THE IOR Refinery near the outback settlment of Eromanga, is the petroleum refinery most Australians have not heard of. Recent news reports around the fuel crisis refer to Australia’s two remaining refineries in Geelong, Victoria, and Brisbane, but Eromanga rates no mention.
IOR is the small, family-owned integrated supplier of fuels to regional, rural and remote Australia that has kept wheels rolling in the outback during floods and the fuel crisis. Part of the reason few Australians have heard of it, is because it is 1000km west of Brisbane.
Eromanga is a tiny town of 95 people, with about 24 houses and a local tourist attraction, the Eromanga Natural History Museum featuring dinosaur bones. There’s also a state school and a police station.
The small-scale IOR refinery produces 1250 barrels (198,000 litres) a day of locally produced crude oil, refined into high-quality diesel fuels, heating oils and kerosene, as well as variety of speciality petroleum products for industrial uses.
Users of Queensland outback roads will however, be more aware of IOR’s substantial network of automated, unmanned fuel stations across a large part of the state.
IOR’s output is only about 100th of Viva Energy’s Geelong refinery, which processes 120,000 barrels of oil daily, or approximately 6.9 billion litres output annually. Queensland’s Lytton Refinery, owned by Caltex, puts out 6.5 billion litres annually.
But the fire at the Geelong refinery last week has highlighted the fragility of Australia’s home-based petroleum supply. Cairns News believes more refineries like IOR would not only be a backstop for critical rural and regional transport, but an economic boon for other small outback towns struggling to survive.
Western Queensland is dotted with remote small towns such as Quilpie, Windorah and Boulia that struggle for economic survival due to small populations.
Quilpie, 106km to the east of Eromanga, with a population of 525, is an example of the difficulties faced by the outback. In 2021 the Shire of Quilpie began its “free land” scheme under which homebuyers could purchase plots of land, build a house and be refunded the cost of the land after they lived in the property for six months.
However by 2024, not one new house had been constructed in the estate, mainly because of the high cost of building in the far west of the state. An expanded western and central Queensland oil industry could make the difference for these towns.
The IOR Refinery operators, managing director Stewart Morland and executive director Ross Mackenzie, have indicated they are willing to expand their operation, which obviously has a long way to go to come near just half the output of either of the two remaining Australian refineries.
However if more resources are proven up, what’s to stop investors expanding the Eromanga operation or duplicating it somewhere else in Western Queensland on a larger scale.
Gladstone has been named by the State Government as the possible site of a major refinery that would cost an estimated $11 billion to build.
Member for Traeger Robbie Katter has welcomed the push for a domestic oil industry but says the government has failed to act on a gas reserve policy and biofuel, which should be a major part of such an industry.
He says Liberal and Labor have also been the cheer squad for the free-market globalists, telling local fuel suppliers to buy it overseas if it’s cheaper.
The major blockage to rapid future development of Queensland’s oil resources is bureaucracy, and green bureaucracy in particular, which is why One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce wants the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, scrapped, along with its climate laws and oil drilling restrictions.
Joyce’s call was prompted by the recent fire at the Geelong refinery. The facility supplies about 10 percent of national fuel demand, and its partial shutdown has left onshore reserves at 30 to 39 days – far below the 90-day international standard.
Joyce says these policies have weakened refining and production, as the government responds with a new National Fuel Security Plan and imported diesel.
From its humble beginnings in 1984 as a small oil refinery the IOR operators say they have developed a strong connection to the heartbeat of regional Australia and people from the bush to the beach.
“We’re passionate about making sure our hard working customers can fuel up their equipment, fleet, and aircraft so they can keep going – and use our technology to reduce administration costs so they can keep growing,” the company’s website says.
“Our approach is built on community and having the integrity to do the right thing. We are determined to push the bar, innovate, and continue to help, develop and grow Australian communities.”
IOR is expanding its distribution footprint. “Whether you’re looking to fuel up your transport fleet at one of our 24/7 diesel stops, organise bulk fuels to be stored on your property, on site at a project, or access our aviation network, IOR’s got your back,” the company says.
“7spotlight” ( transcript ) savaging green energy racket
https://7news.com.au/news/liam-bartlett-australias-energy-security-has-been-sacrificed-on-altar-of-green-politics-amid-middle-east-war-c-22161428
There are some claims cobalt is only used in mobile phones but who can say for sure.
Bob Brown says old trees in Tasmania being cleared for no good reason, claim also disputed.
Those with counter-claims are generally on shakier ground because their premise is CO2 is making the earth boil.
Actual video [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNrsExOOn80 ]
Next Tuesday (28th) is “cash out day”, go to the ATM and take some out
( take some out tomorrow too )
The Sabotage of Global Energy Infrastructure is Intended to Starve Billions of Humans to Death
h ttps://www.naturalnews.com/2026-04-21-sabotage-global-energy-infrastructure-intended-starve-billions.html
“Introduction: This Is Not Random
I am watching the world unravel in real-time. From empty diesel pumps in Sydney to desperate lines for petrol in Manila, a chilling new reality is taking shape. This is not a temporary supply hiccup or a market fluctuation. We are witnessing the first, deliberate tremors of a global energy collapse — an engineered crisis designed to shatter the foundations of modern abundance and force humanity into a state of controlled scarcity. [1]
As I have documented for years, the patterns are unmistakable. The current wave of refinery explosions, fertilizer plant fires, and the confirmed destruction of critical liquefied natural gas infrastructure is not a series of unfortunate accidents. It is a coordinated, global effort employing sabotage tactics designed to mimic accidents and cripple the very systems that sustain human life. [2] This is a deliberate act of war, not against a nation, but against humanity itself…”
I have known about all this coming for years…knowing didn’t stop it did it? They are serious about getting us out of our cars and into their 15 min concentration camps, I mean ‘SMART cities’…that way they can manage our decline absolutely. Who wants a world of their own? Those liars who call themselves Jews. Whiteys head is on the chopping block first…hence the Coudonhove-Kalergi Plan being orchestrated on the west. They call us ‘Aryan’ in private you know?
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I was educated in the 50’s and 60’s. In that period of Australia’s history only a small percentage of students carried on to university. Most training for occupations was done by on-the-job learning, even such professions as the pharmaceutical retail industry.
Now nearly everybody wanting a life long occupation is required to become a university graduate. However in my opinion this doesn’t equate to a better education. It teaches students to believe everything they are told whether there is any sense in that knowledge or not. For instance the “green house gases- climate change theory” and the “great benefits of A I, without working out the detrimental creation of massive job losses”. Also the ridiculous idea of mass immigration into Australia without admitting to lack of employment and pressure on the housing market is another thoughtless idea being pushed by politicians. Most ran along with the Covid-19 scam and injection without working out that the death numbers in 2020 were less than in 2019. 8001 less deaths in Australia while there was supposed to be a pandemic in action.
While on political topics, selling off our established successful businesses which had provided Australia with a good income stream, to foreigners and then importing same products from overseas. The oil & gas industry being a good example.
Another huge problem is the financial industry investing superannuation funds overseas to create industry & employment to other countries when there are requirements for capital to set up infrastructure for the benefit of home grown ideas and jobs. A couple of projects coming to mind are the giant oil basin in South Australia and the Bradfield Water Scheme.
I am in agreement with the statement. Queensland needs to be independent to power on, like Texas. Three types of people in the world.1,Those who see the rot, 2,fence sitters,can go either way and3, unfortunately, the majority follow the herd, go with the flow….as the last 6 years has shown. Power on Queensland!
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Then … half of australia would immediately move into Queensland and discover what real freedoms and living can be instead of a Islamic sharia hell hole that is developing everywhere else with the blessing of the ‘CORPORATION/GOVERNMENT’.
Since the stupid part of the population of the Australian people have either been totally duped by vote counting, or have resigned themselves into accepting Preferential voting, where last past the post wins, then Queensland has no other option than to susceed from the takeover of the Commonwealth of Australia by the Corporation called ‘Australian Government’, and take proper care of its own affairs, and ‘drill baby drill’ and ‘dig baby dig’ ,’grow baby grow’, and ‘prosper baby prosper’ outside of the controls of the inept and corrupt Federal government system of wroughts and devastation.
If you take a look at every Qld bush town out there behind the black stump you will see very little housing but on further inspection you will see how each town has been subdivided into house blocks awaiting someone to buy one and have their dream home built .
The more population increases the number of tradespeople who know they will have work not only in each town but also for the surrounding rural enterprises and tourism activities and the more families move to the bush increases schooling for their kids and better quality roads to drive on .
When Joh was Premier of Qld he stipulated that every bush mine had to include a township and those towns like Mary Kathleen near Cloncurry became the life blood of the bush .
I have told Richard Marles’s staffers that the whereabouts of the$64 billion harvested in the last four years or so needs be accounted for, as it has not been used for its intended purpose of the construction and maintenance of the nations roads, something that has been well reported in Cairns News:
https://cairnsnews.org/2024/08/01/guess-whos-liable-for-damage-to-your-car-from-potholes-on-roads/
I also told said staffer that those billions belong to us, and need to be repatriated to the people via a complete ditching of the excise, as it has been taken virtually on false pretences.
That $64 billion could be used to reinstate the closed refineries, and to boost expansion of IOR’s facilities, for one, as their service is an essential one, for that part of the country.
Diesel-fuelled transport is an essential service, just like gas and power, and I charged Marles-and, by implication-the government, with breach of contract, because that is all a government is there to do: provide services, and they MUST guarantee supply.
So lets see it happen!!! Or resign, you buggers!!!
I just checked up on IOR pump prices – they are as high as for imported fuel, which is based on Singapore prices. IOR is NOT indexed to Singapore prices. They can charge whatever they like, according to whatever the market is forcing people to pay. These guys are doing a great job but they must be absolutely loving what’s going on right now with OPEC and Iran.