‘Unprecedented’ fire at Australian oil refinery to affect nation’s petrol supplies (opens in new tab)

A major fire at one of Australia’s two oil refineries has been extinguished, but the damage has deepened fears over the nation’s petrol supplies amid a global fuel crunch. Emergency crews rushed to Viva’s Corio oil refinery in Geelong, south-west of Melbourne, just before midnight local time (14:00 GMT) on Wednesday, after reports of explosions […] The post ‘Unprecedented’ fire at Australian oil refinery to affect nation’s petrol supplies appeared first on OODAloop.