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Sasol expects up to 90% increase in H1 earnings

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South African petrochemicals group Sasol on Thursday advised shareholders that it expected an increase of between 80% and 90% in 2012 first half headline earnings, when compared with the first half of the 2011 financial year. Sasol initially...

By: Henry Lazenby

02 Feb 12

FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE

First fuel begins to flow through SA’s new R23bn fuel pipeline

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State-owned freight logistics group Transnet took delivery on Wednesday of its new multiproduct pipeline (NMPP), which runs between the coastal city of Durban and Jameson Park, near Heidelberg, south of Johannesburg. The pipeline, which would be...

By: Henry Lazenby

11 Jan 12

Pipelines

NMPP structural steel work contract to be completed mid-December

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Kinross-based structural steel construction and specialised welding company Kinross Industrial Supplies Manufacturing Engineering (Kisme) reports that construction work on a structural steel project for State-owned freight logistics group...

By: Sinette Goosen

09 Sep 11

UNCONVENTIONAL GAS

More technical work needed to define SA’s shale gas framework

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The exploitation of shale gas in South Africa could be a "game changer" for the gas sector, a senior Department of Energy (DoE) official said on Tuesday. But he also appealed for patience to allow a Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) task team...

By: Terence Creamer

06 Sep 11

Hydraulic Fracturing

Test fracking needed during shale exploration phase – industry

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Questions have again been raised as to whether any possible future shale gas exploration licences for the Karoo could explicitly prevent so-called "test fracking" in favour of less "invasive" techniques to understand the subsurface of the area...

By: Terence Creamer

19 Jul 11

FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE

Study launched into $8.5m Mombasa jetty prospect

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Spain's Alatec Consulting has been awarded a $8,5-million contract to undertake the feasibility study on the proposed second petroleum offloading jetty in Kenya.

By: John Muchira

15 Jul 11

INFRASTRUCTURE

State firms to spend R105bn this year, but new capital needed to accelerate delivery

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Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has reiterated government’s intention to supplement the limited balance sheets of the country’s infrastructure-focused State-owned enterprises (SoEs) in partnering with large mining, industrial and...

By: Terence Creamer

01 Jun 11

LIQUID FUELS

SA petroleum pipeline tariffs among the highest in the world – BP

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Petroleum producer BP estimates that the 59,9% Transnet pipeline tariff increase could result in a R1-billion yearly cost to the ecomony, as well as 40 000 job losses. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) on Thursday set new...

By: Petronel Smit

01 Apr 11

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Facility	Person	Product	Continent
Johannesburg Pipeline Kipevu Oil Terminal Lamu Port Mombasa Port	Brian Molefe Van Reenen Danie Du Plessis Dipuo Peters Ethel Teljeur Kannan Lakmeeharan Susan Shabangu Chris Mumby Daniel Mikes Mike De Pontes Sumayya Athmani Malusi Gigaba	NMPP	Africa North America
Published Medium	Technology	Currency
The Wall Street Journal	Fracturing Broadband	USD