Geelong Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: Vitol Website: http://www.vitol.com/ Location: Corio Bay, Australia Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description Shell Geelong refinery occupies 120 hectares of land adjacent to Corio Bay in Geelong, Victoria. It is a medium complexity refinery with catalytic cracking Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation catalytic cracking unit Catalytic Reformer Alkylate Unit Diesel Hydrotreater Benzene saturation unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply About 90% of crude and other feedstock arrives at the refinery via ship. Crude oil arrives from the Far East (e.g. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia), West Africa (e.g. Algeria and Gabon), United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, and Australia’s own oilfields via the Western Port-Altona-Geelong (WAG) pipeline and by ship. Products Produced Petrol (25% being high octane grades); Diesel fuel; Jet fuel; Bitumen; LPG; Specialty solvents; and, Avgas. Ongoing Projects - Other Information - History 1954 - Shell Geelong refinery became the first of Australia’s post war refineries to come on stream 2005 - Clean Petrol Project completed with commissioning of benzene saturation unit 2013 - Shell announced it was seeking a buyer for the refinery 2014 - Vitol agrees to buy the refinery Relevant Links Refinery Webpage Shell Mogas Improvement Project Radar-based vessel gauging system at Shell refinery Shell announces Geelong Refinery for sale Shell Agrees Sale Of Downstream Businesses In Australia To Vitol Vitol completes acquisition of Shell’s Australian downstream business; launches Viva Energy Australia Contract for Viva Energy's Geelong refinery