Australia's LNG industry: $54 billion Chevron-led Gorgon project to ship first cargo

(Updates to reflect delays to Gorgon, Wheatstone, Ichthys) Feb 25 (Reuters) - Australia has more than $180 billion of liquefied natural gas export projects coming online, with developers planning to add about 53 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG production by 2017, an increase that would make the country the world's top LNG exporter. Chevron Corp and its partners including Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell are due to ship will ship the first LNG cargo from the $54 billion G