Kwinana Oil Refinery

Kwinana Refinery
Location of Kwinana Refinery
Country Australia
City Kwinana
Coordinates 32°13′46″S 115°45′54″E / 32.2295°S 115.7649°E / -32.2295; 115.7649Coordinates: 32°13′46″S 115°45′54″E / 32.2295°S 115.7649°E / -32.2295; 115.7649
Refinery details
Owner(s) BP
Commissioned 1955 (1955)
Capacity 138,000 bbl/d (21,900 m3/d)

The Kwinana Refinery, operated by BP, is located on the shore of Cockburn Sound at Kwinana, near Fremantle, Western Australia. It was constructed by the then Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and completed in 1955.[1] It is the largest oil refinery in Australia, with a capacity of 138,000 barrels per day (21,900 m3/d).[2]

Notes

  1. This is Kwinana Argus, 26 April 1955, p.22 at Trove
  2. BP Refinery (Kwinana) at Kwinana Industries Council

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