Port Stanvac Refinery

Port Stanvac Refinery
Location of the former Port Stanvac Refinery in South Australia

Port Stanvac Refinery was an oil refinery located in Lonsdale, South Australia, a southern suburb of Adelaide. Its construction was announced in 1958 and began refining crude oil in 1963.[1]

It had a capacity of 3.3 million tons per annum[2] and was owned by Exxon Mobil. The refinery was mothballed in 2003, and in 2009 Exxon Mobil announced its permanent closure and demolition.[3]

The 239 hectare site is being demolished and cleaned up through 2019.[4] The refinery's most prominent structure, the 90-metre chimney, was demolished on 31 January 2014. Mobil will face penalties if the site is not remediated by 2019.[3] The land will be sold in phases.[5]

STANVAC is short for the Standard Vacuum Oil Company, a joint venture between the Socony Vacuum Oil Company of New York and Standard Oil of New Jersey, the latter the predecessor to Exxon Mobil.

References

  1. ↑ "Mobil history". Exxonmobil.com. 1999-11-30. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. ↑ Remco Van Santen. "Table 1". Chemlink.com.au. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  3. 1 2 "Old Stanvac refinery set for demolition - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 2009-06-25. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  4. ↑ "Local News | adelaidenow Breaking News | adelaidenow". Southern-times-messenger.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  5. ↑ "Local News | adelaidenow Breaking News | adelaidenow". Southern-times-messenger.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 2012-11-01.

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