Viva Energy ultra-low sulphur gasoline materials arrive in Geelong
Giant pieces of equipment up to 28m tall have made their way from South-East Asia to Geelong ahead of a major new project.
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Giant pieces of equipment up to 28m tall have made their from South-East Asia to Geelong ahead of a new project producing the “cleanest petrol ever made”.
Viva Energy, which owns and operates the refinery in Corio, began the process of moving the units needed to install its ultra-low sulphur gasoline (ULSG) plant this week.
The $350m project is the biggest upgrade for the oil refinery — one of two left in Australia — in decades.
It is expected to create up to 300 jobs during construction and will be completed by December 2025.
The plant will feature units up to 28m tall with the largest weighing nearly 900 tonnes.
They will be transported by barge from Lascelles Wharf in North Shore to a purpose-built landing ramp at the Corio refinery.
From there, the equipment will be loaded onto the centipede-like “self-propelled modular transporter" - a platform vehicle used to transport massive objects by road.
The logistics of this move will close Shell Parade between Refinery Jetty and School Rd Roundabout on two occasions, between November 26 and December 5 and January 15 and 26.
Regular traffic will be diverted to Foreshore Rd and heavy vehicles can detour via Princes Highway and St Georges Rd.
The ULSG plant will dramatically reduce the amount of sulphur in petrol, allowing more fuel-efficient vehicles to come to Australia.
The federal government, whose new fuel quality standards take effect by December 15 2025, contributed $125m to the project as part of their Fuel Security Package.
Viva Energy provides fuel at over 1330 locations across the country through Shell, Coles Express, OTR, and Liberty Oil service stations.
It anticipates that infrastructure from the new plant could also help recycle waste soft plastics and is looking into ways to produce lower carbon fuels processed from used cooking oil, canola and tallow.
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