Ampol’s recent announcements (The Australian, October 8 and 19, 2020) that it is considering closing the Lytton oil refinery in Brisbane and the BP Australia statement (October 30, 2020) of the closure of its Kwinana refinery in Western Australia pose a strategic test and conundrum for the Federal Government. The vexed issue is this: will the Government stand aside and allow these two strategic refineries to close down, or will it intervene and implement a formula to keep all the refineries vi…
Oil refinery
