Security in doubt as Australia's aging oil refineries shut

The looming closure of three Australian refineries will affect the security of liquid fuel supplies in Australia. This is particularly so if the government and the oil industry do not devise a

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The Carbon Sense Coalition » Back to Bolted-Down Industries

Australia used to have 11 oil refineries, spread around the country. There are just 4 left, all over fifty years old, and all in danger of closing down. Green barriers to oil exploration have forced most of them to rely on costly imported crude oil.

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Report on Australia’s oil refinery industry.au

and, if so, whether Australia’s aging refineries will be suitable and for how long and at what cost. We do know that Australia is blessed with energy options and that energy security is enhanced by diversifying options, as long as the market is able to supply

CSIRO PUBLISHING | The APPEA Journal

Australia's ageing production facilities (refining, LNG WA, oil and gas, and infrastructure) require turnarounds of an unprecedented scale. For oil and gas producers to focus on reducing costs while maintaining safe-production practices is a significant challenge.

PM - Shell flags closure to Sydney oil refinery and loss

MARK COLVIN: The global energy giant Shell has announced that it plans to shut Australia's longest running oil refinery in Sydney's west. The Clyde plant employs more than 300 workers.

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Report on Australia’s oil refinery industry

the viability of Australia’s oil refinery industry, and the potential impacts of declining domestic refinery capacity on the economy, energy security and employment in the sector.

Caltex closure a threat to Australia | Daily Telegraph

Yesterday the company said it would shut the 57-year-old refinery and transform the site into a fuel import terminal, leaving 700 jobs in doubt. the future of Australia's fuel security, as it

Iraq's largest refinery faces outages from water shortage

Iraq's refinery capacity is limited, with aging plants struggling to keep up with demand especially in the summer. Federal Iraq in April averaged 588,000 b/d of refinery throughput, and the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region's refineries averaged around 150,000 b/d.

Shell Martinez Refinery - 11 Reviews - Automotive - 3485

looks like the refinery is not active today!!! Shut down or something!! Go figure since gas prices started going down, the refinery is all of sudden shutting down activity a few days a week. No doubt its to drive down supply and drive up prices.... Must be nice to have a business you can control both supply and demand!!!

Caltex to close Sydney's last refinery by late 2014

SYDNEY -- Australia's biggest city will be without an oil refinery from the second half of 2014 after Caltex Australia on Thursday said it will close its Kurnell facility in Sydney and convert it to a fuel import terminal. Australia's aging refineries are small compared to new facilities being built

What would life be like during WW3 in Australia? - Quora

The real problem is oil. Australia has plenty of oil, but almost no refining capacity left. We ship our oil to refineries in Singapore and re-import it as petrol. If the sea route to Singapore is cut, we are stuffed. Australia has about a one month stockpile of refined petrol and diesel for use in emergencies.

Sunoco to sell two refineries – Who owns our energy

Sunoco’s refineries in Philadelphia and Marcus Hook, Pa., can process a combined 505,000 barrels of oil per day. If it cannot sell its refineries, the company will shut down its main processing units in July 2012.

BP closure casts doubt on refining future - Yahoo7 Finance

However he would not commit to its future, and the ongoing viability of the remaining oil refineries - in Geelong, Altona and Brisbane - is considered in serious doubt. Australia will supply barely one third of its own petrol and diesel and import the rest when BP's 50-year-old Bulwer Island refinery closes.

Refinery & Plant Maintenance | Inspectioneering

Britain’s largest oil pipeline could shut down for weeks for unscheduled repair work, sending the price of crude to new two-year highs and triggering a steep rally in natural gas prices, just as a

The Abuse of Capitalism and the Extent of Greed Part 2

April 27th, the Wynnewood oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma shut down after lightening hit a storage tank causing a fire that burned for two days, it is now running at full capacity.