil (25%), Shell (25%), Osaka Fuel (1.25%), MidOcean Power (1%), and JERA (0.417%).

The Australian Authorities has dedicated $60 million to the Gorgon CO2 injection venture as a part of the Low Emissions Expertise Demonstration Fund (LETDF).

In late 2024, Chevron Australia struck a cope with Woodside to swap property in Western Australia. The deal entailed Chevron transferring to Woodside its 16.67% non-operated curiosity within the North West Shelf (NWS) venture, NWS oil venture, and its 20% non-operated curiosity within the Angel CCS venture.

In flip, Chevron was to accumulate Woodside’s 13% non-operated curiosity within the Wheatstone venture and 65% operated curiosity within the Julimar-Brunello venture.