Committee to visit Engen accident site
A South African committee will visit the Engen refinery this week, during a visit to KwaZulu-Natal.
Refining
Sasol upbeat on profit expectations
Sasol expects to post strong results for the second half of 2020, while adjusted EBITDA will drop by as much as 10%.
Bids in for NNPC downstream rehab work
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) has received bids from 96 companies for rehabilitation of downstream infrastructure.
Egypt pushes car conversion to gas
Egypt has renewed its push to convert cars to run on natural gas, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi lending his weight to the drive.
Seplat signs deal to supply Waltersmith refinery
Seplat Petroleum will supply crude to Waltersmith Petroman’s new modular refinery, cutting pipeline losses.
Eni discusses Mombasa refinery conversion
Eni and Kenya have held talks on a number of potential green plans in the East African country, including the conversion of the Mombasa refinery.
FEC approves Ibom port plan
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Ibom deep sea port plan, paving the way for the project to move forward.
All personnel accounted for at Engen refinery blaze
Engen has accounted for all personnel who were at its refinery, south of Durban, where an explosion took place on December 4.
NNPC launches fuel supply tender
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) has launched the tender process for fuel supplies.
AFC works on downstream opportunities
Africa Finance Corp. (AFC) is turning to opportunities in the downstream in an attempt to tackle the continent’s import problem.
Restructuring Sonara debt crucial to reconstruction
The cost to repair the fire-damaged Sonara refinery in Cameroon is 250 billion Central African francs ($461.8 million).
TechnipFMC begins work on Assiut hydrocracking unit
TechnipFMC has begun work on a new hydrocracking complex at the Assiut refinery, in Egypt.
Buhari inaugurates Waltersmith refinery
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the launch of the Waltersmith modular refinery, in Ibigwe, Imo State, and the groundbreaking for the second phase.
Nigeria eyes product pipe from Niger refinery
Nigeria has signed a deal with neighbouring Niger on petroleum products transportation and storage.
Committee seeks forensic reports from PetroSA
South Africa’s parliamentary committee for energy has backed plans for PetroSA to overhaul its gas-to-liquids (GTL) refinery, at Mossel Bay, while also seeking insight into how problems emerged.
Sasol starts up last piece of Lake Charles
Sasol’s low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit in Louisiana has reached beneficial operation, the last part of the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) to start up.
Prevention of corrosion, scaling and fouling
Novel injection, dispersion & mixing technology combats refinery corrosion
Fire strikes Oando tank farm in Lagos
Fire has engulfed a tank farm owned by Oando, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (Lasema) has reported.
Gemcorp takes FID on Cabinda refinery
Gemcorp has taken a final investment decision (FID) on the 60,000 barrel per day Cabinda refinery, which will be built in the Angolan exclave.
South Africa’s Sasol support incompatible with carbon cuts
South Africa’s subsidy support for Sasol is inefficient and fails to achieve what it sets out to do, namely protect consumers from price shocks, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).