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Jorm -> RE: Admiral's Edition Map Thread (4/24/2009 11:19:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Andrew Brown
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ORIGINAL: JeffK
Andy's spies appear to be correct
http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/second_world_war/volume.asp?levelID=67920
Chapter 10
The only two refineries operating in Australia at the outbreak of war
were the Shell Company of Australia's plant at Clyde, New South Wales ,
and that of the Commonwealth Oil Refinery at Laverton, Victoria. Between
them they possessed the capacity for refining about 20 per cent of
the petroleum products consumed in Australia in peace time . Both plants
were closed for most of the war : the Shell Refinery from February 1942
(after Borneo, whence it drew its supplies, fell to the Japanese) to March
1946, and the C .O.R. from March 1942 to November 1946. Another
reason for the inactivity of these refineries was that there was, in Allied
countries, a much greater shortage of crude oil tankers than of refining
capacity. For this reason the Commonwealth Oil Board took the view
that the substantial storage tanks at the local refineries would be better
employed for holding refined rather than crude oil.
But if we are talking potential, they were there if you ship in Oil, but its probably more efficient to ship Fuel
Tanks JeffK that is very, very interesting. So their closure during the war may have been more to do with lack of crude oil, than a technical difficulty. I will have to have a look at the references you have provided - I haven't come across them before.
Andrew
Yes very interesting information.
So the shale production still needs to be in and potentially two other functional refineries.
good find JeffK
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