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Creamer Media publishes Liquid Fuels 2013 research report

6th November 2013 Creamer Media’s 2013 Liquid Fuels electronic research report examines South Africa’s liquid fuels market, focusing on the business environment, oil and gas exploration, the country’s feedstock supplies, the development of South Africa’s biofuels industry, fuel pricing, competition in the sector,... →

Manufacturers turn to courts amid discontent over gas pricing, Sasol contract talks

By: Terence Creamer 18th October 2013 The Gas User Group (GUG), which represents 13 large domestic manufacturers, has initiated a legal review of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) determination on maximum piped-gas prices, arguing that the new formula would result in a surge in prices and undermine their... →

Zimbabwe says work could start in 2014 on Batoka Gorge hydro project

By: Oscar Nkala 18th October 2013 The Zimbabwe government says work on the construction of the Batoka Gorge hydroelectric scheme, on the Zambezi river, will mostly likely begin at the end of 2014, following the conclusion of feasibility studies and the project's designs. →

Nearly 5 000 leaks found

By: Carina Borralho 11th October 2013 Engineering and contracting firm Bosch Munitech has located 4 497 leaks in 3 395 km of pipe reticulation, which it surveyed for eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS), after being awarded a R7.5-million leak-detection project that will result in the company surveying about 5 000 km of water mains... →

Expo to focus on African transport opportunities

By: Schalk Burger 20th September 2013 Seamless transport in South Africa and across the borders of the Southern African Development Community countries will help improve regional integration and growth and will be bolstered by the TransAfrica Expo, says Department of Transport Integrated Transport chief director Mvikeli Ngcamu.... →

Feasibility study under way for $5bn Mozambique gas pipeline

By: Samantha Herbst 20th September 2013 A feasibility study is currently under way for the construction of a $5-billion, 2 600 km natural gas pipeline that could connect significant natural gas discoveries in northern Mozambique to benefit gas-to-power markets in Southern Africa. Having concluded a prefeasibility study in December last... →

SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL BENEFITSA detailed map of the proposed 2 600 km Gasnosu pipeline which, if approved, could run from Cabo Delgado to Maputo, Mozambique, and possibly to regional markets further south, such as Richards Bay, South Africa

CFO Ramon to leave Sasol next month

By: Natasha Odendaal 26th August 2013 JSE-listed Sasol has appointed executive for group finance Paul Victor to take over as acting CFO and executive director from September 10, as Christine Ramon announced her resignation on Monday. Ramon, whose last day would coincide with the release of Sasol’s financial year-end results on... →

Outgoing CFO Christine Ramon

Kentz to help see Transnet pipeline project to finish line

By: Natasha Odendaal 25th July 2013 Engineering and construction group Kentz has been awarded a project management consultancy services contract to oversee the commissioning of State-owned Transnet’s new multiproduct pipeline (NMPP). The NMPP, a one-million-litres-an-hour pipeline designed to replace the existing... →

Concerns that gas could undermine renewable-energy development

By: Samantha Herbst 5th July 2013 Increasing the role of gas may be one answer to a low-carbon economy, but it could also undermine support for renewable energy, said Mac Consulting principal consultant Dave Collins at a business breakfast hosted by the firm last month. He explained that, for the last decade, the gradual rise of... →

African energy sector beckoning private investors, but constraints remain

By: Schalk Burger 28th June 2013 Africa’s energy sector is on the cusp of a renaissance, with the most important driver being the growth in African economies. Conversely, the lack of energy necessitates investment in energy to sustain the growth of business on the continent, says auditing and consulting firm Deloitte Southern... →

Plans afoot to increase the role of gas in SA’s energy mix

By: Samantha Herbst 31st May 2013 As an abundant global resource, natural gas is poised to take centre stage in the world’s total energy mix by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), with more than 200 years of proved reserves and a worldwide increase in gas consumption, partly owing to the global need for... →

Local CNG market picking up despite limited infrastructure – Nersa

By: Samantha Herbst 3rd May 2013 While the growth of the compressed natural gas (CNG) market in South Africa had been slow, it is steadily picking up, especially in the transport sector, said National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) piped gas regulation executive manager Nomfundo Maseti. She addressed industry... →

Energy company unveils Malawi power-plant plan

By: Marcel Chimwala 26th April 2013 ASX-listed miner Intra Energy Corporation has announced plans to develop a 120 MW coal-fired power plant in Malawi that will burn coal from its newly acquired Nkhachira mine, in the north of the Southern African country. Intra Energy chairperson Graeme Robertson says the energy group, which will... →

Local pumping solutions provider adds solar water pump to product offering

By: Samantha Herbst 22nd March 2013 Local fluid conveyance and pumping solutions provider Incledon has been appointed key distributor for Australia-based solar water-pumps manufacturer BW Solar, which established a branch in South Africa in June 2012. Farmers across the country can, therefore, benefit from BW Solar’s range of... →

Transnet granted 6.4% pipeline tariff increase

By: Natasha Odendaal 13th March 2013 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Wednesday granted State-owned Transnet a 6.4% increase in 2013/14 petroleum pipeline tariffs. If the Energy Minister decided to use the pipeline tariff as a proxy for the cost of transporting fuel from Durban to Johannesburg, as had been... →

SA’s big piped-gas price restructuring comes under the spotlight

By: Terence Creamer 12th March 2013 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) hopes to finalise its decision on Sasol Gas’ application for a determination regarding maximum piped-gas prices that can be charged from March 26, 2014, before the end of the month, despite having extended the period for public comment and... →

Zimbabwe hopes for savings as it unveils ethanol-blending rules

By: Barnabas Thondhlana 1st March 2013 Zimbabwe stands to save about $2-million a month following government’s decision to pass new regulations making it mandatory for oil companies to sell blended fuel. →

Gigaba promises no delays to second-phase of fuel-pipeline works

By: Shirley le Guern 29th November 2012 Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba and Transnet expressed confidence on Thursday that both the coastal terminal, located at Island View in Durban, and the inland terminal at Jameson Park, near Heidelberg, which comprised the second phase of the R23-billion New Multi Product Pipeline... →

Too early to review R300bn capex plan despite poor economic outlook

By: Terence Creamer 10th July 2012 State-owned freight logistic group Transnet says it is too early to say whether the current poor economic outlook will force it to review its R300-billion capital expenditure (capex) plans for the seven-year period to 2019. CE Brian Molefe stressed, though, that the investment plan would not... →

South Sudan seeks $4bn for oil pipelines

By: John Muchira 22nd June 2012 South Sudan is banking on international lenders to help it raise the estimated $4-billion it requires to build oil pipelines that will reduce its dependence on facilities provided by its hostile northern neighbour. A South Sudan government official reports that the country is already in... →

$500bn infrastructrue plan to be presented to SADC leaders in August

By: Terence Creamer 19th June 2012 A Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Infrastructure Master Plan (RIMP), which could involve cross-border projects with a combined investment value of up to $500-billion, has been finalised and will be presented to the subregion’s heads of State for offical sanction at an... →

Mozambique govt studies coal-to-liquid plant

By: Natasha Odendaal 18th June 2012 Mozambique’s Ministry of Energy and Clean Carbon Industries (CCI) on Monday signed an agreement to undertake a full feasibility study for the development of a coal-to-liquid plant in the Tete province. The parties aimed to produce 40 000 bbl/d of transport fuel and chemical by-products from up... →

Comments sought on multiyear fuel-pipeline tariff dispensation

By: Terence Creamer 17th May 2012 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has invited public comment on a consultation paper it has published regarding the implementation of multiyear tariffs within the petroleum pipelines industry. The consultation paper was prepared in response to indications from some licensees... →

DoE initiates fuel price review, urges motorists to be efficient

By: Henry Lazenby 3rd April 2012 Department of Energy (DoE) chief director for hydrocarbons Muzi Mkhize said on Tuesday that the department was reviewing how South Africa calculated its basic fuel price. The review has started and would be completed before the end of the current financial year, Mkhize said at a media briefing... →

Big fuel price hike announced as global demand rises

By: Henry Lazenby 30th March 2012 Motorists will have to fork more for petrol and diesel from Wednesday, when the fuel price goes up on the back of increased global demand. Department of Energy (DoE) deputy director general of hydrocarbons and energy planning Tseliso Maqubela announced the fuel price hike, which will take effect... →

Malawi moves to build fuel reserves across three cities

By: Marcel Chimwala 30th March 2012 The Malawi government plans to invest $25-million in the construction of fuel reserves in the country’s three major cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu. →

Pipeline tariff increase adds more upward pressure to Gauteng petrol prices

By: Terence Creamer 15th March 2012 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) confirmed on Thursday that it had granted Transnet Pipelines a 22% tariff increase for its Durban-to-Johannesburg fuel pipeline for 2012/13, which was expected to raise Gauteng’s petrol price by a further 4c/l as from next month. The... →

Growth in the pipeline for empowered SA oil company

By: Gia Costella 10th February 2012 Empowered oil company Afric Oil plans to increase its market share and business volumes this year, finance director Mangadi Dikotla tells Engineering News. →

Sasol expects up to 90% increase in H1 earnings

By: Henry Lazenby 2nd February 2012 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 forecast a 45% year-on-year increase in its interim... →

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

By: Henry Lazenby 11th January 2012 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 commissioned in stages over the coming 18 months,... →

NMPP structural steel work contract to be completed mid-December

By: Sinette Goosen 9th September 2011 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 Transnet’s new multiproduct pipeline (NMPP) will be... →

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

By: Terence Creamer 6th September 2011 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 to finalise its investigation into the issue of... →

Test fracking needed during shale exploration phase – industry

By: Terence Creamer 19th July 2011 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 ahead of any government decision to allow, or... →

Study launched into $8.5m Mombasa jetty prospect

By: John Muchira 15th July 2011 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. →

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

By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2011 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 financial services companies. South Africa’s power... →

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

By: Petronel Smit 1st April 2011 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 tariffs for Transnet’s petroleum pipeline, allowing... →

Nersa grants Transnet 59,9% fuel pipeline tariff increase

By: Petronel Smit 31st March 2011 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on Thursday set new tariffs for Transnet’s petroleum pipeline, allowing the State freight logistics group to realise a 59,9% revenue increase, from R1,2-billion in 2010/11 to R1,9-billion in 2011/12. Transnet initially applied for a 69,1%... →

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