The Geelong Oil Refinery is an oil refinery owned and operated by Viva Energy in Corio near Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. In 2017, it was Australia's second-largest oil refinery, able to process 7.5 billion litres of crude oil per year.[1]
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | Victoria |
| City | Geelong |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Viva Energy |
| Owner(s) |
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| Commissioned | 18 March 1954 |
| Capacity | 7.5 billion litres per year |
The Geelong refinery was established by Shell Australia in 1954.[2] It was sold to global oil trader Vitol, which established Viva Energy to buy all of Shell's Australian downstream assets in August 2014.[3]
In 2021, Geelong Refinery became one of only two oil refineries in Australia (with Lytton Oil Refinery in Brisbane) that had not closed or announced closure within the year.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Australian oil refineries" (PDF). Factsheet. Australian Institute of Petroleum. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Shell's Geelong refinery chief". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1954. p. 12 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 13 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Vitol completes acquisition of Shell's Australian Downstream business; Launches Viva Energy Australia" (Press release). Viva Energy. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ Clayton, Rachel (24 February 2021). "Geelong's Viva Energy records $95 million loss for oil refinery". ABC News. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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