Port Bonython
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Port Bonython South Australia |
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Port Bonython gas-loading wharf with Santos' gas fractionation plant in the background.
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 Port Bonython
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| Coordinates | 32°59′30″S 137°45′50″E / 32.99167°S 137.76389°ECoordinates: 32°59′30″S 137°45′50″E / 32.99167°S 137.76389°E | ||||||||||||
| Established | circa 1982 | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5601 | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACDT (UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||
| Location | 221 km (137 mi) from Adelaide CBD | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Whyalla | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Giles | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Grey | ||||||||||||
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Port Bonython is the location of a deepwater port and proposed minerals precinct adjacent to Point Lowly in the Upper Spencer Gulf region of South Australia. It lies 16 km east-northeast of Whyalla, South Australia and approximately 250 km north-west of Adelaide, the State's capital city. The existing wharf is 2.4 kilometres long and is capable of berthing small Capesize ships with a maximum capacity of 110,000 tonnes. The wharf was established in 1982 and named after John Bonython, the founding chairman of Santos Limited. The structure is leased to Santos by the South Australian Government and is used for the export of hydrocarbon products. An oil spill at Port Bonython in 1992 resulted in loss of bird life and damage to mangrove habitats to the west and southwest of Port Pirie.
A gas fractionation plant operated by Santos Limited was established at Port Bonython in 1982. The plant's refinery and tank farm complex receive crude oil and gas from the Cooper Basin in outback South Australia for processing and distribution. Port Bonython is the terminus of the Moomba to Port Bonython Liquids Pipeline which is 659 km long. From Port Bonython, Santos freights hydrocarbon products by sea to customers across the Asia-Pacific region.
A 2.4 km long wharf was constructed and purchased by the Government of South Australia for $48.2 million in 1983. First shipments from the facility were made that year. It was officially opened on September 5, 1984 by the South Australian Premier John Bannon.
The jetty is licensed to Santos under the Stony Point (Liquids Project) Ratification Act, 1981 and the State Government has an obligation to maintain the jetty for the life of the indenture. In 2010, Cabinet committed $29.9 million to its refurbishment.
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