Petrol prices drive margins higher at Ampol’s oil refinery

Petrol prices drive margins higher at Ampol’s oil refinery

Ampol’s Brisbane refinery has benefited from a 4.5 per cent year-on-year boost to its profit margin,which could increase amid further bans on Russian oil.

  • byNick Toscano

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Ampol makes $2b takeover bid to form trans-Tasman fuels giant

Ampol makes $2b takeover bid to form trans-Tasman fuels giant

Australian fuel supplier Ampol has lobbed a $2 billion bid to take over New Zealand’s Z Energy in a move to expand its reach as the company returns to profitability.

  • byNick Toscano
After a bruising year,Ampol revs up rebrand and green fuel ambitions

After a bruising year,Ampol revs up rebrand and green fuel ambitions

Matt Halliday’s Ampol is hoping to shake up the Australian petrol market with its nationwide rebrand of 1900 service stations.

  • byNick Toscano
Rescue deal for Australian oil refineries saves 1250 jobs
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Rescue deal for Australian oil refineries saves 1250 jobs

Ampol and Viva Energy reach a deal with the federal government to continue operating refineries in Brisbane and Geelong for at least another six years.

  • byNick Toscano
Ampol seeks ‘consistent’ COVID-19 closure rules as fuel losses spiral

Ampol seeks ‘consistent’ COVID-19 closure rules as fuel losses spiral

Australia’s top fuel supplier says short,sharp lockdowns of states and cities are undermining the economic recovery and sapping business confidence.

  • byNick Toscano
Ampol weighing all options as Australia's oil refinery crisis persists

Ampol weighing all options as Australia's oil refinery crisis persists

Fuel giant Ampol has described rival BP's decision to shut the country's largest oil refinery as a warning of the severity of the threat facing the sector.

  • byNick Toscano
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Running on empty:Oil refineries at breaking point as world grinds to a halt

Running on empty:Oil refineries at breaking point as world grinds to a halt

Silent freeways,empty skies:the deepest and fastest oil demand crash in decades is reverberating through the industry,pushing oil refineries to financial breaking point.

  • byNick Toscano
Waiting to exhale:Ampol backs easing of e-cigarette restrictions

Waiting to exhale:Ampol backs easing of e-cigarette restrictions

On Friday,a Senate inquiry will hold its first public hearing into nicotine vaping products,which currently can be legally purchased only with a doctor’s prescription.

  • byRachel Clun
Fossil fuels are the new cigarettes - and sport must take a stand
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Fossil fuels are the new cigarettes - and sport must take a stand

Using sport to advertise cigarettes to children is unthinkable these days. But another cashed-up,unhealthy industry is taking its place. And the latest target is the State of Origin.

  • byBelinda Noble
Oil refiners,energy minister in talks to accelerate rescue package
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Oil refiners,energy minister in talks to accelerate rescue package

Australia's struggling oil refiners want the government's proposed support measures for the industry to be rolled out as quickly as possible to avoid heavy job losses.

  • byNick Toscano
Ampol may shut Australian oil refinery as losses blow out

Ampol may shut Australian oil refinery as losses blow out

Oil refiner Ampol has warned it may shut one of Australia's last remaining refineries for good as the collapse in fuel demand sends the plant's losses spiralling.

  • byNick Toscano