Marine Environment: Repurposing of Port Stanvac foreshore
It was a big news story for Australian oil and gas in the early 2000s. Mobil Oil Australia announced that the 260-hectare Adelaide Refinery site located at the industrial Port Stanvac Wharf in South Australia, was to be closed in 2003 after four decades of use. The closure naturally required detailed consultations about the best way to remediate the site, a conversation that would end up lasting for the best part of a decade. In 2009, the decision was made to demolish the site, with the process carried out in 2014, with Mobil aided by an auditor accredited by the South Australian Environmenta...