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MEDIA RELEASE
NICK XENOPHON M.L.C. INDEPENDENT
NO POKIES MEMBER OF
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 5
October 2005
REVEALED: SINCE YESTERDAY, THE STATE’S BIGGEST STORAGE
FACILITY OF UNLEADED PETROL – OF ALMOST 38 MILLION LITRES – HAS BEEN: RUNNING ON EMPTY · State ‘one ship away’ from a
fuel crisis. ·
Call on State Govt to give
ultimatum to Mobil over Pt Stanvac. Information provided to No
Pokies MLC Nick Xenophon has revealed the State’s biggest storage facility of
unleaded petrol – the Mobil/Shell Birkenhead facility of 37.6 million litres
(close to half of the entire storage capacity at Mr Xenophon renewed his calls for the Government to “get
tough” with Mobil over the mothballed Port Stanvac plant – which has a
dormant 500 million litre storage capacity. “The fact that “It’s
time the Government gave an ultimatum to Mobil to either re-open the storage
facility – for other operators if necessary – so that South Australians can
have a cheaper, more secure supply of fuel.” Mr Xenophon said industry
sources indicate re-opening the facility will lead to cheaper fuel of between 2
to 4 cents per litre, as well as security of supply. It is understood that
Terminals Limited Australia has spent substantial funds investigating using Port
Stanvac as an industry fuel terminal without affecting Mobil re-opening the
refinery in the future, but that talks with Mobil have not produced results. ”Mobil
needs to know they can’t string out the Government or consumers any longer
over this.”
Written and authorised by Nick Xenophon, 653 Lower North East Road, Paradise, SA 5075 |