-- オーストラリアのエネルギー企業ビバ・エナジー・グループは木曜日、ビクトリア州ジーロングにある同社の製油所で発生した大規模火災は鎮火したものの、ガソリンと航空燃料の生産に影響が出る可能性があると発表した。 同社は声明で、製油所のガソリン製造設備で大規模火災が発生したと発表した。ビクトリア州消防救助隊が消火活動を指揮しており、全従業員の安否が確認されたという。 施設の被害状況はまだ明らかになっておらず、製油所は生産量を減らして操業を続けていると声明は述べている。 「今回の火災による影響は主にガソリンと航空ガソリンの生産に及ぶと予想されるが、被害状況の評価と把握が必要である。燃料供給への即時の影響はなく、当社は燃料輸入プログラムを通じて生産量の減少分を補う予定だ」とビバ・エナジーは述べている。 同社は、緊急サービス機関および関係当局と緊密に連携しており、安全が確保され次第、被害状況を評価するとしている。 ロイター通信が木曜日に報じたところによると、日量12万バレルのジーロング製油所はオーストラリアにある2つの製油所のうち規模が大きく、ビクトリア州の燃料需要の半分以上、オーストラリア全体の燃料需要の10分の1を供給している。 オーストラリアの燃料需要の約80%は輸入に頼っており、今回の事件は、イラン戦争に起因するエネルギー供給危機の中で代替供給源の確保に奔走するオーストラリアにとって、状況をさらに複雑化させるものだと同通信は伝えている。
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