VIVA VIVA VIVA Oil Refinery Fire Australia
"Unprecedented" Fire At One Of 2 Refineries In Australia...Rock The Casbah
Fire commenced in MOGAS plant that produces automobile gasoline at the refinery.
Australia has two refineries and 120,000 barrels are refined here everyday.
10% of Australian fuel supplies come from this refinery and 50% of our fuel in Victoria comes from this refinery.
Fire has been contained to one section of the plant. Viva Energy says this will have no impact on supplies in Australia…. “at this stage”.
At This Stage….At This Stage….At This Stage
Albo, the Aussie PM, is up in Southeast Asia talking to local leaders and shoring up energy and fertiliser deals. Every country is wheeling and dealing to keep its populace driving and fed.
One of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries is set to shut down for maintenance work for around six weeks from August 2026 – two months later than planned.
Ampol has announced its decision to delay maintenance of its Lytton refinery in Brisbane is due to the current fuel supply issues gripping much of the country.
The scheduled maintenance was set to begin in June 2026; however, the company has chosen to push back the work, which will include inspections, repairs, and upgrades to the plant. (www.carexpert.com.au)
Word has it that the fire in Geelong is not the work of a disgruntled employee.
At this stage….At this stage…
Now the king told the boogie men
“You have to let that raga drop
The oil down the desert way
Has been shaken to the top”
The Sheikh, he drove his Cadillac
He went a-cruising down the ville
The Muezzin was a-standing on the radiator grille
Sharif don’t like it
Rocking the Casbah, rock the Casbah
Sharif don’t like it
Viva confident of no supply shock
Mr Patterson says other parts of the plant are still operating relatively normally, and that the company does not foresee petrol shortages immediately.
"We've got substantial stocks of petrol," he says
"We also have arrangements with other participants in supply markets."