1 Apr 2022

Marsden Point refinery shutdown causing trouble for roads

From Morning Report, 8:49 am on 1 April 2022

The shutdown of Marsden Point oil refinery is causing ructions in the intensely-under-pressure road building industry.

Z Energy is accusing the Transport Agency of effectively forcing it to quit being the country's main bitumen importer.

It said it had confirmed the government agency would intervene in a big way in the market, leaving it with "no viable commercial opportunity".

Phil Pennington has the story.