Normal text size Very large text size The news from Barrow Island was not good. Sand had clogged a well sunk as part of Chevron’s project to bury emissions from its Gorgon gas project off the north coast of Western Australia. This was not a little problem. It is hard to exaggerate the significance of Chevron’s project to proponents of carbon capture and storage (CCS). Chevron is Australia’s sixth-largest greenhouse gas emitter and its Gorgon project is WA’s second-highest emitting project, estimated to put out almost 10 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year at full production.