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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Chevron boss’s gripe about Australia: be more like the US or the Middle East

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth
Chevron CEO Mike Wirth. Chevron’s LNG plant at Gorgon in Western Australia is the biggest emitting project in the country. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The boss of Chevron, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies, which reported earnings of $9bn in the last six months, has had a few gripes about Australia that he wanted to get off his chest.

In an “exclusive” interview with The Australian last weekend, the company’s chief executive, Mike Wirth, argued he wanted Australia to be more like the US and the Middle East – and if it was, it would be in a better position to compete for fossil fuel investment dollars.

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