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Albanese says no fuel restrictions in wake of massive Geelong refinery fire

Geelong refinery fire Anthony Albanese says petrol production has fallen 40% at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries but the [damage caused

Major fire at Australian oil refinery to impact nation's petrol supplies

fire has broken out at one of Australia's two oil refineries, deepening fears over the nation's petrol supplies amid a global fuel crunch. Emergency crews rushed to Viva's Corio oil refinery

Australia scrambles to secure energy as war on Iran fuels uncertainty

causing the pain in society.” Elected in the wake of [devastating bushfires](/news/2020/7/28/nearly-3-billion-animals-killed-or-displaced-by-australia-fires) in 2019-2020, the Albanese Labor government promised to make Australia a [“renewable energy superpower”](/news/2022/5/22/renewable-energy-superpower-australia-votes-for-climate-action) after years of conservative governments digging

Out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong

Geelong’s mayor, Stretch Kontelj, said the fire was “unprecedented” in scale. “Speaking to the management, no one can recall an incident of this magnitude either,” he told ABC radio [Melbourne](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/melbourne)