Geelong Refinery
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Shell
- Website: http://www.shell.com.au/
- Location: Corio Bay, Australia
- Capacity: 6.0 million tons/annum & 120,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Refining Depth:
Brief Description
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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
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Other Information
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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
Relevant Links
- Refinery Webpage
- Shell Mogas Improvement Project
- Radar-based vessel gauging system at Shell refinery
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