Geelong Oil Refinery

Coordinates: 38°04′40″S 144°22′56″E / 38.0777744°S 144.3821741°E / -38.0777744; 144.3821741
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Geelong Oil Refinery
CountryAustralia
State
Victoria
CityGeelong
Refinery details
OperatorViva Energy
Owner(s)
Commissioned18 March 1954 (1954-03-18)
Capacity7.5 billion litres per year
Geelong Oil Refinery, taken from M1 road

The Geelong Oil Refinery is an

Victoria. In 2017, it was Australia's second-largest oil refinery, able to process 7.5 billion litres of crude oil per year.[1]

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

  1. ^ "Australian oil refineries" (PDF). Factsheet. Australian Institute of Petroleum. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. Brisbane Telegraph
    . Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1954. p. 12 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 13 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Vitol completes acquisition of Shell's Australian Downstream business; Launches Viva Energy Australia" (Press release). Viva Energy. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ^ Clayton, Rachel (24 February 2021). "Geelong's Viva Energy records $95 million loss for oil refinery". ABC News. Retrieved 13 March 2021.

38°04′40″S 144°22′56″E / 38.0777744°S 144.3821741°E / -38.0777744; 144.3821741