Matraville Refinery was an oil refinery in the Australian state of New South Wales.
Country | Australia |
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State | New South Wales |
City | Sydney |
Coordinates | 33°58′16″S 151°13′59″E / 33.971°S 151.233°E |
Refinery details | |
Owner(s) | Boral Total |
Commissioned | 1947 |
Decommissioned | 1984 |
Bitumen and Oil Refineries (Australia) Limited (later named by the acronym Boral) commenced construction of Australia's first bitumen and oil refinery in Matraville in March 1947.[1] The company was 40% owned by Caltex which supplied the crude oil to be refined. Most of the early employees were discharged from the Royal Australian Navy.[2] In 1968 Boral sold a 50% stake to Total, before selling it the remainder in January 1972.[3] In 1979, the plant was expanded.[4]
References
edit- ^ First Bitumen Refinery Sydney Morning Herald 29 March 1947 page 15
- ^ "1946 - 1949". Boral. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
- ^ Boral shareholders approve Canberra Times 4 April 1968 page 25
- ^ NSW Government to partner Total Canberra Times 11 August 1979 page 11
- ^ State price-fixing cost $47m, Caltex chairman says Canberra Times 19 April 1984 page 15
- ^ Profits rise for Ampol Canberra Times 21 February 1096 page 18
- ^ highplains68 (1988). "Total demo".
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