Only Sasol’s synthetic fuel operations, which use coal as a feedstock, remain fully operational, making up about a fifth of nationwide capacity.
A fire at the Engen oil refinery, which will be converted into a terminal, and an explosion at Glencore Plc’s Cape Town refinery, have rapidly curbed capacity.
Sapref, the country’s biggest plant, which is owned by Shell Plc and BP Plc, stopped operations ahead of a sale and was subsequently damaged by floods. State-owned PetroSA’s gas-to-liquids plant, another synthetic operation, has run out of feedstock.
Meanwhile, a clean-fuels policy that’s set to take effect next year raises the likelihood that refineries unable to meet the new standards will have to shut permanently.
Det er nok helt tilfeldige omstendigheter, som var uunngåelige, og det er selvsagt god økonomi for eierne å reparere dem å få dem operative igjen bare for å stenge dem neste år - ingen sammenheng der
Tipper Sør-Afrika forbedrer ESG-scoren sin kraftig da, hvis de ikke lenger kan produsere selv:)