<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><strong>Australia loses another oil refinery, leaving our fuel supply vulnerable to regional crises</strong><br>In the space of four months, Australia has lost half of its oil refineries. In October, BP announced it was closing its Kwinana oil refinery in Perth and converting it into a fuel import terminal. The oil major said the refinery — Australia's largest — was no longer economically viable. It blamed the regional over-supply of fuel and the growth of mega-refineries in Asia and the Middle East that had structurally changed the regional fuel market, saying Kwinana couldn't compete with those overseas<p>Read in ABC News: <a href="https://apple.news/AtlJP_l0iSIqh6fuAgi-FgA">https://apple.news/AtlJP_l0iSIqh6fuAgi-FgA</a></p><p><br>Shared from <a href="https://www.apple.com/au/news">Apple News</a></p></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Antony Barry</div><div>antonybbarry at me.com and gmail.com</div><div>Mob +61 433 652 400</div></div></body></html>