Bold News report
Origin articleStored source

Why is a fertiliser company building Australia's newest oil refinery?

The emergence of Perdaman on the national stage brings a complicated local reputation with it.

ABC Australia News By Alistair Bates Captured Aug 1, 2026, 1:05 AM
Read the original Read Bold's report
Captured text

Source excerpt

6,459 extracted characters

Until this week, the name Perdaman was probably not front of mind for most Australians.

That changed on Tuesday when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the privately-owned multinational would lead plans for the country's first new oil refinery in more than 60 years.

The $4 million pre-feasibility study is set to examine what it would take to build such a facility along the West Australian coast.

Indian-owned but headquartered in Perth, Perdaman has interests in fertiliser, pharmaceuticals, property, chemicals, labour hire and renewable energy.

Bold News stores the normalized extraction for evidence and analysis. This public wrapper shows a limited excerpt; use the original link for the publisher's complete presentation.