National cost of Marsden Point closure highlighted by Christmas jet fuel shortage
This excellent article pinpoints the predicament the country has got itself into. The loss of the country’s only oil refinery is already hurting the economy with the threat of grounded planes this summer – and that’s just the start, argues Simon Terry. It was a crucial tool for managing fuel supply risks – that could prove costly in an extended fuel shortage Opinion: How bad for New Zealand was the closure of the Marsden Point refinery? Appallingly bad – and counting….