Port Stanvac Refinery

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Port Stanvac[a]
Port Stanvac Refinery is located in South Australia
Port Stanvac Refinery
Location of Port Stanvac[a]
CountryAustralia
StateSouth Australia
CityAdelaide
Coordinates35°06′37″S 138°28′16″E / 35.110204°S 138.471234°E / -35.110204; 138.471234Coordinates: 35°06′37″S 138°28′16″E / 35.110204°S 138.471234°E / -35.110204; 138.471234[1]
Refinery details
OperatorExxon Mobil
Owner(s)Petroleum Refineries (Australia) Pty Ltd[2]
Commissioned1958 (1958)
Decommissioned2009 (2009)
Capacity3.3 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 Exxon Mobil. The refinery was mothballed in 2003, and in 2009 Exxon Mobil announced its permanent closure and demolition.[4]

The 239 hectares (590 acres) site is being demolished and cleaned up through 2019.[5]

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] 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]

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  1. ^ 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.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Remco Van Santen. "Table 1". Chemlink.com.au. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Mobil history". Exxonmobil.com. 30 November 1999. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Old Stanvac refinery set for demolition - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Firming Assets". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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