A look at Australia's Gorgon gas field project

— A snapshot of the Gorgon gas field development off Australia's far northwest coast:

PARTICIPANTS: Exxon Mobil Corp. (25 percent stake), Royal Dutch Shell (25 percent) and Chevron Corp. (50 percent). Chevron is the operator.

OUTPUT: Expected to pump up to 15 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year at full production.

TIMEFRAME: A final investment decision on the project is expected next month. Production could be a few years away, though Exxon already has struck long-term deals with Chinese and Indian companies to supply them with LNG.

IMPACT: Australian Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson said the deal was the biggest single investment ever made in Australia.