Viva Energy to Restore Geelong Refinery Output After Fire Disruption

2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Apr 19

Viva Energy expects its Geelong refinery to restore fuel production to about 90% of capacity within weeks after a recent fire.
The fire began in the alkylation unit, but key processing units were unaffected, though the residue catalytic cracking unit remains offline.
The incident had forced output cuts, but the company is stabilizing operations and aims to resume normal diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline supply soon.

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