Corporate Body

Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd

From
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Functions
Resources and Petrochemical Industry
Website
http://www.mobil.com.au/index.htm
Location
GPO Box 4507, Melbourne Victoria 3001

Summary

Mobil began operations in Australia as Vacuum Oil, opening a branch in Melbourne in 1895. In 1946 Mobil began constructing Victoria's Altona oil refinery, and later built an oil refinery at Port Stanvac in South Australia. From their Web site, August 2001, "Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd (MOA) is a refiner and marketer of a broad range of petroleum products in Australia and the Pacific Islands."

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