[1] Shell deliberately hired a large number of ex-naval personnel to work at the refinery in this period, leading to the site being jokingly referred to as 'HMAS Clyde'.

[2] During the 2000s increased government regulation of fuel quality and environmental standards necessitated a number of upgrades to the refinery's existing plant.

[9][10] Refinery operators at Clyde were members of the Coastal Districts Branch of the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association (FEDFA), which later merged into the CFMEU Mining and Energy Division.

[2] At the time of its closure the refinery employed around 570 workers (including contractors) and had a processing capacity of 85 thousand barrels per day (13.5×10^3 m3/d) or around 4 million tonnes of crude oil annually.

[7] Crude oil was supplied to the refinery from the nearby Gore Bay Terminal, also operated by Shell since its opening in 1901.

The terminal is located on a 10 hectares (25 acres) plot of land in Greenwich on Sydney Harbour and was connected to the refinery via a 19 kilometres (12 mi) underground pipeline with a 300 millimetres (12 in) diameter.

[7] At the time of its closure in late 2013[13] the polypropylene plant was owned by LyondellBasell and had an annual production capacity of 170,000 tonnes.