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Pipelines & Storage News

Pipeline expansion project completed in February

14th July 2017 In February, high-end and specialised equipment supplier Energas Technologies announced that it had completed a commission to design and supply a mobile heater skid to a budgeted $210-million pipeline expansion project. The project was commissioned by engineering firm VGI Consulting Africa, on... →

Particulate matter a national concern

By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2017 Owing to government’s 2020 target that air quality in all low-income settlements should be in full compliance with ambient air quality standards, mineral processing company MIP Process Technologies (MIP) MD Philip Hoff says particulate matter is, therefore, a national concern. →

PHILIP HOFF MIP invests in young engineers and has, in the past, offered bursaries to chemical engineering students

Commissioning activities under way at pipeline

By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2017 Packaging company Nampak Glass in May commissioned a 1-km-long, high-pressure underground gas pipeline that was constructed by multidisciplinary corporation Saiyl. →

NAMPAK STATION This underground pipeline ties into the newly constructed Nampak Pressure Reduction Station in Germiston

Tosaco Energy granted permits to explore for onshore gas in Mpumalanga

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 6th July 2017 The Petroleum Agency of South Africa has granted a new entrant in South Africa’s energy sector, Tosaco Energy, three onshore technical cooperation permits (TCPs), enabling the company to explore for and develop a potential gas resource in Mpumlanga. Situated near existing natural gas pipeline... →

Petredec, Bidvest to develop 22 600 t LPG storage facility

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 9th June 2017 Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) logistics company Petredec has entered into an agreement with bulk liquid storage operator Bidvest Tank Terminals to develop a new 22 600 t facility for the import and storage of LPG at Bidvest’s site, in Richards Bay. The completed facility will be the region’s... →

IRP draft hinders cogeneration opportunities

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th June 2017 An unintended consequence of the recently published draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for energy is that because it excludes cogeneration as a viable technology, cogenerators will be unable to participate in the energy market without Ministerial consent, says Paper Manufacturers Association of... →

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OVERLOOKED ENTITY The impact of the DoE IRP draft excludeing cogeneration as a viable, green technology raises concerns forpulp and paper industry

IDC approves R218m loan for development of Free State natural gas project

By: Terence Creamer 24th May 2017 South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has approved R218-million in loan finance to support the further development of a natural gas resource in the Free State through the creation of a 107-km pipeline network and associated gas processing facilities. The funding,... →

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Renergen CEO Stefano Marani

IPP Office to be incorporated into overhauled Central Energy Fund

By: Terence Creamer 19th May 2017 South Africa’s highly respected Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office, which has overseen nearly R200-billion-worth of renewable-energy investment since 2011, is to be incorporated into the Central Energy Fund (CEF), which itself is to be overhauled. Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced... →

DoE director-general Thabane Zulu seconded to SFF as acting CEO

Robust pump delivers water on dry days

12th May 2017 Pump manufacturer Franklin Electric has developed a rugged, high-output solar-powered pumping system which solves the challenges presented by harsh and remote environments, providing pumping power on dry days when water is needed most. →

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SOLAR POWER The SolarPAK uses solar power to transport water over long distances

Eastern Cape sets sights on becoming Africa’s leading fuel bunkering centre

By: Mia Breytenbach 12th May 2017 Following the successful introduction of a deep-sea bunkering service off the coast of Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, the province has set itself the target of being the leading bunkering stopover in Africa, states Eastern Cape MEC for Rural Development and Agrarian Reform Mlibo... →

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TARGETING OPPORTUNITIES The Eastern Cape province is targeting liquid fuels, bunkering services and biofuels, gas-to-power generation and a commercial and industrial gas industry

Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo, TNPA sign liquid bulk agreement

By: Irma Venter 4th May 2017 Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) and Oiltanking Grindrod Calulo (OTGC) on Thursday signed an agreement in Port Elizabeth that will see OTGC plan, fund, construct, maintain and operate a new liquid bulk handling facility at the Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape. The facility’s concept... →

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The Port of Ngqura

LPG industry urged to act on non-binding market inquiry findings

By: Terence Creamer 24th April 2017 South Africa’s Competition Commission has made far-reaching, yet non-binding, recommendations for dealing with prevailing “market distortions” in the domestic liquid petroleum gas (LPG) sector following its first-ever market inquiry, which took nearly three years to complete. The report... →

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Commissioner Tembinkosi Bonakele and Minister Ebrahim Patel

Liquid metal battery inventor questions lithium-ion as grid-scale storage solution

By: Terence Creamer 29th March 2017 Liquid metal battery inventor Professor Donald Sadoway, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, believes the technology has the potential to provide the “missing piece” in an electricity market that relies on “redundancy and overcapacity” to balance supply and demand – a feature that will... →

Professor Donald Sadoway

Oil still main energy source in 2035 – petroleum company

10th March 2017 Petroleum company British Petroleum’s (BP’s) 2017 Energy Outlook notes that oil, gas and coal will remain the main sources of energy for powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015. According to the outlook, which was... →

NEW KID IN TOWN Petrochemicals will take over as the main source of growth for oil demand by the early 2030s

Rope access company continues maintenance for petrochemicals giant

By: Nadine James 10th March 2017 Rope access solutions provider Skyriders Access Specialists is continuing maintenance work at a petrochemicals company, in Mpumalanga, as part of a five-year service contract that extends to 2019. Skyriders marketing manager Mike Zinn says the company is providing maintenance solutions for the... →

HIGH STAKES Finding appropriately skilled personnel able to conduct maintenance procedure for Skyriders clients is a challenge

Sacoil buys majority stake in Afric Oil

By: African News Agency 6th March 2017 Sacoil, the South African based independent African oil and gas company, said on Monday that it had acquired a 71% interest in Afric Oil Group, one of the largest independent fuel distributors in South Africa. Following completion, Sacoil’s portfolio will consist of operated production activities... →

Nersa increases petroleum pipeline tariffs by 0.30%

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 28th February 2017 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has increased petroleum pipeline tariffs by 0.30%, allowing Transnet Pipelines to realise a 1.43% year-on-year increase in allowable revenue (AR) for 2017/18. If Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Petterson decides to use the pipeline tariff as a... →

Chamber looks to strengthen partnerships in local green economy

By: Nadine James 17th February 2017 The Italian–South African Chamber of Trade and Industries’ chief aim at the 2017 Africa Energy Indaba is to raise awareness among Italian corporations regarding investment opportunities in South Africa’s green economy. Chamber secretary-general Mariagrazia Biancospino says the chamber mediated a... →

LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP Members of the Italian–South African Chamber of Trade and Industries have been involved in the South African energy sector since 2013

Third Women in Energy conference cohosted at Energy Indaba

17th February 2017 The yearly Women in Energy conference, organised by the Africa Energy Indaba, will bring together Africa’s leading women in the energy sector for its third iteration on Monday, February 20 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The Africa Energy Indaba was the first energy conference... →

DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES The Women in Energy conference is designed to aid the increase in leadership and development of women involved in the African energy sectors

Conference hopes to catalyse African energy revolution

By: Nadine James 17th February 2017 The 2017 Africa Energy Indaba will enable African energy sector stakeholders to evaluate opportunities and the means to pursue them that could unlock the continent’s energy potential and spark something of an energy revolution, says Indaba organising company Siyenza. “The African continent has... →

BOOSTING ENERGY The Africa Energy Indaba brings together politicians and energy luminaries to envision and catalyse decisions that will enhance access to energy

Global energy council ponders gas-related realities

17th February 2017 In recent years, the gas market has undergone several changes - the discovery of new deposits, the evolution of gas transport techniques and the new gas pipelines are all elements that deeply modify this market, notes international energy organisation World Energy Council (WEC). The council notes... →

SOUND INVESTMENT Among the fossil fuels, natural gas is the one fossil source which will continue to grow

New Nersa chief insists regulator will not act illegally when determining 2017 power tariffs

By: Terence Creamer 31st January 2017 Newly appointed National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) CEO Christopher Forlee insists that the Energy Regulator will not take any “illegal” decisions when making a determination in February about the trajectory of Eskom’s 2017 tariffs. Instead, any decision will seek to navigate the... →

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Nersa CEO Christopher Forlee

HDPE pipe manufacturing facility to open in February

By: Nadine James 20th January 2017 Plastic pipes manufacturer DPI Plastics will launch its new Germiston-based manufacturing facility in February. The facility will manufacture high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes from 16 mm up to 1 000 mm in diameter. DPI technical and product manager Renier Snyman says the facility will enable... →

NOT A PIPE DREAM DPI's new facility will enable it to supply pipes to South Africa's burgeoning gas market.

New African owners of Ibhubesi gas prospect aim to settle Ankerlig supply deal in 2017

By: Terence Creamer 15th December 2016 The new African owners of the Ibhubesi Gas Project (IGP), off South Africa’s West Coast, report that negotiations with Eskom for the supply of gas to the Ankerlig power station are ongoing, with the conclusion of a gas supply agreement (GSA) targeted for the second quarter of 2017. The project... →

Sunbird executive chairperson Kerwin Rana

Transnet sets up R20bn acquisitions war chest, as it pulls in capex horns

By: Terence Creamer 7th November 2016 State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has set aside a R20-billion war chest for mergers and acquisitions inside South Africa and the rest of the continent, owing to “limited” prospects for organic growth domestically. Specific merger and acquisition (M&A) targets have been identified as... →

Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama on the group's R20-billion M&A war chest. Camera Work & Editing: Nicholas Boyd. Recorded: 7.11.2016

Equipment supplier extends safety range, introduces blanketing valve

4th November 2016 Southern African specialised oil and gas equipment supplier Energas Technologies has introduced safety product manufacturer Protectoseal’s Series 10 2” tank blanketing valve (TBV) to the South African market. Introduced in August, the company explains that the valve enables an effective method... →

SAFETY FIRST The product enables tank blanketing which creates a blanket of inert gas in the tank’s vapour space to prevent atmospheric air from entering

Company experiences growth despite difficult environment

4th November 2016 Valve distributor TTV Fluval Group of companies is celebrating 18 years of success in the South African market, further illustrated and encapsulated by this year’s numerous successfully completed projects resulting in a total invoicing for valves and actuators amounting to more than R180-million.... →

SUBSEA VALVES Some of the valves supplied to national oil company PetroSA’s Mossel Bay FO Fields for R60-million

Steam traps enhance energy conservation, reduce downtime

By: Robyn Wilkinson 21st October 2016 Valve products and services provider Heaton Valves Africa has been contracted to supply steam traps for the seventeenth air separation train that is under way at energy and chemicals company Sasol’s Secunda complex, in Mpumalanga. →

ENHANCED ENERGY USE The F46 connector, together with the Quicktrap steam trap range, will ensure efficient use of energy on Sasol’s seventeenth air-separation train

Newest firefighting technology delivered to South Africa

By: Nadine James 2nd September 2016 Fire protection technology provider DoseTech is promoting the concept of firefighting trailer-mounted (FTM) units to the sub-Saharan Africa oil industry, and has concluded the delivery of the first system to the South African market. Further, the company is in discussions with a South African... →

GERMAN ENGINEERING The FTM units are manufactured by DoseTech partner and German fire-safety product manufacturer FireDos

Nigeria, Spain to strengthen bilateral trade relationship

2nd September 2016 Nigeria and Spain, last month expressed their readiness to strengthen their bilateral trade relationship for mutual benefit across the spectrum in the oil and gas industry. State-owned oil development corporation Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) group MD Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru... →

OIL ON TAP Two Nigerian refineries and a pipeline were brought back online to address the country's petrol shortage

DRC fuel storage terminal to create jobs

By: Anine Kilian 1st September 2016 The Matadi bulk fuel storage terminal, which was completed in August at a cost of $100-million, will secure the supply of high-quality reliable fuels for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the region. The terminal is owned by global energy company Puma Energy. →

Greater awareness of SA gas installation regulations needed

26th August 2016 Similar to an electrical equivalent, gas installations need to be regulated in order to ensure optimum safety practices are adhered to. As gas usage increases in South African homes and businesses, awareness needs to be drawn to the safe practice of working with, installing and storing gas. As an... →

SAFETY FIRST Anyone that works with gas installations needs to be a registered gas practitioner with the South African Qualification and Certification Committee for Gas

Southern African piped gas industry booming

26th August 2016 With the availability of natural gas in countries such as Mozambique and Namibia, coupled with the discovery of gas reserves offshore Mozambique and South Africa, the piped gas industry in Southern Africa is undergoing rapid expansion, says the Southern African Gas Association (Saga). In November... →

Steel construction company receives major contracts in Saudi Arabia

12th August 2016 Steel fabricator Zamil Steel Construction Company (ZSCC) was awarded a new contract in July valued at R23.1-million by Chinese contractor Sepco 3 for the Riyadh Power Plant (PP) 14 project in the central region of Saudi Arabia. →

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STEEL CONSTRUCTION Zamil will be building a prebuilt steel building for the Saudi Electricity Company

Gas master plan needs to be finalised so investment can follow – Gibb

By: Megan van Wyngaardt 11th August 2016 If South Africa is looking to incorporate more gas into its energy mix, while moving away from carbon-intensive coal, hurdles such as policy uncertainty and legislation need to be resolved in the short-term, according to multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Gibb. This includes government’s... →

Petrol strike affects bus routes

By: African News Agency 2nd August 2016 Metrobus has warned commuters its buses would not operate on all scheduled trips from Tuesday owing to the ongoing strike in the petroleum industry which has resulted in depots running low on fuel. “Our depots are already running low on fuel supplies and as a result, we may be compelled to reduce... →

SacOil says DRC drilling may start in 2017 after positive exploration results

By: Terence Creamer 29th July 2016 South African oil and gas junior SacOil is optimistic that energy major Total could initiate a drilling campaign in 2017 on a resource in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following positive geophysical exploration results. The French group is the operating partner over the 3... →

SacOil group executive of operations Bradley Cerff

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