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Chevron

Where Chevron sits in the flow of extraction.

CHEVRON · ESTIMATED FLOW OFFSHORE
≈A$3bn/yr
to United States · Gorgon/Wheatstone: no PRRT for 16+ years of LNG exports
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ENTITY / ACTORCOMPANY · GASSTATUS · ExposedACROSS · 3 TOPICS

US multinational, operator of Gorgon and Wheatstone. Paid no PRRT for more than sixteen years of LNG exports before its first payment in 2025.

Estimated flow offshore, each year
≈A$3bn/yr
Flowing to United States. Gorgon/Wheatstone: no PRRT for 16+ years of LNG exports.
Resource tax paid · PRRT · 2023-24
A$0
Now one of Australia's largest income-tax payers, yet it paid no resource rent tax at all for over sixteen years of gas exports. ATO Corporate Tax Transparency 2023-24 (first PRRT payment 2025).
Income tax A$3.5bn (2023-24)
11
Investigations citing it
3
Topics it recurs across
27
Linked in the graph
6
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

Australia's Gas HeistChevron A$0 PRRT on A$26.9 billion; Santos A$213 million on A$8.3 billionOn evidence before the inquiry, in 2023-24 Chevron paid A$0 in PRRT on A$26.9 billion in revenue, while Santos paid A$213 million on A$8.3 billion.8 investigations →The Inflation Rort22 investigations →The War Trade11 investigation →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every investigation naming itAs of 2026‑09Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Actors in its orbit
SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 10WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 9INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 8ShellCOMPANY · GAS · 6The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 4The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 3Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 3Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 3The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 2Kerry StokesPERSON · MAGNATE · 2NOPSEMAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2PM&CACTOR · DEPARTMENT · 2One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 2TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1ColesCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 1WoolworthsCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 1Donald TrumpPERSON · US PRESIDENT · 1Gina RinehartPERSON · EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF HANCOCK PROSPECTING · 1Hancock ProspectingCOMPANY · 1Trump MediaCOMPANY · TRUMP MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY GROUP · 1Barnaby JoycePERSON · ONE NATION MP FOR NEW ENGLAND · 1
Mechanisms in play
The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 11Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 4The Revolving DoorMECHANISM · 3Regulatory CaptureMECHANISM · 1

Nobody wrote this page. It assembled itself from every investigation that names Chevron, and it deepens automatically each time The Rort publishes another. The more the archive grows, the sharper this dossier gets, and the lobbyist, the donation and the revolving-door minister who recur across all of it become impossible to miss.

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