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Uncertain when Milnerton oil refinery will come back on stream

By: Martin Creamer 11th August 2020 Astron Energy’s oil refinery in Cape Town, where a fire broke out last month killing two people and injuring seven others, remains closed while a full investigation into the incident is carried out. The former Chevron 100 000 bbl/d Milnerton refinery – which with the Caltex brand now fall under... →

Gas to assist in Covid recovery - report

By: Esmarie Iannucci 10th August 2020 – The global gas industry is expected to play a ‘vital role’ in economic recovery post Covid-19, and in a cleaner energy future, a new report by the International Gas Union (IGU) has found. In its Global Gas Report 2020, the IGU noted that after growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is... →

New Coupling to meet LPG Tanker Standard

31st July 2020 As per a Bulletin issued by the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Safety Association of Southern Africa (LPGSASA) and further legislated by the Department of Employment and Labour, Cam-and-Groove type Couplings are no longer permitted for use in gas tanker applications and should be replaced with a... →

Occidental discusses $4.5bn asset sale to Pertamina

By: Bloomberg 30th July 2020 Occidental Petroleum Corp is in talks about a potential sale of energy assets in Africa and the Middle East to Indonesia’s state-owned PT Pertamina, people with knowledge of the matter said. Pertamina is negotiating the acquisition of oil and gas stakes in countries including Ghana and the United... →

CNG conversion now available from DAF Trucks

By: Creamer Media Reporter 23rd July 2020 Babcock – the sole distributor of DAF Trucks in southern Africa – is tackling carbon emissions and exploring more efficient fuel alternatives by bringing dual fuel CNG-powered DAF Trucks to the southern African market, and maintaining the trucks’ full warranty, even when using dual fuel... →

DBSA confirms financing of $120m for giant Mozambique LNG project

By: Terence Creamer 21st July 2020 South Africa’s State-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has confirmed financing of $120-million for the $20-billion-plus liquefied natural gas (LNG) project being developed by a Total-led consortium in northern Mozambique. On July 17, Total announced the signing of a $14.9-billion... →

Platinum gets new lease in WA

By: Esmarie Iannucci 13th July 2020 Research done at Curtin University has developed a new method to extract platinum metal from ore, delivering an economically viable processing method for the Panton Sill platinum group metal (PGM) deposit, in Western Australia. The state government through the Minerals Research Institute of... →

IEA warns oil demand recovery at risk from virus resurgence

By: Bloomberg 10th July 2020 The International Energy Agency bolstered its outlook for global oil demand, but warned that the recovery could be derailed by the resurgence of coronavirus. A collapse in fuel consumption during the second quarter was slightly less severe than previously estimated, and demand should rebound... →

Engen helps bring hygiene and clean water relief to Mooiplaas community

10th July 2020 Engen and Gift of the Givers have joined hands to bring much needed assistance to the Mooiplaas community in Kwa-Makazi in the Eastern Cape. Situated 20km outside of East London, the community has had no access to clean water for many months, with the COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown... →

Renergen believes Virginia project could relieve global helium shortage woes

By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2020 Emerging natural gas and helium producer Renergen says its Virginia project, in South Africa’s Free State province, has the potential to be the answer to the world’s helium shortage woes following a recent helium prospective resources report, which confirms that the project has undiscovered gross... →

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