Port Stanvac Refinery
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  Location of Port Stanvac[a] | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | South Australia |
| City | Adelaide |
| Coordinates | 35°06′37″S 138°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 Refinery was an oil refinery in the Australian state of South Australia located in Lonsdale, a southern suburb of Adelaide. Its construction was announced in 1958 and began refining crude oil in 1963.[3]
It had a capacity of 3.3 million tons per annum[2] and was owned by ExxonMobil Australia (and previously Mobil). 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 the Adelaide Desalination Plant.[4] Four gas turbines were installed by the Government of South Australia in 2017 for the Temporary Generation South power station. Operation was transferred to Infigen Energy in May 2020 under a 25 year lease, and will be moved to a different site at Bolivar.[7]
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 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 ExxonMobil.[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. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Remco Van Santen. "Table 1". Chemlink.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "Mobil history". ExxonMobil. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Old Stanvac refinery set for demolition". ABC News. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ Whiting, Jessica (25 June 2009). "Exxon Mobil to demolish, remediate Port Stanvac". Southern Times Messenger. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Brett (11 January 2011). "Mobil site demolition may take years". Southern Times Messenger. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Firming Assets". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
