Photographs of Port Stanvac oil refinery, plant and staff [BRG 362/5] • Manuscript

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing many of the tanks [also available at BRG 362/7/34].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the whole site [also available at BRG 362/7/42].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

View of the hot and cold accumulators at the Adelaide Refinery plant [also available at BRG 362/7/43].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

View of the northeast corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the solvents unit [64 is also available at BRG 362/7/44].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

View of the northeast corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the solvents unit [64 is also available at BRG 362/7/44].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

View of the northwest corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, with the fractionator and No.1 crude splitter in background.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant from the sea [also available at BRG 362/7/69].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

View of the Mobil Lube dewaxing unit at the Adelaide Refinery plant also available at BRG 36287/46].

Production Improvement team.

Production Improvement team.

Staff in the Adelaide refinery production improvement team top row L-R:- Rob Krueger, Andrew Taylor, Bob Blay, Steve Turner, Nic Castelijns, Jason Millford, Derek Hodges, Michele Kunath, John Hargraves. Second to top row L-R: Oleh Trus, Sam Correll, Brenton Hawtin, Rob Mayston, Tamara Brooker, Josie Spain, Natalie Thompson, Glenn Illman. Second row from bottom L-R: Gary Sawyer, Sharon Sales, Roger Waters, Steve Ingman, Joanna Revell, Jane Matthews, Margaret Colman, Mark Sideris, Jacki Rushby. Bottom row L-R: Aaron Lawson, Don Haslam, Jim Gooden John Young, Kym Prime, Mike Flynn, Heather Boyce. Absent: Lan Lu, Nada Veskovic, Louise McDonald, Linda Kors, David Haddrell, Dragana Lillie, Beata Wolowiec, Diana Newman, Dianne Giles, Ron Koenig, Mohamed Ahmed, Delise Hollands, Pin Yok Lam [also available at BRG 362/7/68].

Adelaide Refinery plant under construction.

Adelaide Refinery plant under construction.

Early stages of the construction of the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/4].

Naess Champion.

Naess Champion.

Naess Champion at crude berth, and Mobil Progress at product berth at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at B 69570 & BRG 362/7/13].

Process area painting.

Process area painting.

Copy of a painting of the process area of the Adelaide Refinery by B. Parnell, 1970 [also available at BRG 362/7/20].

Tom Trueack cartoon.

Tom Trueack cartoon.

Copy of a cartoon by Tom Trueack, which refers to Adelaide Refinery people who went to Saudi Arabia to help start up a lube plant at Yanbu, 1983 [also available at BRG 362/7/47].

Tom Trueack cartoon.

Tom Trueack cartoon.

Copy of a cartoon by Tom Trueack on rumours of an Esso takeover, 1984 [also available at BRG 362/7/48].

Tom Trueack cartoon

Tom Trueack cartoon

Copy of a cartoon by Tom Trueack on rumours of an Esso takeover, 1984 [also available at BRG 362/7/49].

Adelaide Refinery instrument upgrade taskforce.

Adelaide Refinery instrument upgrade taskforce.

Members of the instrument upgrade taskforce at the Adelaide refinery at Port Stanvac: L-R: Andy Pidd, Colin Baker, Gordon Farrimond, Jeff Hall, Christpher Lichon, Ann Burstinghaus, John Gambel, Colin Neave, Margrit Major, Peter Lisman, Geoff Sampson, Dix Molanus, Julianne Pohlner, Arie Van Der Winden, Berni Morison, Ken Reid, Tony Narni, Derek Marsden, Ben Ho, John Matchett, Damian Young, Graham Elliot, Jim Stewart, Andy Fairweahter, Paul Broardway, Jann White, john Bigmore, Greg Wheeler. Absent: Ken Shugart, Denis Jones, Gene Quinlan, Josie Nixon, Bob Gallina, Dougal McGregor, Mike Neal, Steve Hancock, Neil Sayers, John O'Brien, Gerry Maidment, Keith Price [also available at BRG 362/7/57].

Adelaide refinery fire newspaper article.

Adelaide refinery fire newspaper article.

Copy of an Advertiser newspaper article of a flare paddock fire at the Adelaide Refinery on 10 April 1992. The image of black smoke is seen from the road at the main gate and taken by Roy Masters. 200m3 of spilled oil burns in the fire, but no equipment damage [also available at BRG 362/7/66].

Flare paddock fire.

Flare paddock fire.

View of a flare paddock fire at the Adelaide Refinery, seen from the East. 200m3 of spilled oil burns in the fire, but no equipment damage [also available at BRG 362/7/67].

Polysaga ship.

Polysaga ship.

Polysaga ship at new Single Buoy mooring (SBM) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/64].

Biturox unit, Adelaide Refinery.

Biturox unit, Adelaide Refinery.

New Biturox unit for high quality bitumen at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/65].

First ship to ship transfer, Adelaide Refinery.

First ship to ship transfer, Adelaide Refinery.

Hyundai Sun pumping crude oil to Sea Service at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/70-71].

First ship to ship transfer, Adelaide Refinery.

First ship to ship transfer, Adelaide Refinery.

Hyundai Sun pumping crude oil to Sea Service at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/70-71].

Greenpeace protest, Adelaide Refinery.

Greenpeace protest, Adelaide Refinery.

A Greenpeace protester attached to an anchor of a ship at the Adelaide Refinery. A sign has been attached to the anchor: "Mobil + Shale Oil = Climate Change, Greenpeace" [also available at BRG 362/7/75].

Process flow diagram.

Process flow diagram.

Copy of a process flow diagram for the Adelaide refinery. 2003.

Adelaide Refinery workboats at Birkenhead.

Adelaide Refinery workboats at Birkenhead.

Adelaide Refinery workboast Beattie, Eric Coombes, and Pegasus at Birkenhead M berth, mothballed until its future decided [also available at BRG 362/7/76].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].

Mobil South Energy conservation workshop

Mobil South Energy conservation workshop

Group photograph of the participants in the Mobil South Energy conservation workshop, front row L-R: Ken Davies, Joe McClernon, Henry Borowski, Dick Walker, Abdel Aly, Robin Reid, Gareth Jones. Second row L-R: John Massey, Koide-San, Eddy Kong, Nishida-San, Stephen Ingman, Quek Lam Seng, Roger Waters. Back row L-R: Allan Fox, John Creaser, David Johnston, Peter Ayers [also available at BRG 362/7/45].

Debutaniser at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Debutaniser at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Debutaniser prior to erection at the Adelaide Refinery. It was commissioned in April 1986, and was secondhand from BP Western Port [also available at BRG 362/7/51].