Chevron has begun to produce first gas from the Gorgon Stage 2 development project off the coast of Western Australia, the project of which Chevron operates and owns 47% of it, Reuters reported.

The Gorgon Project, which exports liquefied natural gas (LNG) to customers throughout Asia and generates domestic gas for the Western Australian market, said in a statement that the development expands its existing underwater gas gathering network.

In order to maintain feed gas supply for the project’s gas processing facilities on Barrow Island, the statement continued, Gorgon’s Stage 2 development required the installation of 11 additional wells in the Gorgon and Jansz-Io fields as well as accompanying offshore production pipelines and underwater infrastructure.