Category: Fuel & Forecourt News

EPA prosecutes Viva Energy over alleged Sydney Harbour pollution

The NSW Environment Protection Authority is prosecuting Viva Energy Australia in the Land and Environment Court over an alleged spill of marine fuel oil from the company’s terminal into Sydney Harbour at...

Caltex boosts Victorian fuel-supply reliability

Caltex completed a $75 million upgrade of its Newport terminal in Melbourne last week and says the major piece of infrastructure underpins economic activity in Victoria and improves local road safety. Caltex Australia...

Swedish start-up reveals radical solution for charging electric vehicles

The technical concept was created with the goal of using the already well-established refuelling infrastructure: petrol stations. “It is better if we do not have to establish a completely new infrastructure just because...

NSW motorists send big message to NSW government on E10 mandate

The poor administration of the expanded biofuel mandate has increased regulatory uncertainty for fuel businesses in NSW and introduced distortions in market competition, according to ACAPMA. The new laws came into effect on...

Weekly petrol prices

The average price of unleaded petrol in Australia rose to 141.5¢ a litre nationally in the week ending November 26, according to the Australian Institute of Petroleum’s Weekly Petrol Prices report. The average national...

Making cheaper and more efficient biofuels

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) this week announced more than $4 million in funding for Australian yeast developer Microbiogen to make production of bioethanol from plant waste cheaper and more efficient. The...

Weekly petrol prices

The average price of unleaded petrol in Australia fell to 133.8¢ a litre nationally in the week ending November 19, according to the Australian Institute of Petroleum’s Weekly Petrol Prices report. The average national...

Australian government finalises new fuel reporting rules

Last week, the global oil security section of the Australian Department of Environment and Energy advised that the new rules for the operation of the Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Act (2017)...
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