Channel Infrastructure looks to a future up in the air

Channel Infrastructure looks to a future up in the air
Channel boss Rob Buchanan says the company now has the room and money to invest in the future. (Image: Channel)
Ian Llewellyn
Aviation fuel and the shift to a sustainable version will be the core business of Channel Infrastructure for decades to come as the energy transition continues, says the company’s chief executive, Rob Buchanan.Buchanan began his job earlier this year when the conversion of the company from Refining New Zealand, as an oil refiner and importer, to Channel – a company receiving, storing, and distributing oil products – was largely complete.The closure of NZ’s only refinery was controversial and remains so.NZ First rece...

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