Z Energy favours import terminal at Marsden Point

Z Energy favours import terminal at Marsden Point
Gavin Evans
Converting the Marsden Point oil refinery to an import terminal is likely to be the best decision for the firm and the country, Z Energy said. The country’s largest fuel retailer said it supports Refining NZ’s “more rigorous” analysis of the long-term options for the refinery near Whangarei. But where Refining NZ said conversion to a terminal is not a foregone conclusion, Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts said that, based on what it knows to date, its “strong preference” is to see the business transition to imports. The customers...

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