The Geelong Oil Refinery is an oil refinery owned and operated by Viva Energy at Corio near Geelong in the Australian state of Victoria. In 2017, the refinery, Australia's second-largest oil refinery at the time, processed 7.5 billion litres of crude oil annually.[1] As of 2026, it produces around half of the fuel used in the State of Victoria, or around 10 percent of Australia.[2]
The Geelong refinery was established by Shell Australia in 1954.[3] It was sold to global oil trader Vitol, which established Viva Energy to buy all of Shell's Australian downstream assets in August 2014.[4]
In 2021, Geelong Refinery became one of only two oil refineries in Australia (with Lytton Oil Refinery in Brisbane) that had not closed or announced closure within the year.[5]
On the evening of 15 April 2026, a fire broke out at the Geelong Refinery. Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) was called to the Viva Energy Refinery at 11:05pm following multiple reports of "explosions and flames".[2] No one was injured in the fire.[6] Although the refinery is still operating at reduced capacity, officials have warned it could impact the nation’s petrol supplies.[7]
