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

PtR Compressor at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1987-1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/91

Alan Lord and Rick Brown working on the PtR debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/53].

PtR Compressor at Adelaide Refinery plant. — PtR Compressor at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1987-1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/91

Alan Lord and Rick Brown working on the PtR debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/53].

PtR Compressor turbine at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1987-1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/92

PtR compressor turbine for the debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/52].

PtR Compressor turbine at Adelaide Refinery plant. — PtR Compressor turbine at Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1987-1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/92

PtR compressor turbine for the debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/52].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/93

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/93

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/94

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/94

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/95

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, January 1988, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/95

Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1989, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/96

Adelaide Refinery showing temporary huts used for shutdown (turnaround) [also available at BRG 362/7/58].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1989, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/96

Adelaide Refinery showing temporary huts used for shutdown (turnaround) [also available at BRG 362/7/58].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/97

Worker inside the PtR heater at the Adelaide Refinery.

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/97

Worker inside the PtR heater at the Adelaide Refinery.

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/98

View inside the crude heater firebox at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/63].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/98

View inside the crude heater firebox at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/63].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/99

PtR furnace old coil being removed at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/61].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/99

PtR furnace old coil being removed at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/61].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/100

Jet cleaning the tube in a heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/59].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/100

Jet cleaning the tube in a heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/59].

Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/101

Worker looking on as a bundle is pulled from a large heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/60].

Adelaide Refinery plant. — Adelaide Refinery plant.

Port Stanvac oil refinery, c. 1990, Manuscript, BRG 362/5/101

Worker looking on as a bundle is pulled from a large heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/60].

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Summary

Records of the Port Stanvac Oil Refinery including images of the plant, details of buildings and equipment and of staff. See below for details of individual photographs.

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Physical description

101 photographs : black and white, colour ;

Dates / Publication details

1962-2004

Creator

Port Stanvac oil refinery

Subject

Dunstan, Don, 1926-1999
Aplin, Philip W.
Polysaga (Ship)
Hyundai sun (Ship)
Beattie (Ship)
Eric Coombes (Ship)
Pegasus (Ship)
Port Stanvac oil refinery
Adelaide Refinery
Mobil Oil Australia
Greenpeace Australia
Building sites -- South Australia -- Noarlunga
Petroleum refineries -- South Australia -- Port Stanvac
Port Stanvac (S.A.)

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General notes

See also the pictorial collection for 78 images re Port Stanvac Oil refinery, plant and staff. Do a NUMBER search on B 69539 through to B 69617 (78 items) in total. Copies of many of these photographs are also available in Series 7.

Some items in this series are in copyright of The Advertiser and other individual photographers. See the State Library of SA for more information.

Additional notes

BRG 362/5/1: Don Dunstan speaking at a Mobile Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/2: A dignitry speaking at a Lube groundbreaking ceremony. Don Dunstan is seated on the Mobil stage.
BRG 362/5/3: A dignitry speaking at a Lube groundbreaking ceremony. Don Dunstan is seated on the Mobil stage.
BRG 362/5/4: Crowd of people at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/5: A dignitry speaking at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/6: Guests in a marquee at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/7: Guests in a marquee at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony, including Mr. S.W. Thomson.
BRG 362/5/8: Don Dunstan speaking at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/9: Guests in a marquee at Mobil's Lube groundbreaking ceremony.
BRG 362/5/10: Dignitries including Curtis Klaerner, Don Dunstan and Phil Aplin in the control room during Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/11: Dignitries including Jim Beard, Curtis Klaerner, Jim Leslie (Managing director Mobil Australia), Bill Sundermann and Phil Aplin during Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/12: Don Dunstan pushing a button during Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/13: Curtis M. Klaerner (President Mobil International) speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/14: Curtis M. Klaerner (President Mobil International) with Philip W. Aplin at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/15: Jim Leslie (Managing director Mobil Oil Australia) speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/16: Philip W. Aplin (Lube refinery manager) speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/17: View of the marquee set up at Adelaide refinery's Mobil Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/18: Speaker at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/19: Philip Aplin and Don Dunstan at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/20: Curtis M. Klaerner (President Mobil International) shaking hands with Philip Aplin (Lube refinery manager) at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/21: Curtis M. Klaerner (President Mobil International) with Don Dunstan at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony in front of the vacuum tower and common stack [also available at BRG 362/7/36].
BRG 362/5/22: Philip Aplin with Don Dunstan at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony in front of the PDA unit [also available at BRG 362/7/35].
BRG 362/5/23: Curtis Klaerner, Don Dunstan and Phil Aplin in the Lube control room at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony [also available at BRG 362/7/37.
BRG 362/5/24: Don Dunstan speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/25: Group of men in hardhats in the Lube control room at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/26: Jim Leslie speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony, and looking at Don Dunstan.
BRG 362/5/27: Curtis Klaerner, Don Dunstan and Phil Aplin in the Lube control room at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/28: Jim Leslie, Don Dunstan and Phil Aplin in the Lube control room at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/29: People at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/30: Don Dunstan speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony.
BRG 362/5/31: Don Dunstan speaking at a function for Mobil's Lube plant opening.
BRG 362/5/32: Don Dunstan greeting a woman at a function for Mobil's Lube plant opening.
BRG 362/5/33: Curtis Klaerner speaking at Mobil's Lube plant opening ceremony, with Don Dunstan looking on.
BRG 362/5/34: Curtis Klaerner shaking hands with Don Dunstan a function for the opening of Mobil's Lube plant.
BRG 362/5/35: Philip Aplin at the microphone at a function for the opening of Mobil's Lube plant.
BRG 362/5/36: Adelaide Refinery Lube plant in final stages of construction. The duct from B3001 to common flue gas ducting not yet installed [also available at BRG 362/7/27].
BRG 362/5/37: Worker in front of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant vacuum unit.
BRG 362/5/38: Adelaide Refinery plant showing half built fuels process refinery area, looking northwest at 300B furnace [also available at BRG 362/7/5].
BRG 362/5/39: No.2 Caisson under tow at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at B 69560 & BRG 362/7/6].
BRG 362/5/40: Adelaide Refinery plant showing new fuels refinery process area [also available at BRG 362/7/14].
BRG 362/5/41: Adelaide Refinery plant looking southwest across bulk terminal [also available at B 69565 & BRG 362/7/12].
BRG 362/5/42: Sir Thomas Playford signing visitor's book before the opening ceremony in the conference room at the Adelaide refinery. Standing L-R behind him are: (?), W.A. Williams (PRA Managing director), W.B. Phillips (Esso Australia & PRA director), R.J. Anderson (refinery manager), G.F. James (Senior vice president, Socony Mobil oil company), R.T. Burton (Executive vice president, Esso Stand. Eastern) [also available at B 69567 & BRG 362/7/15].
BRG 362/5/43: Aerial view of the Adelaide fuels refinery process area [also available at BRG 362/7/16].
BRG 362/5/44: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery [also available at B 69572 & BRG 362/7/17].
BRG 362/5/45: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/11].
BRG 362/5/46: View of the Adelaide Refinery plant [also available at BRG 362/7/18].
BRG 362/5/47: Aerial view of Adelaide Refinery plant shown in the late 1960s [also available at B 69581 & BRG 362/7/19].
BRG 362/5/48: View of the Adelaide Refinery plant in the early 1970s [also available at BRG 362/7/21].
BRG 362/5/49: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant [also available at BRG 362/7/22.
BRG 362/5/50: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant looking inland. The construction of the Lube plant had begun at this time [also available at BRG 362/7/23].
BRG 362/5/51: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant looking towards the ocean. The construction of the Lube plant had begun at this time [also available at BRG 362/7/24-26].
BRG 362/5/52: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant looking towards the ocean. The construction of the Lube plant had begun at this time [also available at BRG 362/7/24-26].
BRG 362/5/53: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant looking towards the ocean. The construction of the Lube plant had begun at this time [also available at BRG 362/7/24-26].
BRG 362/5/54: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, including the Lube plant (under construction) [also available at BRG 362/7/29].
BRG 362/5/55: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, including the Lube plant (under construction) [larger print of BRG 362/5/54][also available at BRG 362/7/29].
BRG 362/5/56: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, including the Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/28].
BRG 362/5/57: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, including the Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/32].
BRG 362/5/58: Southwest view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing a new sulphur plant stack on left [also available at BRG 362/7/31].
BRG 362/5/59: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, which was used for Esso v Mobil arbitration hearing in New York, February 1979 [also available at BRG 362/7/41].
BRG 362/5/60: View of the Adelaide Refinery plant. The tower on left is main fractionator, centre tower is No.1 crude splitter, and right hand vessel is amine scrubber [also available at BRG 362/5/40].
BRG 362/5/61: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing many of the tanks [also available at BRG 362/7/34].
BRG 362/5/62: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the whole site [also available at BRG 362/7/42].
BRG 362/5/63: View of the hot and cold accumulators at the Adelaide Refinery plant [also available at BRG 362/7/43].
BRG 362/5/64: View of the northeast corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the solvents unit [64 is also available at BRG 362/7/44].
BRG 362/5/65: View of the northeast corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, showing the solvents unit [64 is also available at BRG 362/7/44].
BRG 362/5/66: View of the northwest corner of the Adelaide Refinery plant, with the fractionator and No.1 crude splitter in background.
BRG 362/5/67: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery plant from the sea [also available at BRG 362/7/69].
BRG 362/5/68: View of the Mobil Lube dewaxing unit at the Adelaide Refinery plant also available at BRG 36287/46].
BRG 362/5/69: 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].
BRG 362/5/70: Early stages of the construction of the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/4].
BRG 362/5/71: Naess Champion at crude berth, and Mobil Progress at product berth at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at B 69570 & BRG 362/7/13].
BRG 362/5/72: Copy of a painting of the process area of the Adelaide Refinery by B. Parnell, 1970 [also available at BRG 362/7/20].
BRG 362/5/73: 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].
BRG 362/5/74: Copy of a cartoon by Tom Trueack on rumours of an Esso takeover, 1984 [also available at BRG 362/7/48].
BRG 362/5/75: Copy of a cartoon by Tom Trueack on rumours of an Esso takeover, 1984 [also available at BRG 362/7/49].
BRG 362/5/76: 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].
BRG 362/5/77: 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].
BRG 362/5/78: 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].
BRG 362/5/79: Polysaga ship at new Single Buoy mooring (SBM) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/64].
BRG 362/5/80: New Biturox unit for high quality bitumen at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/65].
BRG 362/5/81: Hyundai Sun pumping crude oil to Sea Service at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/70-71].
BRG 362/5/82: Hyundai Sun pumping crude oil to Sea Service at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/70-71].
BRG 362/5/83: 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].
BRG 362/5/84: Copy of a process flow diagram for the Adelaide refinery. 2003.
BRG 362/5/85: Adelaide Refinery workboast Beattie, Eric Coombes, and Pegasus at Birkenhead M berth, mothballed until its future decided [also available at BRG 362/7/76].
BRG 362/5/86: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].
BRG 362/5/87: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].
BRG 362/5/88: Aerial view of the Adelaide Refinery Lube plant [also available at BRG 362/7/38-39].
BRG 362/5/89: 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].
BRG 362/5/90: 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].
BRG 362/5/91: Alan Lord and Rick Brown working on the PtR debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/53].
BRG 362/5/92: PtR compressor turbine for the debottlement project at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/52].
BRG 362/5/93: Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].
BRG 362/5/94: Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].
BRG 362/5/95: Platinum reforming unit (PtR) at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/54-56].
BRG 362/5/96: Adelaide Refinery showing temporary huts used for shutdown (turnaround) [also available at BRG 362/7/58].
BRG 362/5/97: Worker inside the PtR heater at the Adelaide Refinery.
BRG 362/5/98: View inside the crude heater firebox at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/63].
BRG 362/5/99: PtR furnace old coil being removed at the Adelaide Refinery [also available at BRG 362/7/61].
BRG 362/5/100: Jet cleaning the tube in a heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/59].
BRG 362/5/101: Worker looking on as a bundle is pulled from a large heat exchanger [also available at BRG 362/7/60].

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