The Geelong Oil Refinery is an

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owned and operated by Viva Energy in Corio near

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ...

in the Australian state of Victoria. In 2017, Australia's second-largest oil refinery processed 7.5 billion litres of crude oil annually. The Geelong refinery was established by

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in 1954. It was sold to global oil trader

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, which established Viva Energy to buy all of Shell's Australian downstream assets in August 2014. In 2021, Geelong Refinery became one of only two oil refineries in Australia (with

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in Brisbane) that had not closed or announced closure within the year.

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Buildings and structures in Geelong Industrial buildings completed in 1954 Industrial buildings in Victoria (state) Oil refineries in Australia 1954 establishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-struct-stub