Geelong Refinery update

Key points

• Power outage caused unscheduled shutdown across all units at Geelong Refinery
• Restart activities underway, expected to resume normal production in 1-2 weeks
• No disruption to market supply expected

Full summary

Viva Energy Group (Viva Energy) has advised that a power outage occurred at the Geelong Refinery on 12 January 2025 due to an external interruption in the power supply, coincident with a lightning storm in the area. The outage caused an unscheduled shutdown across all units at the refinery. Restart activities are currently underway, and Viva Energy expects the timeframe to resume normal production to be between one and two weeks. The company does not expect supply to the market to be disrupted as a result of the incident. Viva Energy has stated that more information will be provided as restart activities progress and the assessment of the units has been completed.