Matraville Refinery
Matraville Refinery was an oil refinery in the Australian state of New South Wales.
  Location of Matraville Refinery | |
| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| State | New South Wales |
| City | Sydney |
| Coordinates | 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
- 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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