Farewell to our former Altona refinery facilities

Soon you may notice a gradual change to the Altona North skyline as we begin to demolish a number of tanks, former refinery process units and associated infrastructure at our Altona site.

In 2025, the Mobil Melbourne Terminal team continues its focus on supporting Victoria’s fuel supply and strengthening Australia’s fuel security. 

Since works to transition our Altona site to a world-class terminal began in 2021, Mobil has refurbished a number of tanks at the Altona site, increasing our fuel storage capacity by almost 250 million litres to ensure we can meet the federal government’s minimum fuel storage requirements, as well as maintain our vital role in supplying around 40% of Victoria’s fuel needs.

Now it’s time to say goodbye to the former refinery facilities. Soon you may start to notice a gradual change to the Altona North skyline as we demolish a number of tanks, former refinery process units and associated infrastructure at our Altona site. These facilities were part of the Altona refinery operations and are no longer needed to support our reliable supply of fuel to Victoria.

Demolition of former refinery infrastructure is a complex task, and we expect work to commence in August 2025 and continue through to the end of 2027.

Mobil has carefully planned the demolition to ensure it is managed safely.

Given the nature of the works, there may be a noticeable increase in noise from the site from time to time. Mobil will implement measures including completing most work during the day and using dust suppression to minimise any impacts on our neighours.

“We are working closely with regulators to obtain the necessary approvals and will carefully plan the demolition works to minimise impacts on our neighbours,” said Melbourne Terminal Manager, Rhys Kelly.

“We will also closely monitor the works so that we can quickly respond to any unexpected impacts if they occur.

“We look forward to working with relevant stakeholders as we develop plans to make some parts of the site available for alternative uses in future, subject to rezoning,” said Rhys.

For more information please send an email to Communityanz@exxonmobil.com.