Refinery
Marsden Point Refinery
Refining NZ ·Whangarei, NZ ·v1.1
A 135,000 barrels per calendar day petroleum refinery in Whangarei, NZ, operated by Refining NZ. Status: closed. Nelson Complexity 6.
Record
- Rated capacity
- 135,000 bpd (atmospheric crude distillation, calendar day)
- Nelson Complexity Index
- 6
- Status
- Closed
- Operator
- Refining NZ
- Supplier graph
- bomforge.com/companies/refining-nz
- Coordinates
- -35.8400, 174.5100
Notes
April 2026 headline explicitly asks 'Did closing Marsden Pt oil refinery make NZ's fuel crisis worse?' - using past tense 'closing' indicates the refinery has been closed. The $21.6m diesel storage funding represents post-closure infrastructure management, not operational refining. The facility appears to be in a shutdown/storage management phase rather than operational refining.
What coverage reports
618
days since one was reported
Refining NZ shareholders vote to close Marsden Point refinery, transition to import-only fuel terminal
2024-12-11 · 1 publisher filed it
0
reported in 12 months
2024-092026-08
stories filed per month · red = a disruption
These are counts of what publishers filed about this plant, not an operating status. A quiet month means nobody named this facility that month, which is a fact about coverage and not about the plant. Where this site states how a refinery is running it says so in the facts table above, from the curated dataset, and cites it there.
Wire
46 records15 Feb 2016 to 13 Jul 2026General 27 · Operations 16 · Expansion 1 · Maintenance 1
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General LowMarsden Point refinery’s secret plan to fuel Kiwi planes and ships with cow manureNewsroom · matched marsden, point
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General LowWorker at former Marsden Point refinery flown to hospital after medical emergencyRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowMarsden Point to get diesel storage capacity boostrnz.co.nz · matched marsden, point
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Expansion MediumIran war: Marsden Point owner can’t commit to Shane Jones’ ‘late May’ goal for extra fuel storageThe Press · matched marsden, point
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General LowThe Marsden Point refinery probably wouldn’t be the saviour Shane Jones is telling you it is. Here’s whyStuff · matched marsden, point
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General LowHow decades of change ended Marsden Point refineryBusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowShould Marsden Point refinery have been saved? Shane Jones and David Seymour can't agreeRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowJones proposes Special Economic Zone for Marsden Point refineryInterest.co.nz · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowRefining NZ shareholders vote to close Marsden Point refinery, transition to import-only fuel terminalStuff · matched marsden, point
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General LowBiorefinery touted as second life for Marsden Point plantnbr.co.nz · matched marsden, point
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General LowReopening Marsden Point oil refinery report due by end of 2024BusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowReopening Marsden Point refinery a billion dollar pipe dreamBusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowNZ First’s doomed deal to reopen Marsden Point refineryNewsroom · matched marsden, point
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Maintenance MediumMajor turnaround in fortunes of former Marsden Point operatorRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowReopen the Marsden Point RefineryNew Zealand First · matched marsden, point
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General LowDismantling of Marsden Point oil refinery continuesRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowOwner refuses $300m clean-up of mothballed Marsden Point refineryNewsroom · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowWhy is Marsden Point oil refinery closing and should we care?Stuff · matched marsden, point
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General LowMarsden Point refinery protest scales backNZ Herald · matched marsden, point
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General LowProtesters in cars, campervans gather outside Marsden Point refineryRNZ · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowMarsden Pt Refinery should not be taking its last crude oil shipment, workers sayStuff · matched marsden, point
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General LowWhangārei facing $25m water income loss as Marsden Point oil refining endsRNZ · matched whangarei, marsden
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General LowHalf-billion dollar write-off as Marsden Point refinery winds downBusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowGreen hydrogen production on the cards for Marsden Point refinery siteRNZ · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowFuel experts divided on impact of Marsden Point refinery closureRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowNo last minute reprieve for Marsden Point oil refineryStuff · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowMarsden Point Refinery closure naïveInterest.co.nz · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowUnion presses case for retaining fuel tankers after Marsden Point refinery closureRNZ · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowClosing Marsden Point oil refinery would dramatically reduce fuel supply, could cause immediate price riseStuff · matched marsden, point
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Operations CriticalNZ 'naive' to shut down Marsden PointNZ Herald · matched marsden, point
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General LowRefining NZ foreshadows 240 job losses through Marsden Point restructureInterest.co.nz · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowClosure of Marsden Point oil refinery set to cost 240 jobsStuff · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowClosure of Marsden Point oil refinery set to be put to shareholder voteStuff · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowZ hopes to reach agreement on closure of Marsden Point refinery by end of monthStuff · matched marsden, point
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General LowTensions rise over Marsden Point refinery plansBusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowMarsden Point refinery confirms 90 redundanciesBusinessDesk | NZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowRefining NZ to scale down Marsden Point operation from 2021NZ Herald · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowRefining NZ sends out further signals Marsden Point oil refinery may closeStuff · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowUnion warns Marsden Point refinery restructure could cost hundreds of jobsNZ Herald · matched marsden, point
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General LowMarsden Point oil refinery's future under review amid pressureRNZ · matched marsden, point
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General LowMarsden Point refinery boss Mike Fuge to head Contact EnergyRNZ · matched marsden, point
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Operations CriticalMarsden Point refinery operator's profit down 62 percent after lengthy shutdownRNZ · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowRecord throughput at Marsden Point helps counter lossesOtago Daily Times · matched marsden, point
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Operations LowPilot flies too close to Marsden Point oil refineryNZ Herald · matched marsden, point
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General LowAstronaut gives Whangarei refinery workers the oil on safetyNZ Herald · matched whangarei
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Incident HighFire at Marsden Point oil refinery injures one personStuff · matched marsden, point
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