Port Stanvac Refinery
  Location of Port Stanvac[a] | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| City | Adelaide |
| Coordinates | 35°06′37″S138°28′16″E/ 35.110204°S 138.471234°E[1] |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | ExxonMobil Australia |
| Owner(s) | Petroleum Refineries (Australia) Pty Ltd[2] |
| Commissioned | 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 2009 |
| Capacity | 3.3 million tons per annum[2] |
Port Stanvac Refinerywas anoil refineryin the Australian state ofSouth Australialocated inLonsdale,a southern suburb ofAdelaide.Its construction was announced in 1958 and began refiningcrude oilin 1963.[3]
It had a capacity of 3.3 million tons per annum[2]and was owned byExxonMobil Australia(and previouslyMobil). The refinery was mothballed in 2003, and in 2009 ExxonMobil announced its permanent closure and demolition.[4]
The 239 hectares (590 acres) site is being demolished and cleaned up through 2019.[5][4][needs update]
The refinery's most prominent structure, the 90 metres (300 ft) chimney, was demolished on 31 January 2014. Mobil will face penalties if the site is not remediated by 2019.[4][needs update]The land will be sold in phases.[6]
Part of the site is now used for theAdelaide Desalination Plant.[4]Four gas turbines were installed by theGovernment of South Australiain 2017 for theTemporary Generation Southpower station. Operation was transferred toInfigen Energyin May 2020 under a 25 year lease, and will be moved to a different site atBolivar.[7]
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- ^STANVAC is short for theStandard Vacuum Oil Company,a joint venture between theSocony Vacuum Oil Companyof New York andStandard Oil of New Jersey,the latter the predecessor toExxonMobil.[citation needed]
Citations[edit]
- ^"Search results for" Port Stanvac Oil Refinery, Ftry "with the following datasets selected - 'Suburbs and Localities' and 'Gazetteer'".Location SA Map Viewer.Government of South Australia.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^abcRemco Van Santen."Table 1".Chemlink.com.au.Retrieved1 November2012.
- ^"Mobil history".ExxonMobil.30 November 1999.Retrieved1 November2012.
- ^abcd"Old Stanvac refinery set for demolition".ABC News.25 June 2009.Retrieved1 November2012.
- ^Whiting, Jessica (25 June 2009)."Exxon Mobil to demolish, remediate Port Stanvac".Southern Times Messenger.Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2012.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^Clarke, Brett (11 January 2011)."Mobil site demolition may take years".Southern Times Messenger. Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2012.Retrieved10 April2020.
- ^"Firming Assets".Infigen Energy.Retrieved13 March2021.
