Mobil Oil Australia Pty Ltd

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Function: Resources and Petrochemical Industry

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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."

Details

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.mobil.com.au/index.htm

Location: GPO Box 4507, Melbourne Victoria 3001

Online Sources

See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=A001241. [ Details ]

Structure based on ISAAR(CPF) - click here for an explanation of the fields.

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Created: 16 August 2001
Modified: 16 March 2006

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