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- ↑ "Australian oil refineries" (PDF). Factsheet. Australian Institute of Petroleum . Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ "Shell's Geelong refinery chief". Brisbane Telegraph . Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1954. p. 12 (LAST RACE). Retrieved 13 March 2021– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Vitol completes acquisition of Shell's Australian Downstream business; Launches Viva Energy Australia" (Press release). Viva Energy. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ↑ Clayton, Rachel (24 February 2021). "Geelong's Viva Energy records $95 million loss for oil refinery". ABC News . Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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